Mechanical processing of plastic waste; polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polyethylene (PE) types

   This study aimed to find the mechanical recycling of plastic waste to product plastic slices and cylindrical shape plastic materials as raw plastic with simple, low-cost, environmentally friendly processes with safe disposal of plastic waste, which is a practical approach to reduce their volume by 55%, and maintain the depletion of natural resources to reach the concept of sustainability, through the mechanical recycling of many plastic waste such as polyethylene terephthalate (PET), high-density and low-density polyethylene(PE). Plastic waste types were founded in different quantities as a result of the multiple uses of plastic materials, which included according to their chemical composition the main types of plastic, polyethylene terephthalate(PET), high-density and low-density polyethylene(PE), polyvinyl chloride (PVC), polypropylene(PP), polystyrene(PS) and other(O). These types of plastic were represented in different plastic materials in multi-uses for each type. The results showed that the productivity of plastic waste types per person each day in Al Hawija district affiliated to Kirkuk Governorate ranged from (0.41 kg), to (0.21kg), with an average of (0.24 kg/person/day), and that were due to the difference of families in terms of the economic, subsistence and cultural level which affected waste productivity, as well as the difference in the numbers of persons for each family. Among the different types of plastic materials, polyethylene tetravailate, low and high density polyethylene represented the large percentage of plastic waste productive with(16-40%) according to (0.225- 0.008 kg/ person/day), while other types of plastic materials were mostly found in close quantities.