Plastic waste is a major concern in this era and many efforts are underway to establish a plastics circular economy by reusing or recycling it instead of resorting to incineration or landfill disposal.
Two primary methods of recycling plastic waste are mechanical recycling and feedstock (chemical) recycling, with the latter involving gasification or pyrolysis technologies.
The pyrolysis process produces oils with variable compositions depending on the charge and necessitate accurate analysis for proper processing as feedstock.
This study highlights that the GC-VUV is able to characterize pyrolytic oils in its main groups constituents.
VUV analysis automatically identify and quantify groups and this led to detailed and reliable results, with no limitation to charge chemical composition.