Table 8.

Calorific values of popular plastic materials and conventional fuels (Al-Salem et al. 2010; Costiuc et al. 2015)

Plastic materials/fuels	Calorific value
Polyethylene	43.3–47.7
Polystyrene	41.6–43.7
Polyethylene terephthalate	21.6–24.2
Polyurethane foam	31.6
Polypropylene	42.6–46.5
Polyvinyl chloride	18.0–19.0
Polyamide	31.4
Gasoline	46
Petroleum	42.3
Kerosene	46.5