International Science and Technology Journal

Plastic Recycling is one of the most important strategies that can be used to manage the plastic products at their end-of-life. The current trends demonstrate a substantial increase in the rate of recycling of plastic wastes which help to increase economic growth and environmental awareness. These trends will continue, but some significant challenges still exist whether were technological and economic factors or social behavior issues relating to the collection of recyclable wastes. The aim of this study is to identify the current situation for collecting and recycling plastic waste process in Libya in seek to develop an appropriate method that lead to improve the performance of plastic waste management. To achieve this goal, some interviews were conducted for a group of plastic waste recycling companies in Libya to learn about the method used in recycling operations and to identify the opportunities available from those operations. As well as knowing the difficulties and obstacles facing the industry sector in the field of plastic recycling in Libya. As a result, this study led to a series of observations regarding the current state of plastic waste recycling in Libya