ENTREPRENEURIAL OPPORTUNITIES FROM RYCYCLING OF WASTE PLASTICS MATERIAL: A PANACEA FOR CHEMISTRY GRADUTES
Gayari, M.S., Garba, U., Boyi, M.Y, Adamu, M.S and Idris, B
Department of Chemistry,
Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto
Email: salmanugayari@yahoo.com,
ABSTRACT
Entrepreneurship involves identification and creation of a previously unexploited opportunities followed by will and initiative to seize these opportunities. The classical model of entrepreneurship involves creation of new venture, but modern entrepreneurial approaches are also an integral part of establishing corporate academics and government organizations. Polymer materials can be found everywhere nowadays, such as plastic water and beverages bottles, the silicon rubber tips on your phone, the nylon and polyesters in your jacket or sneakers, plastic hospital and domestic waste among others are all polymers. This paper tends to review the entrepreneurial opportunity from recycling of these waste plastic materials. The plastics materials can be recycled and reuse as packaging materials ranging for local soft drinks makers such as Sobo and ginger. Similarly different source of energy can be generated from these waste plastics ranging from solid briquettes, liquid fuels as well as combustible gaseous fuels. Therefore, these techniques such as recycling, reuse and energy generation from these waste materials can provide many entrepreneurial opportunities to teaming chemistry graduates as well as wealth creation, thus improving revenue generation to the nation entirely. Polymer recycling technique is also an amiable in reducing environmental problems caused by these polymeric waste accumulations on daily basis. It will also help in conserving our natural resources being from petrochemicals.
Keywords: Waste, Polymer materials, Entrepreneurial, FuelsÂ