Development of marine waste pretreatment guidelines for ISO TC 300 standard proposal

Marine waste, which is causing major problems in the environment, continues to increase and has a significant impact on humans and the marine environment. In the past, marine waste was disposed of by landfill or incineration, but landfill is difficult to utilize anymore due to the long decomposition time and problems of securing landfill sites, and incineration due to environmental pollution problems caused by carbon dioxide and carcinogens. Various policies and technologies are being developed to solve the marine waste problem, and various studies related to conversion of marine plastic into solid fuel are being conducted from a resource utilization perspective. In this study, we examined various technologies aimed at addressing the issue of marine waste, as well as the current status of standardization under ISO TC 300 related to solid fuels to promote the use of marine waste as solid recovered fuel. Additionally, we developed guidelines for marine waste preprocessing facilities to facilitate the conversion of marine waste into solid fuel through preprocessing.