International Journal of Engineering and Information Systems (IJEAIS)   Year: 2017 | Volume: 1 | Issue: 5 | Page No.: 56-61 Thermal and Catalytic Cracking of Plastic Wastes into Hydrocarbon Fuels Abdel Goad, Mahmoud, Ali, Rasha Abstract: The objective of this work is to convert plastic wastes to hydrocarbon fuel using thermal and catalytic cracking. The performance of Nano-catalysts from Bentonite has been compared to bulk catalysts. Plastic wastes are a big environmental problem because these materials are not biodegradable. This study offers solutions to the environmental problem. Plastic wastes will be converted into a source of energy. Different types of plastic wastes, for instance polyethylene, polypropylene and a mixture of them, have been studied and the results are evaluated. This study shows that the catalytic cracking of a mixture of polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP) in the presence of a Nano catalyst (Bentonite) yielded a higher percentage of gasoline range is 83.5 % .