“…Their S and N contents close to zero indicated that their thermal treatment would not produce nitrides and sulfides. The higher heating value of SY and MB (33.06 and 45.51 MJ/kg, respectively) were higher than that of coal (28.87 MJ/kg) ( Chen et al, 2019 ), bamboo residues (17.67–18.23 MJ/kg) ( Hu et al, 2019 ), spent potlining (22.21 MJ/kg), textile dyeing sludge (6.95 MJ/kg) ( Sun et al, 2019 ), and coffee grounds (23.64 MJ/kg) ( Chen et al, 2020 ). Their calorific values were higher than those of the other plastics such as polyvinyl chloride (19.02 MJ/kg) ( Lee et al, 2018 ), polystyrene (42.3 MJ/kg) ( Muneer et al, 2019 ), and polyethylene terephthalate (23.97 MJ/kg) ( Singh et al, 2019 ).…”