Stahlwerkc Brcmen in Germany developed a process to inject granulated waste plastics into blast furnncc in 1995. After the successful operation w~th a pilot plant, a new plastic, inlcction system with a capacity of 230 i/d has been operated. NKK in Japan has developed an integrated waste plastics recycling system which includes both plasic preparation and in]cclion system, and has started to operate the system wilh a capacity of 30, 000 tly at Keihin works in October 1996. POSCO in Karea is currently developing a waste plastics injection system to make use of domestic waste plastics in an environmentally friendly manner as well as to recycle the waste plastics as a hlast furnace fuel