The oxidative desulfurization (ODS) process is one of the new desulfurization processes for the production of clean fuels. Despite the benefits of the ODS process

this process faces several important challenges. One of the most important challenges of this process is the management of a waste which is rich of sulfone compounds. In the present study

a new strategy which is the addition of waste to the bitumen with other solid waste such as high density polyethylene (HDPE) waste has been investigated. The experimental design method was applied to investigate the effect of addition of the sulfone and HDPE wastes to the properties of the bitumen blends including degree of penetration

softening point

and mass loss. It was found that the sulfone waste can be added to the bitumen as a softener. The results showed that several grades of bitumen including 50/60

60/70

85/100 can be produced through the addition of sulfone waste along with the HDPE waste to the base 60/70 bitumen. In general

the application of simple processes such as mixing the wastes with the bitumen can reduce the cost of waste management

considerably.