Global warming and diminishing energy supplies are two major current concerns. Disposal of plastic wastes is also a major concern. The aim of this work is to address these three concerns by developing a solar powered process, using waste plastics as fuel to generate energy. Research into solar concentrators for thermochemical processes and pyrolysis/gasification of waste plastics has been separately reported in the literature. In this study we bring these fields of research together to understand design aspects of solar receiver-reactor suitable for the production of a synthesis gas...