The present invention relates to a method for converting CO2 to CO, comprising the steps of: a) exposing a process gas comprising CO2 to a
plasma source, whereby a
plasma of said process gas comprising CO and O species is generated; b) contacting the
plasma of said process gas comprising CO and O species with
solid carbon, whereby a gas mixture comprising CO and CO2 is obtained; c) and
quenching the gas mixture, whereby a
product gas comprising CO and CO2 is obtained; wherein the
solid carbon comprises
pyrolytic carbon obtained by
pyrolysis of i)
plastic waste, preferably end-of-life tires (ELT) waste, mixed
plastic waste (MPW), automotive-shredder-residue (ASR), plastic
solid waste (PSW), present in
municipal solid waste (MSW),
electronic waste (E-waste) or mixtures thereof; ii) at least one kind of hydrocarbons; or iii) mixtures of i) and ii); and a process for preparing
solid carbon, for converting CO2 to CO in a plasma process comprising the steps: A) pyrolyzing components i), ii) or iii) mentioned above, whereby
pyrolytic carbon in form of primary particles is obtained; B) optionally further
processing the
pyrolytic carbon in form of primary particles obtained in step A); C) optionally mixing the pyrolytic carbon obtained in step A) or optionally obtained in step B) with at least one binder; and a
reducing agent for a method for converting CO2 to CO by a plasma process comprising
solid carbon, preferably in form of particles, being pyrolytic carbon obtained by
pyrolysis of components i), ii) or iii) mentioned above.