Reactor offers solution to plastic pollution
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Rebecca Trager2017-04-06T14:30:00
Compact system turns waste plastic into fuels, allowing boats to power themselves while cleaning up the ocean
A retired research chemist has developed a small, portable reactor that uses a catalysed pyrolysis reaction to take discarded plastic and produce gasoline and diesel fuel directly. The idea is that supply ships could have this technology on board, enabling plastic waste collected to be converted into fuel that goes straight into their own tanks.