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Plastic waste converted to oil? We're not talking rubbish

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By Sarah Heeringa

According to the US Environmental Protection Agency, the US generated 250 million tons of waste in 2008 alone, and about 54% of this rubbish ends up in landfills.

The Japanese company, Blest, has developed one of the smallest and safest oil-to-plastic conversion machines on the market. One kilo of plastic can be converted into approximately one litre of oil.

Founder and CEO, Akinori Ito, hopes that one day the machine will be found in all homes in Japan.

“It's a waste to throw away, isn't it? This is a treasure," he says.

To watch the machine in action, click here.

 

Comments

pioverten
 
Mon August 23, 2010 @ 07:42 PM
suggest you have a look at spectioNZ and the otaki technology park.
Not the least bit surprising the japs have beaten everyone to it and been very quiet about it until it is working properly.

I wonder how much energy it consumes in the process of recovering energy?

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