Fuel from Plastic Waste

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In Japan plastic waste processed into electricity,and now plastic waste processed into gasoline by Filipinos. Reported by Reuters, this guy finds a way to turn plastic into diesel, gasoline and kerosene through a technique called pyrolysis. Even so, Navarro refused to say that this process discovered by him.

Navarro said, the process is very simple. first plastics were collected, crushed and dried. Then the processed plastic was decomposed by means inserted into the high-pressure air heating chamber. Inside this room, the plastic will melt and then distilled to become a golden liquid that chemically identical to regular fuel.

All processing was done by a company called Polygreen Technology and Resources, who said that the fuel that produced better than regular fuel because of less pollution generated by the combustion process and fuel quality also much cleaner because it contains less sulfur. 

Not to mention due to the abundant amount of raw material and less operating costs, the price becomes cheaper about 10 to 20 per cent than regular fuel price.

The company never had a shortage of raw materials. Of the 10 million residents of Manila alone there are 6000 tons of plastic waste every day. The fact, they only need two tons of plastic waste as fuel to produce about 1600 liters.

Currently, fuel from plastic waste has been granted permission from the Philippine government for use in industrial purposes. While for purposes of motor vehicle fuel, the government is still doing the testing process. But it is rumored that from the testing process, the results are quite promising.

If this invention successful, it could be said if the Philippines is a country that quite successful in the utilization of scrap plastic waste. Last year, the invention of light bulbs used soda bottles also could make a scene of the world