Dontdieman
June 26th, 2007, 8:55:23 PM
Giant microwave turns plastic back to oil
A US company is taking plastics recycling to another level – turning them back into the oil they were made from, and gas.
All that is needed, claims Global Resource Corporation (GRC), is a finely tuned microwave and – hey presto! – a mix of materials that were made from oil can be reduced back to oil and combustible gas (and a few leftovers).
Key to GRC’s process is.....Read more here... (http://environment.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn12141&feedId=online-news_rss20)
A US company is taking plastics recycling to another level – turning them back into the oil they were made from, and gas.
All that is needed, claims Global Resource Corporation (GRC), is a finely tuned microwave and – hey presto! – a mix of materials that were made from oil can be reduced back to oil and combustible gas (and a few leftovers).
Key to GRC’s process is.....Read more here... (http://environment.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn12141&feedId=online-news_rss20)