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Sep162009

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"About eight percent of world crude oil production is used to manufacture plastic."
Michael S. Han, Envion

Convert plastic to oil?

by Deb Powers

Envion has announced what they call a "revolutionary new technology" that converts waste plastic back into synthetic oil. They can get about 172 gallons of oil from a ton of plastic waste, according to the press release, and that oil can be used to make gasoline and other oil based products. Could this be a way for cities to deal with recyclable plastics in their waste stream?
Read more: New tech converts plastic back to oil