Man creates machine to convert plastic back to oil

[scarpsD40]

Could use this to clean up around public camp sites......

http://youtu.be/qGGabrorRS8

[Andrew_C]

It might be okay for plastic but then what about the cans, tins, broken bottles, bottle tops, burnt chairs, nappies, turd paper and turds and everything else people take camping and can't be stuffed taking home.

[Bird]

It might be okay for plastic but then what about the cans, tins, broken bottles, bottle tops, burnt chairs, nappies, turd paper and turds and everything else people take camping and can't be stuffed taking home.

one thing at a time ....

[Jeepers Creepers]

Yeah, turds are turds huh.

You can roll 'em in coconut, cover 'em with hundreds and thousands, even put grated chocolate over 'em and they're still a turd.

Unless ya really, REALLY DRUNK.............

[tracker]

    Wanna bet the oil companys jump all over this one !!!!!
                                                      Cheers Tracker.

[NewieCamper]

How much energy does it use to convert the plastic? Are you using more than you create? It's no good if it takes 1.5l of oil to create 1l for example. It's hardly worth it if it takes more than about 50% of the yield.

[scarpsD40]

How much energy does it use to convert the plastic? Are you using more than you create? It's no good if it takes 1.5l of oil to create 1l for example. It's hardly worth it if it takes more than about 50% of the yield.

be ok if it uses an oil burner to create the heat:D

On the flip side if it removes millions of tons of plastic waste from landfill and our oceans, then it could be worth it.

I have visions of 1,000 years from now, alien star ships mining old rubbish dumps on earth because magnotrometers and plasticfuelsource scanners have detected all of our old crap we've disposed of and can use it as a fuel source.

[whitey1]

No recycling is very efficient, but for the health of our planet its got to be done!
And when we run low on oil, all that plastic will become a huge resource.

[dazzler]

How much energy does it use to convert the plastic? Are you using more than you create? It's no good if it takes 1.5l of oil to create 1l for example. It's hardly worth it if it takes more than about 50% of the yield.

Then it wouldn't be commercially viable and wouldn't be done.


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[glenm64]

If you take into consideration the costs already associated with disposing of plastics with no dividend, recyling it into a valuable high demand energy source really does make sense.
I keep thinking about my kids kids future.

[UIZ733]

If the 'Big Fella' could turn water into wine, anything is possible. Lets hope for the sake of the planet it is a success.

[scarpsD40]

If the 'Big Fella' could turn water into wine, anything is possible. Lets hope for the sake of the planet it is a success.

now there's a thought, turn waste and rubbish into alcohol;D
Could be a market for that........

[peter01]

they have already...........VB 

[Mik01]

How much energy does it use to convert the plastic? Are you using more than you create? It's no good if it takes 1.5l of oil to create 1l for example. It's hardly worth it if it takes more than about 50% of the yield.

I've had a bit to with this. It is simply pyrolysis at work.
I don't have the stats on me but it's super efficient. It's also not new - been kicking around for ages.
The main issue with commercialising this is the cost to get the waste plastic in bulk from its source to the operation, vs the value of the output of oil and the setup costs. Ie it needs a LOT of plastic to make a commercial quantity volume of oil.
That oil can also be blended to make diesel on site, or used for other purposes.
Trials have been run in QLD for some time, and a company I know well is in the process of building a commercial plant.
The Japanese dude in the video is a legend - he made these for the poorest of the poor so they could make their own cooking and heating fuels from plastic often scavenged from dumps.