Indian company turns plastics back to fuels
Two Indian entrepreneurs have developed a machine that turns plastic into polyfuel. Upset by seeing a deer choking on a plastic packet, Medha Tadpatrikar and her friend Shirish Phadtare tried to make plastic waste useful by "cooking" it in a pressure cooker. They eventually developed machines that can turn plastic into polyfuel, which is cheaper than fossil fuel and can be used in cooking, generators and tractors. One of the machines can process 220 pounds of plastic at a time, producing up to 17 gallons of fuel. Gases produced during the process are used to power the machines themselves.
In India, an entrepreneurial pair have developed machines that return plastic to polyfuel that is later used for cooking, in generators and in tractors and is cheaper than fossil fuel. The methane, butane, and propane emitted during the production process is captured, cleaned and used to power the machines themselves. One machine processes 220 pounds at a time, producing 12 to 17 gallons of fuel, while the other processes 2,645 pounds at a go. Another byproduct from the process is mixed with bitumen to tarmac roads.