Plastic into oil

[KenTheKanuck]

Pretty neat stuff.

KTK

Man Invents Machine To Convert Plastic Into Oil

[TXiceman]

Yes, the plastic is made from petroleum products to begin with. But rather than spend the energy going back to oil to be reused, why not recycle the plastic back into plastic and not use oil to make plastic in the first place. This would be more efficient and a lower carbon footprint.

Ken

[rvjimmy]

Originally Posted by TXiceman

Yes, the plastic is made from petroleum products to begin with. But rather than spend the energy going back to oil to be reused, why not recycle the plastic back into plastic and not use oil to make plastic in the first place. This would be more efficient and a lower carbon footprint.

Ken

X2 on this. It probably cost more to get the oil back than to recycle it back to plastic. Jim

[blackf3504dr]

If this idea is viable the cost of turning plastics back into oil will come down as more plastics are converted back. As in any new technology there are skeptics and naysayers that say it won't work (electricity comes to mind), so before dismissing this new idea lets see where it goes...

[Francesca]

So-called "waste" plastic delivers the most bang for the energy buck when burned, just as it is, and it can be done very cleanly. Such burners can be used to make electricity.

Now that's my idea of converting it to energy!