“If we burn the plastic, we generate toxins and a large amount of CO2. If we convert it into oil, we save CO2 and at the same time increase people’s awareness about the value of plastic garbage,” says Akinori Ito, CEO of Blest.

Blest’s conversion technology is very safe because it uses a temperature controlling electric heater rather than flame. The machines are able to process polyethylene, polystyrene and polypropylene but not PET bottles. The result is a crude gas that can fuel things like generators or stoves and, when refined, can even be pumped into a car, a boat or motorbike. One kilogram of plastic produces almost one liter of oil. To convert that amount takes about 1 kwh of electricity, which is approximately ¥20 or 20 cents’ worth.

The company makes the machines in various sizes and has 60 in place at farms, fisheries and small factories in Japan and several abroad.

“To make a machine that anyone can use is my dream,” Ito says. “The home is the oil field of the future.”

http://ourworld.unu.edu/en/plastic-to%20-oil-fantastic/

http://youtu.be/qGGabrorRS8

Sounds too simple and too good to be true ….. but if it’s legit it’s rather interesting, ja?

Does indeed, I wish them well.

Spiny Norman said:

“If we burn the plastic, we generate toxins and a large amount of CO2. If we convert it into oil, we save CO2 and at the same time increase people’s awareness about the value of plastic garbage,” says Akinori Ito, CEO of Blest.

Blest’s conversion technology is very safe because it uses a temperature controlling electric heater rather than flame. The machines are able to process polyethylene, polystyrene and polypropylene but not PET bottles. The result is a crude gas that can fuel things like generators or stoves and, when refined, can even be pumped into a car, a boat or motorbike. One kilogram of plastic produces almost one liter of oil. To convert that amount takes about 1 kwh of electricity, which is approximately ¥20 or 20 cents’ worth.

The company makes the machines in various sizes and has 60 in place at farms, fisheries and small factories in Japan and several abroad.

“To make a machine that anyone can use is my dream,” Ito says. “The home is the oil field of the future.”

http://ourworld.unu.edu/en/plastic-to%20-oil-fantastic/

http://youtu.be/qGGabrorRS8

Sounds too simple and too good to be true ….. but if it’s legit it’s rather interesting, ja?

It should always have been the case that one can reclaim the Carbon Hydrogen and Oxygen. Just a matter of whether it was viable.

I presume that the word ‘gas’ refers to what we call petrol. Sounds interesting. I have a friend who looks at this sort of technology from a State Government point of view. I’ll pass it on.

morrie said:

I presume that the word ‘gas’ refers to what we call petrol. Sounds interesting. I have a friend who looks at this sort of technology from a State Government point of view. I’ll pass it on.

I just spoke to my friend about this. She says that waste processors here want to retain plastic in the waste stream rather than separating it, as it lifts the overall calorific value of the waste, which assists in processing the waste stream as a whole.