From dumpster to diesel: How an Ontario pilot project is turning plastic waste into fuel | CBC News
A pilot project in Whitby, Ont., is using technology to give
plastic waste a second life by turning it into diesel fuel and gasoline.
plastic waste a second life by turning it into diesel fuel and gasoline.
The technology,
dubbed the Phoenix, can convert single-use items like plastic bags and
Styrofoam — items that would otherwise end up in landfill.
John O’Bireck, president of energy investment company Sparta Group, says he sees plastic “as a resource, not a scourge.”
He says the fuel produced by Phoenix is already being used in his company’s fleet of trucks that transport industrial waste.
“Five
tonnes of plastic can be converted into about 4,000 litres. And 4,000
litres can drive our whole fleet of 10 vehicles back and forth every day
running 16 hours a day.”