A Filipino inventor has found a way to turn plastic waste into fuel for vehicles. Jayme Navarro is not claiming to have invented the process but he says, in the Philippines where landfills are the size of hills, it's a practical solution.

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1. 1. jctyler 12:28 PM 7/16/12

   from the the blues to special relativity, all the really great inventions came from simple people, such as the man in the video or this lady here:
   
   http://www.goodnewsindia.com/index.php/Magazine/story/alkaZ/

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2. 2. jerryd 03:27 PM 7/16/12

   
   If anyone knows where I can find more details on this I'd really be greatful. Mostly I need to know how to make fuels from the ones like PET and why are they harder to use than they more simple ones?
   
   lots of vids on oplastics to oil on utube but not enough details in the ones I've found. I'd like a process that all plastics can be used without sorting if possible. Thanks, Jerry

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3. 3. Raknruin in reply to jerryd 03:59 PM 7/16/12

   Look for Plastoline which has a multiple plastic solution.

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4. 4. jctyler in reply to jerryd 06:22 PM 7/16/12

   had you bothered to read the link I posted you'd have saved yourself the waste of a comment.
   
   
   

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5. 5. jctyler in reply to jerryd 06:28 PM 7/16/12

   you must be USamerican <sigh> ok then, for your sole benefit:
   
   "The process invented and patented by Alka Zadgaonkar is capable of accepting all tribes and castes of plastic waste as input: carry bags, broken buckets and chairs, PVC pipes, CDs, computer keyboards and other eWaste, the horrible, aluminized crinkly bags of the kind that pack crisps, expanded polystyrene [the abominable 'thermocole'], PET bottles- are these and others are all given equal opportunity to contribute to Zadgaonkars' profits. No sorting or picking is done."
   
   

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6. 6. jack.123 06:36 PM 7/16/12

   How much fuel may be in the huge plastic deposits in the middle of the Pacific?Is it worth going after?If so there's gold in them there blobs.It may time to profit from the cleaning up the mess.

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7. 7. jerryd 09:58 PM 7/18/12

   jctyler, thank you for the kind words. Sadly neither your link works or anything pops up on Yahoo.
   
   The Plastoline website was what I'm looking for to do. What I'm asking for is the details of the process for the harder to recycle ones. Turns out if not done right you end up with toxic waste.
   
   So if anyone can help where such info might be I'll put it together so anyone can make a business making fuel;s from plastics and more importantly, keeping them out of the water.
   
   Plastics that have been at sea likely have serious growth on them so bad recycling won't pay for itself as labor intensive. Probably the best is gather it into a larger crushed ball heavier than water and let it sink to the bottom thus store C in both plastic and biomass and can no longer kill sealife, maybe even give life a place to hold onto in the depths.

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