Australian scientists develop tech they say can recycle all plastic

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Local scientists develop a system they say can turn all plastic back into oil, but the first commercial recycling plant using the technology will not be built in Australia.

it was a wakeup call for the industry.

His Catalytic Hydrothermal Reactor does just that through a form of chemical recycling that changes the plastics at a molecular level using hot water at a high pressure to turn them back into oil.

 

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Good stuff while the idiots are screaming and gluing themselves to toads, intelligent people are getting on with making real tangible changes.

All matter & mixes thereof can be subjected to destructive distillation, it is just a question of the energy required. This knowledge is centuries old. If new technology can make it economical by utilising a safe, long-lasting & affordable catalyst then awesome, make it happen.

sussanley Your indolence is killing our country, Ley. Get your act together and start earning the fortune we're paying you.

'The company says a commercial facility could process around 20,000 tonnes of plastic a year. It would take dozens of those facilities to make a substantial dent in Australia's plastic problem.' sounds like job opportunities to me. c'mon ausgovt, stop handballing & step up

'What we're doing is we're simply taking those materials & converting them back to the liquids & the chemicals they came from.'

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