Amazing Japanese machine converts trash to oil
Five minute video.
Man invents machine to convert plastic into oil - YouTube
Five minute video.
Man invents machine to convert plastic into oil - YouTube
It's made from a by-product of oil distillation. Just as gasoline is one part of oil distillation, plastics are made from various compounds that are a result of making gasoline, diesel, etc. You could only get what the plastic was made of, not gas/diesel without adding something to it. Well, unless the guy has cracked the quantum mechanics prize.I think plastic is made from oil is it not??
If so then it should be able to be converted back??
It's possible, but not simple. I've worked in the chemical industry most of my working life, and if something like that was practical it would already have been commercialized BY the big companies. Anyway- just how much plastic is in your recycling bin every week? lets say it's 50 lbs.-(and that's a LOT of waste plastic) even if all of that is converted to oil, it only amounts of about 9 gallons. How much would you pay up front for a machine that saves you $50-60/week?