Europe's Waste Plastics Turned into Green Fuel

European drivers will soon be able to tank up on diesel made from plastic waste when the first plastics-to-fuel factory opens in Germany at the beginning of next year. Dutch company Envosmart snapped up exclusive rights to the green diesel technology recently when it signed a contract with Australian group Ozmotech. The technology enables unsorted plastic waste to be made into high quality green (low-sulfur) diesel, says Envosmart. Plastics, including those hard or impossible to recycle, are liquefied, thermally treated at around 400 degrees Celsius, and condensed into a low-sulfur fuel. One kilogram of plastic gives 9.3 liters of fuel that can be used in any standard diesel engine.

(Source: Recycling Council of Ontario in June 2006 WasteWatch)

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