Ridding the Oceans of Plastics by Turning the Waste Into Valuable Fuel
Monday, April 3, 2017 - 05:31
in Physics & Chemistry
Billions of pounds of plastic waste are littering the world's oceans. Now, a Ph.D. organic chemist and a sailboat captain report that they are developing a process to reuse certain plastics, transforming them from worthless trash into a valuable diesel fuel with a small mobile reactor.