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Non-oil-derived plastics, recycling plastic, solar applications of plastic and other alternative, clean-energy related applications or contexts of plastic.
Directory:Waste to Energy / Tire Recycling Breakthrough - Delta Energy's DEPolymerization™ process takes one of the world's biggest pollution problems - discarded tires - and turns them into usable fuel, made possible by a secret chemical compound. 99% of the original tire is turned into something useful, from natural gas to diesel fuel to carbon that can be reused in the rubber and plastics industry. (KXNet.com Nov. 12, 2007)
Directory:Global Resource Corp:High-Frequency Attenuating Wave Kinetics or HAWK - Frank Pringle of Global Resource Corp (GRC) has invented and refined an efficient microwave energy process to turn plastics, discarded tires, and other carbon-based substances such as shale, coal, and tar sands into gas and oil.
Directory:Polymer Energy LLC - The Polymer Energy™ system uses catalytic pyrolysis to efficiently convert plastics (primarily polyolefins) into crude oil. The system can handle as high as 30% impurities such as metals, glass, dirt, water, etc. in the feedstock, making pre-sorting, cleaning, or drying unnecessary, reducing overall operational costs.
New Envion Facility Turns Plastic Waste into $10/Barrel Fuel - Washington, DC company claims it can turn plastic into an oil-like fuel for just $10 per barrel, which can be blended with other components and used as either gasoline or diesel. The process entails heating up plastic using infrared light, which removes hydrocarbons without the use of a catalyst. (Inhabitat September 16, 2009)
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- A Georgia company has announced that they have devised a simple, natural way to convert anything that grows out of the Earth into oil. The inventor's formula is simple. Basically, biomass (such as grass clippings or wood chips) plus the right bacteria equals hydrocarbons, which make not just fuel but plastics and other petroleum products. (PESWiki May 10, 2008)
See Directory:Plant-Based Plastic - separate index page
Genomatica develops novel bioplastic - San Diego-based Genomatica said today it has developed genetically engineered E.Coli bacteria that could replace the need for petroleum in the process to make some plastics. (CleanTech Sept. 16, 2008)
US Survey: 70+% of Americans Don't Know Plastic is Made from Oil - 40% believe plastic will biodegrade at some point. In truth, nearly 10 percent of U.S. oil consumption – approximately 2 million barrels a day – is used to make non-biodegradable plastic. Survey was cosponsored by Metabolix, Inc., a company using bioscience to provide clean solutions for plastics, fuels and chemicals. (BusinessWire Apr. 20, 2007)
New Bio Plastics from DuPont - More biopolymers are approaching commercial viability, adding to latex rubber and nylon-11 (made from a by-product of castor bean oil), which presently account for only a small fraction of the millions of polymer products in use today. (TreeHugger July 6, 2006)
Waste Plastic Becomes Clean Burning Fuel - Penn. State University has developed PlastoFuel pellets from dirty waste Agri-plastics. GR Technologies of Korea has patented burner converting same to alternative energy. (Blogspot June 6, 2005)
Plastics > Huge potential for bioplastics - It almost sounds too good to be true - turning cow pats into plastic. But the unlikely-looking liquid in the flask Dr Steven Pratt holds is the key ingredient to an environmentally friendlier drink bottle. (PhysOrg July 17, 2006)
'Plastic oil' could improve fuel economy in cars, chemists say - Recycled plastic bottles could one day be used to lubricate your car's engine. These polyethylene-derived oils could help improve fuel economy and reduce the frequency of oil changes. (EurekAlert June 12, 2005)
Bacteria are key to 'green' plastics, drugs - Scientists are using a genetically modified bacteria that metabolizes glucose from grain sorghum and produces almost pure succinate, a key ingredient of many plastics, drugs, solvents and food additives. (EurekAlert Aug. 22, 2005)
Konarka and Solaris Nanosciences Create Joint Research Program - Solaris' nanoscale metalic structures could boost the solar energy conversion efficiency of Konarka's portable power plastics. (PESN June 12, 2005)
XsunX Developing Solar Film for Buildings' Windows - See-through thin film plastic Power Glass™ integrates solar collection capabilities in a cost-comparable substrate to existing film products, taking energy gain into consideration. (PESN June 9, 2005) (Thanks Sandi)
Spray-On Solar-Power Cells Are True Breakthrough - Scientists have invented a plastic solar cell that can turn the sun's power into electrical energy, even on a cloudy day.
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is getting, don't forget that these ocean trash vortexes pose perhaps the largest ecological blight that consumerism-bent mankind has imposed on the planet. (PESWiki June 9, 2010)
New Plastic to Cut CO2 Emissions and Purify Water - Scientists have created a plastic material that mimics pores found in plants and is exceptionally efficient. It can separate carbon dioxide from natural gas a few hundred times faster than current plastic membranes. (Slashdot Oct. 15, 2007)
Directory:Recycling > Plastics Recycling Industry 'Starving For Materials' - Consumers have unknowingly put the plastics recycling industry in the United States on a starvation diet by failing to recycle sufficient quantities of soft drink bottles and other waste. (Science Daily Oct. 16, 2007)
GENERAL W2E
Directory:Thermal Electric - e.g. waste heat
PREVENTION OF WASTE
Directory:Home Generation:Gray Water Recycling
TYPES OF WASTE-TO-ENERGY
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Directory:Biodiesel from Algae Oil
Directory:Microorganisms in Energy Production
Directory:Microbial Fuel Cells
Directory:Refinery Flaring Recovery
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OIL FOOTER
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OIL POLLUTION
Directory:Ecological Impact of Oil
Directory:BP's Gulf Oil Volcano
Directory:Ocean Trash Vortexes (Gyres)
OIL REMEDIES
Directory:Fuel Efficiency - many more links here
Directory:Microwave-based Oil Extraction
FOSSIL-BASED OIL REPLACEMENTS
Directory:Alternative Fuels - many more oil-replacement links here, including fuel treatment solutions
Directory:Biodiesel from Algae Oil
SPECIFIC COMPANIES
Directory:West Fabrication Institute's Taylor/Pyrox Technology
Directory:Green Power Inc's NanoDiesel:Catalytic Pressureless Depolymerization (Oiling)
Directory:Global Resource Corp:High-Frequency Attenuating Wave Kinetics or HAWK
Directory:Changing World Technology - Thermal Depolymerization Process
OIL 'SCARCITY'
Site:LRP:The Energy Non-Crisis
Directory:North American Oil Fields
OTHER RESOURCES
Directory:Energy Business Reports
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