New technology turning plastic into fuel

[@GaryESims]

The poor in some countries have already figured this out on a very small scale...

[@GaryESims]

No web site. Personal conversation with someone from a war torn middle eastern country. He used plaatic bottles to make gasoline for his motorcycle. He said it took a long time to make and a lot of bottled for a small ammount produced.

[@siphesihlelanga5783]

And with them it must be regarded as illegal and environmentally harmful practice that needs to meet the full and harsh might of the law

[@johnallen7232]

​@siphesihlelanga5783 you must be the government

[@karlailin]

They all knew all along. world is completely broken by the corrupt.

[@Technoanima]

Yes, follow the money. Oil companies didn’t want competition, environmental groups wanted something to complain about and politicians wanted something to enact more laws.

[@jameswest4819]

All organic garbage and sewage can be transformed into oil. This process takes energy but the ability to make useful material out of waste is much preferable to the mess we are making.

[@catgir5x]

No reason we cannot do both...we have tons of plastic process on this planet and work on not producing more single use plastic..I say Yeah ..

[@Vwgti2011]

It's that simple. Why always this or that. Both is the way, targeting short and long term

[@aaroncapricorn5867]

we need a bunch of these factories in the US!

[@jeremybrunger17]

The Environmental Idealist😂 We will never do without plastics* for the next 50/100years so let's have a system that works in the Real World. *Covid proved that🤷‍♂️

[@kurtshinn9498]

Why isn’t there companies in the USA. Should be at least four, one for east coast,west ,north & south . This would help gasoline prices and diesel

[@Pynaegan]

What, and throw off the "agenda"!? *ARE YOU MAD* !?

[@droopyofthenorthwestmounted]

This all or nothing mentality has got to stop. There are many different solutions to problems. Let's not discount any that are better than the status quo because they're not 100% ideal. When a better solution comes along we'll try that.

[@hapmaplapflapgap]

A lot of plastic waste is not usable as recycling material in most currently used systems, but this looks like it could be done to the low grade plastic too. I was wondering why this hasn't been around for longer.

[@Ryan-mt2uz]

A pyrolysis machine was invented in late 1800’s their fairly common in 3rd world countries and parts of Europe.. It’s big money that suppresses this information sadly

[@jp8260]

This is going to be one of the best solutions to save our planet if it succeed. We have plenty of plastic to go around. If we can convert them back into its original stage.. that is just awesome!

[@TheWall2772]

Everything has its limits, may bring a success but can bring a negative which can be worse than that positive

[@dennishein2812]

About time they figured a way to recycle plastics better.

[@owemylife]

New technology. You can literally turn plastic into deisel with a campfire and a metal container

[@owemylife]

@@stoptrudeau42 that sounds like a ridiculous oversimplification but look it up on KZbin. There were a couple of tubes I didn't take the time to understand, but that wS essentially how they were making deisel out of plastic that washed up on an island.

[@got2kittys]

At least this gets rid of it. Its not in the ocean.

[@backtoobasics]

This is a really good step forward. Get the gfl group or miller on board and they could be processing there own fuel. Its a no brainer for someone in the refuse business, cut your actual shipments by 1/3 to the land fill and a semi renewable fuel source to suppliment the over head. Plus suporting a technoloy with tax payer dollar wouldnt be that bad either

[@MartellThaCool]

This is great news

[@frankisawesomee]

More technology more innovation on this situation is required plus more governmental incentives given to these companies for tremendous growth!!!!

[@firetruck1364]

That one dude is a Debbie Downer.

[@fhlwrhqrhqfnb]

There years later, we know that the viability of recycling was a lie all along, and that guy's good intentions were shaped by oil/plastic industry misinformation. Until we stop producing plastic, it's every community-minded person's job to help break it down before it crumbles apart and ends up in the soil and water. Which is to say, towns need this so that people can do something useful instead of pretending recycling is still viable. Towns could save a lot of money on fuel for municipal vehicles and buildings if they work out a good deal with the owner of the digester.

[@Serendipity818]

👍👍amazing job👍👍😁❤

[@Irishrebel092]

My math question would be if we switched to only using gas and diesel from plastics, and assuming the current plastic and fuel use would remain the same, would this be able to fully sustain the world's gasoline and diesel needs?

[@denisemartel3352]

If it’s work it deserve a Nobel .

[@ebeebeebeebeebe2298]

@babrown1097 you know how he was called?

[@ronaldcheatham7242]

Good idea. Great job.

[@coolhawk2003]

Super easy to do as well. Al u need is a small air tight container and have a pipe come out of the top going to another smaller container to collect and and more then one collecter on the pipe line. Oya start a fire under the first container and have that one filled with plastic

[@alternativgazdasag]

You need a cooler too because the produced gas has 400-600 celsius temperature.

[@conway2121]

LOL ALL YA DO IS BOIL IT ITS NOT NEW TECHNOLOGY.

[@new-knowledge8040]

People who live off the grid in the woods or in the jungle somewhere, who have almost no tools at hand at all, can do it. I think a cover up has been in the works.

[@ChucksSEADnDEAD]

@@new-knowledge8040 There's no cover up. Those people are most likely chopping wood and using it as fuel to heat up the plastics. If you did that at an industrial scale, you'd need to have a massive forest area you could replant and let sections grow for years or else it wouldn't be sustainable. If you're using electric ovens for heat, which is the sane solution, let's say you had a solar farm so that you make it as sustainable as possible. You could use that solar farm to charge batteries and "fuel" electric motors. You could sell that power to the grid. You're """"losing"""" money by doing this, so there's no cover up. This is really only worth it when you have massive volumes of plastic you can't get rid of, so for example local governments or waste management companies pay these guys to take care of the problem. They're not in the business of making fuel. They're in the business of making a problem go away. The fuel is just a cherry on top to help them make a profit.

[@zoekelly9949]

Well this is great news. Hope this really takes off soon

[@carholic-sz3qv]

this isnt really something new , many other private company have been doing it for years the shame is that they dont really expand or evolve to be suffucient enough, there is enough plastic in landfills and in the ocean to make endless amount of fuel , we just need more investment

[@aaroncapricorn5867]

it is taking off! especially in third world countries where people are desperate for anything to get them by - like easy to produce fuel for their vehicles. we, the uk, other european countries ship so many tons of plastic to the ivory coast areas and i can assure you this is catching on

[@nopeninja8883]

Great. Though if there is any results as to waste output regarding what is left over from this process itd be nice to know. Before we get all excited....

[@vixxa]

Great idea

[@pwatom22]

Very interesting. Would have been better to expand the interview with mr O'Brien. Spartagroup seem to be doing a lot across many fields.

[@zoubaman1283]

The Only concern is about the gases which will be released to the atmosphere during to the oil process!!!!!!!!! if clean this going to be the best invention of the year!!!!! A good thing to clean all the plastic in oceans and clean all the mess made by plastic makers ,,,,,,,,,

[@len801]

Nothing to be concerned about. Emissions are about the same as the furnace used to heat your home. The off-gases are used to run the processor. The waste from the process has uses as carbon black. . . www.plastic2oil.com/site/home

[@catalinacurio]

What are the affects, would we breathing plastic from emissions?

[@nopeninja8883]

Uncertain but majority of plastics are created from crude. Havent heard of the process before now, so the waste effects of the returning it to useable fossil fuels hasnt been made available. Once its back to fossil fuel products it would have at least the same effects as regular petrochemicals. So will need for a decent amount of test data to be released to the general public before celebrating anything.

[@christianfudge3506]

What does that even mean? Proper English!!!

[@len801]

@@nopeninja8883 Testing has been done. The NY DEC has tested the process and gave this company permits to run their process. . . www.plastic2oil.com/site/home

[@lslover5143]

So just let all the plastic collect there? If we can turn it into fuel which can be used in a lot of applications, why not?

[@walterbunn280]

Ehhh.... The problem here is the environmentalist is ignoring the renewable application that the pyrolysis technology has. Running plastic through the machine is the main use that they're looking for, but you can put brown waste (paper, cardboard, high carbon,etc) through a pyrolysis system and also get diesel/gasoline out of it. The worst part of this is that by demanding renewables only he's actively advocating for plastic pollution that will never degrade.

[@OOOHBILLY]

It’s absolutely a great way to make use of what’s already here, as long as it’s not a justification for generating more and more plastic

[@brianmackenzie4265]

Electric cars will need to be recycled the same way..

[@unboxingdoomdays5949]

Is that company still in existence

[@GeneTickles]

Keith offers no solutions just complains. Recycling is a scam.

[@3Z6I9R]

Kieth is a pelican 😂

[@jaredring3378]

That’s crazy I just heard about this turns out this place is in my city

[@1Scital1]

Still isn’t being used

[@boyejoadefuye4501]

How do we have the proper equipment to do this process?

[@RuiWang-zm2ue]

Problem is, how much energy is it going to cost to convert plastic into oil? Because cost would be a huge factor in whether there will be widespread adoption of this technique.

[@himanshupatel9974]

I guess this is not a sustainable business because in the pyrolysis process you need more fuel than it produces.

[@phillyvoodoo]

@@himanshupatel9974 but the elimination of waste plastic is a costly prospect.... Even if you could recapture a fraction of the cost all while getting rid of the environment killing product it is a win....

[@fmg337]

@@phillyvoodoo Depends, if all his equipment is powered by renewable energy and he can automate or outsource the separation of plastic (a government body could do that, ot ONG working on cleaning up plastics in different areas), it would lower the cost drastically. Canada is a country that has a fair amount of oil so its not SUPER profitable, but it could help close the loop that is the usage of plastic since you can only recycle plastic so many times (2-4 times i think, depending on the plastic)

[@caidencanales]

Honestly this is the way to enforce renewables, the oil companies now have a reason for cleaning up… making gas and oil

[@slooma-b1w]

Is the gasoline and diesel extracted from this process good quality

[@jakephelp]

this is old tech

[@CzarinaMichelle]

Thermolysis, as it is more aptly known, is not a panacea for plastic waste; Using renewable and biodegradable materials (like sugarcane fibre - a byproduct of sugar production) for conveniences such as restaurant take out containers, hot cups and cold cups is much more of a healthy choice than plastics for single use food packaging.

[@jessechristensen6028]

A lot of that plastic can’t be recycled and a lot of it ends up in south east Asia and burned in giant piles. With this it’s being turned into something useful and with modern engines and emissions controls I guarantee you that your getting less pollution.

[@tjmbv8680]

How many solutions to the plastic problem has Keith brooks implemented?

[@CYCO1631]

They should partner with Clean Ocean Project!

[@ahilltodieons]

Lets just produce fuel from plastic until there's none left. Better than looking for exotic and complicated ways to try to repurpose and reuse it, if there's already a good solution.

[@idreeskudeer1365]

Please what about wax formation from plastic pyrolysis

[@LiveLively300]

This is amazing technology.

[@nnolijesse8770]

Can you help me Set this up?

[@giwonpark8350]

Awesome! but is this technology profitable without government subsidies?? I mean considering all the facts like environmental cost and so forth

[@ricothepuppetmaster]

One step at a time. And keep the Green new deal at the horizon

[@nataleighjones4596]

Yo, we can't just stop using plastics now, the damage has already been done. We also can't just magically have plastics off to the side as if it doesn't exist. This guy really needs to see the full two pictures instead of just looking at his full glass.

[@wei8280]

The problem is the energy needed to produce this is more than the amount of fuel created hence why its not being done in large scale. And of course big oil companies greed.

[@MrDadGuy]

Since only about 9% of plastics have been recycled and 12% is burned, why is trying to do something with all the plastic waste "perpetuating" it's existence? It exists and continues to be produced without the "incentive" of it not ending up in a landfill. Some people just can't stand it when someone else is trying to do something productive while they themselves feel superior by standing off to the side lecturing.

[@OmerTheGreatOne]

Question is how much energy does it take to produce that fuel? And will that fuel produce more energy than it required for production? If not, than burying that plastic is more environmentally friendly.

[@josedaniel341]

Should use that for industrial diesel only

[@samirsaidi2720]

Why

[@brenda3766]

*zooms in intensely*

[@meckkz387c]

Wild petroleum based products can be converted to petroleum

[@michaeljean5501]

Amen

[@andrewmartinez8340]

Is that financially viable though?

[@rachelpandit8061]

Canada sends plastic to Philippines to dump in the ocean. We need to clean up the plastic by turning it in fueland plant more trees to balance co2.

[@Chase_01]

What is that dude talking about this is recycling probably the best form of plastic recycling

[@ConcreteBombDeep]

What's the downside and how dirty is the fuel? They make it seem so easy, heat plastic in a oxygen free environment and boom fuel. Except the fuel that comes out is dark and looks dirty to me. I just wonder what happens to the spent/burnt plastic and if that fuel could run something without clogging it up over time.

[@imagearistry441]

The PlastikGas inventor is making high performance gas and diesel from plastic and is way ahead of this. The inventor is Latino and so is the president but I’d imagine there are industries trying to keep that info from getting out.

[@ARK1phil]

For goodness sake ...this is not a new technology it been around for at least a decade..

[@gordtron]

can't wait to build one of these in my backyard and pick through all the cities recycling. gonna be rich like trudeaus grandpappy.

[@WeightlessBeing]

So... we put it in the air instead.... Oh makes sense.

[@stephenrioux6821]

Another wheel-spin technology is coming our way. We are no longer given the choice between plastic and paper because plastic has become much cheaper than paper (styrene is a waste product of fuel production). It requires huge amounts of electricity to extract that last drop of gasoline from the plastic. Expending energy to make fuel is a zero-sum equation. Additionally, the process cannot be 100% efficient. What is the waste product? They didn't say.

[@greyarea1764]

I think this is great, but I want to know if it takes more energy to do this than it produces.

[@jerrywhidby.]

You would have to factor in what it takes to get fuel out of the ground and refine it too.

[@ChucksSEADnDEAD]

@@jerrywhidby. If we lost energy in that process we'd never have progressed past the steam age because it would have cost us more energy to dig coal and drill oil than the energy it would take to run a factory. In this process you're not taking energy that's been created already and refining it. You're literally heating up plastic until it's destroyed.

[@kansascitychifes3507]

Yesssssss!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@CODTerracraft]

so you're recycling pollution to make pollution.

[@user-rp6zs1ir7f]

"Talia Richi, cbc neeews"

[@ThichabodCrane]

Keith Brooks doesn't have any clue what to do with current non-recyclable plastics. Turning it into fuel is a great way to repurpose something that isn't going away anytime soon. If he is so concerned with renewables he should maybe look to the corporations that are causing most of the worlds pollution and not someone that's actually trying to help.

[@vikingvisigoth4384]

Any guy who works on cars will tell you that plastics do not have the shelf life that you think they do. 1000 year decomposition, is a lie.

[@ZalamaTheDragonGod]

Yep, they quickly break down into microplastics and contaminate the food supply

[@calumcaldwell5025]

how is buddy whining thats such a good idea.

[@Kman31ca]

Well it came from the ground, put it back.

[@nyakwarObat]

Your body also came from the ground. Put it back 😁😁

[@owenfermi3871]

We have a mass of plastic 620,000 square miles wide just floating in our ocean… and we can turn it into gas but we aren’t? Interesting. We can now get rid of it and use it for one of the most valuable things used by most people? Gas. Interesting

[@owenfermi3871]

I assume not all of the plastic could be used but still cmon

[@Ms95670]

Nothing new here..Changing world Tech has been doing it for decades..we just don't want to spend the money to scale it up.

[@mrbear1302]

yes but what does it take to convert the plastic? Water? as usual they left out a big part of the story.......

[@Kaioxkenn]

Canadians… always thinking of them selves and I’m thinking of third world countries

[@mobeyond]

In this industry for 12 years, this is not going to work, and have witnessed a lot of investor’s fail. When you say plastic, there are many different kinds of plastics, with different ingredient, and different physical and chemical characteristics. Using one simple pyrolysis process can not deal all of them, meanwhile this process will release massive toxin, and that diesel/gasoline can never compare with conventional quality gasoline/diesel. Using high temperature incriminating furnace plus boiler and turbine, is still the only proven way to destroy that waste and recycle some energy.

[@FaiyaRay]

Spoiler alert. This is NOT sustainable. If it is those smaller inventors which actually invents this would have gone rich.

[@gbestwick]

That environmental guy needs to sit down and be quiet. Seriously, all he is suggesting is an all or nothing approach.

[@dominantInvestmentsllc]

Hemp

[@jaehohwang8125]

Environmentalist always points a problem to every modern day uses, but never finds or provide solution. Businessmen and entrepreneurs finds sees a problems and finds solutions.

[@nubtor]

There's so much plastic out there even if we didn't make any more we could probably feul ourselves for many years from it, so I disregard the naysayers better in feul than a river or a beach ocean or a animals stomach or our food. The opposition's point of renewable energy is mute given the real reality of climate change and the fact that the plastics are already there. Let's not forget nitrogen methane and a lot of hot air hysteria

[@행호할캥홍]

I think it is amazing This amazes my mind

[@KawasakiRamey]

Plastic comes from coal.

[@ericphantri96734]

Old oil , ethenol , and plastic waste into gasoline but only for temporary until all cars are electric or hydraulic maybe in 10 to 20 more years then we still need gasoline

[@Lenin941FN]

Senku did it first

[@WhatDadIsUpTo]

NEW technology? Yaaaa I don't think so. I've done this for an easy ten years !!!

[@vinalchaudhary8342]

Thats how these industries go dont they? Some business minded individuals will find something that's been done, amplify it to a larger scale and profit. Still commendable.

[@kreativeforce532]

Shout out to NatureJab.

[@mikesahle1193]

Great job, solar power will back you too for the future generations thank you. Till then keep smiling with lol politely & safely plastic

[@flightisallright]

I agree with Keith Brooks.

[@lnk3503]

Islanders just burn it.

[@anandapatmanabhansu]

Thankyou sir. Sir does burning this fuel. Cause again pollution.

[@lucilleseven6085]

This isn't new...

[@tomn.9879]

Well, this is great news. What a great way to clean up the ocean and landfills.

[@youvasquez]

bury or reuse it. environmentalist would rather just bury it? we will need fossil fuel for the foreseeable future so reuse it

[@loriayres5037]

This isn’t new