Check out this great video about a fantastic human being.
Plastic, though the holy grail of modern convenience, causes a trifecta of problems. We’re running out of places to dump our non-biodegradable plastic waste and it’s clogging up our oceans. Burning plastic releases tons of CO2 into the atmosphere contributing to global warming. And to make the stuff, it soaks up 7% of our annual petroleum use, an in demand diminishing resource.
Akinori Ito, the CEO of Blest, a Japanese company, has somewhat of a panacea. If plastic is just oil, why don’t we simply turn it back into what it was, he pondered. So the guy made a machine to do just that. His solution is safe, eco-friendly and efficient.
http://motherboard.tv/2010/8/22/a-machine-that-turns-plastic-back-into-oil–2
With ideas like this, we can solve a problem rather than create new ones. Municipal garbage is made up of close to 15% plastic according to the EPA. We could start turning the Great Pacific Garbage Patch into usable fuel for the country. It’s a shame people don’t know more about tide changing products like this one.
