The container-based WASTX Plastic converts up to 250 kg of plastic waste per module and day into clean energy. A previously worthless residual material thus becomes a valuable raw material. This produces 1 litre of fuel per kilogram of plastic. If there is more waste, the systems can simply be connected to each other.
https://biofabrik.com/en/white-refinery ... to-energy/
If plastic is exposed to sunlight, it not only decomposes but also releases methane – a gas that has 28 times the global warming potential of CO2. LDPE, i.e. polyethylene of low density, as used for example in packaging films or plastic carrier bags, releases a particularly high amount of methane according to the investigations. The fact that PE and PP are released into the oceans at all is not only critical from an environmental point of view. Both are so-called polyolefins that can be recycled with the right technology.
Biofabrik’s WASTX Plastic processes plastic waste from the sea (this is a wake up call) :
https://biofabrik.com/en/2019/06/20/don ... m-the-sea/
