Fuel consumption: 14 kg of plastic per 100 km, but to be fair it's a Volvo 240 with a tiny refinery mounted on the roof.
Why don't the fuel producers do this? Is it less efficient than recycling the waste?
Why don't the fuel producers do this? Is it less efficient than recycling the waste?
I recall reading about some of them looking into it but running into issues ensuring a "clean" recycled plastic supply at the scales they need. Can't seem to find the article in my history but there's a ton of varied results I'm seeing from searches talking about the idea of recycling plastic. Example: https://www2.afpm.org/forms/store/ProductFormPublic/sum-21-3...
I think one of the main issues was, at least in the US, chlorinated plastic (e.g. PVC) ends up in the bulk supply of used plastics through negligence/malice/whatever and even at a few percent ends up creating some pretty corrosive compounds which are difficult/expensive to remove before they damage the equipment.
Looks like people are working on that issue too though: https://www.power-technology.com/features/plastic-pyrolysis-...