“Better” recycling?
Global Resource Corporation (GRC) has a finely tuned microwave which takes plastics and turns them back into oil, gas, and a few leftovers. There’s a video showing the results of putting old tires through this process.
I don’t know if this is necessarily “better” than just recycling plastic the way we do currently, but it certainly provides an alternative as well as a way to reclaim oil that we’ve already used.
[via Slashdot]
I saw that the other day, and thought it could be pretty cool, especially if you get enough of the original back out. Especially if it means we could start microwaving old baby rattles to run engines rather than paying off Arab sheiks.
David
Comment by David Alan Hjelle — June 29, 2007 @ 3:28 pm