Website review: Giant microwave turns plastic back ...
acompas discovered this in Science/Tech
•71 reviews since Jun 27, 2007
science, recycling, oil
•environment.newscientist.com/channel/earth/dn...
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acompas discovered 13 months ago- Scientist put plastics in their microwave, and presto - oil on tap. Since it takes a lot of energy to power a microwave oven, I'm not sure how it might pan out energy-wise. But it looks promising for cleaning up the sea of plastic waste generated everywhere. *Warning - don't try this at home*
- mikayf rated 2 months ago
- This sounds incredible from this article, but the question is how much energy is going to be required to do this? Additionally, what are the side effects/residuals? Other than that, I hope this works out! Maybe then we can keep the island of plastic in the Pacific from getting any bigger!
- yoonabomba rated 4 months ago
- this looks amazing!
- Innomen rated 5 months ago
From the page: "All that is needed, claims Global Resource Corporation (GRC), is a finely tuned microwave and - hey presto! - a mix of materials that were made from oil can be reduced back to oil and combustible gas (and a few leftovers)."
- davenme rated 5 months ago
- Maybe someone will now be more inclined to remove the floating patch of plastic the size of Texas from the Pacific Ocean. And no folks, I am not lying.
- thetiger2069 rated 7 months ago
- great idea
- Trippy-Hippie rated 8 months ago
- From the page: "A US company is taking plastics recycling to another level â€" turning them back into the oil they were made from, and gas. All that is needed, claims Global Resource Corporation (GRC), is a finely tuned microwave and â€" hey presto! â€" a mix of materials that were made from oil can be reduced back to oil and combustible gas (and a few leftovers)."
- FreqWiz rated 8 months ago
- A US company is taking plastics recycling to another level - turning them back into the oil they were made from, and gas. All that is needed, claims Global Resource Corporation (GRC), is a finely tuned microwave and - hey presto! - a mix of materials that were made from oil can be reduced back to oil and combustible gas (and a few leftovers). Key to GRC's process is a machine that uses 1200 different frequencies within the microwave range, which act on specific hydrocarbon materials. As the material is zapped at the appropriate wavelength, part of the hydrocarbons that make up the plastic and rubber in the material are broken down into diesel oil and combustible gas.
- Phos rated 9 months ago
- I wonder how inefficient this process is? It has to be incredibly power intensive just by looking at the total stages and number of frequencies used.
