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Man Invents Machine To Convert Plastic Into Oil

Flixxy.com -- In an efficient and safe effort to save us from the ill-effects of plastic waste, Akinori Ito has developed a machine which converts plastic back into oil..
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Submitted Aug 30, 2010 By: Cakes77
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teafortwo
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Message Posted: Aug 31, 2010 10:47:58 PM


NHLiveFree says:

"How STUPID. It's much simpler and more energy efficient to just shred it and reuse it for plastic products. They have hucksters in Japan too! "NHLiveFree? Bud? Have you visited a landfill lately? Or taken a look at what is floating around in our waterways and oceans, especially the Pacific Gyre?

Sure. Plastics can be recycled, and SHOULD be. Unfortunately, mostly they are not.
I marvel at the folks that go on and on about how they love their oil, and we must have more; yet they use plastic bottles made from petroleum once, toss them in the trash, and then reach for another. All of this plastic has the potential to be recycled over and over not only helping to clean up our environment but also to reduce our need for drilling more oil.

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Message Posted: Aug 31, 2010 4:28:15 AM

This is nothing new except for the size of the machine. I think its better to use less disposable plastic to begin with and it's still to hard to recycle things like plastic bags and styrofoam.
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Message Posted: Aug 31, 2010 1:08:40 AM

Perhaps more accurately, "reconverts plastic onto oil." Hope it helps reduce plastic waste products.
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Message Posted: Aug 30, 2010 11:41:31 PM

A godsend!!!
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alterman156
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Message Posted: Aug 30, 2010 10:53:25 PM

There would be no trouble finding plastic since a lot of the litter is made up of plastic.
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Message Posted: Aug 30, 2010 10:03:29 PM

At least it will prevent all the plastic in landfills.
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Message Posted: Aug 30, 2010 9:08:03 PM

This sounds interesting though back words.
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Message Posted: Aug 30, 2010 7:37:25 PM

watch the smoke and mirrors; but keep drilling.
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Message Posted: Aug 30, 2010 7:27:13 PM


How STUPID. It's much simpler and more energy efficient to just shred it and reuse it for plastic products. They have hucksters in Japan too!
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