Scientists have developed a method of converting waste plastics to ingredients for jet fuel in less than an hour, to help tackle the plastic waste crisis. The researchers, from Washington State University (WSU), developed a catalytic process to efficiently convert polyethylene to jet fuel and high-value lubricants. Other scientists have already converted single-use plastics into jet fuel, diesel and lubricant. Converting plastics to ingredients for jet fuel and other valuable products would make recycling plastics less problematic. In recent decades, an accumulation of waste plastics has caused an environmental crisis, polluting oceans and pristine environments around the world.

Source: Daily Mail May 17, 2021 15:02 UTC