Recycling plastic bottles into jet fuel

2019-06-14T10:26:00

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Teach your students how plastic waste is being converted into hydrocarbon fuels

Plastic waste from drinks bottles and food packaging can be transformed in a new process into a mixture of C7 and C8 hydrocarbons, which can then be used as components of diesel and jet fuel.

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