LIGHT AIRCRAFT TRIAL DEMONSTRATES UTILITY OF PLASTIC WASTE AVIATION FUEL BLEND
January 1st, 2017
A light aircraft powered partly by fuel made from plastic waste could dramatically increase aviation sustainability, it is claimed.
Environmentalist Jeremy Roswell flew 500 miles from Sydney to Melbourne in a Vans RV9a aircraft powered by fuel, 90% conventional fuel and 10% from a fuel made from reprocessed end-of-life plastic by London recycling firm Plastic Energy, similar to fragments found in the sea.
Roswell said: "After years of preparation and many ups and down we´ve finally shown that the eight million tonnes of plastic dumped into the oceans each year ...
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