Ito believes educating school children and their parents about the concept is his most important work.
The oil manufactured was used for running boats and tourist buses,” writes Steve Austin in Making Oil from Plastic. The program succeeded and it also offered a practical solution to get rid of plastics left by tourists. Ito did it as a part of a project he took up a few years back. There, he worked in conjunction with the schools and local government to educate people about the culture of recycling and the great value of useless plastic. On many occasions, he has taken the model on planes to Marshall Islands. “It is the educational aspect of this invention that Ito is more passionate about. Additionally, Blest is showing how a trash problem can be solved in a lucrative way, while also spreading the Japanese idea of mottainai (waste is sad and regrettable). The company has taken the tabletop machine to Africa, the Philippines and the Marshall Islands to educate children about the fact that plastic isn’t waste - it’s oil that can be used as fuel. “The home is the oil field of the future.” Educational horizons “To make a machine that anyone can use is my dream,” said Akinori Ito, CEO of Blest. The company manufactures a variety of sizes and already has 60 up and running at farms, fisheries and factories in Japan, along with several abroad. By converting plastic into oil, CO2 emmissions are reduced by 80% compared to conventional burning of plastic. Using a single kilowatt for the conversion, you’re looking at about 20¢ worth of electricity to create a liter of useable oil.
For every kilogram of plastic, the machine will make about 1L of oil. The fuel is then used to power cars, motor bikes, generators, stoves, lawn mowers - basically anything that needs gas to run. You can also process it further by separating the oil into gasoline, kerosene and diesel. The machine happily handles polyethylene, polystyrene and polypropylene plastic, but not PET bottles under the #1 polypropylene class.
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