An Indian mechanical engineer professor Satish Kumar aims to solve the biggest environmental problem. He successfully converted non-biodegradable plastic into petrol. He is supplying this petrol to many enterprises for Rs. 40 per liter which is less than the price of the actual commercial petrol.
Though this petrol has not been tested for vehicles. It is used for many machines and that itself is a big success. Kumar claims that except for Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) and Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET), all other kinds of plastics can be used to make petrol.
The process of making petro out of plastic consists called plastic pyrolysis. The process helps recycle plastic into diesel and petrol. He told that about 500-kg of non-recyclable plastic can produce 400 liters of fuel. However, his company is producing 200 liters of petrol a day out of 200 kg of plastic. Moreover, the process doesn’t release any feces, neither in gas form nor in liquid.
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