A Big WOW! For Earth From The Little Island Of Japan

Akinori Ito has invented a machine called Blest, which converts plastic back into oil! Yes, really.

Looking eerily like the DeLorean’s flux capacitor in the Back To The Future movies, Ito’s machine is produced in various sizes, for both industrial and home uses. It can easily transform a kilogram of plastic waste into a liter of oil, using about 1 kilowatt of electricity but without emitting CO2 in the process. The machine uses a temperature controlling electric heater instead of flames, processing anything from polyethylene or polystyrene to polypropylene (numbers 2-4).

1 kg of plastic produces one liter of oil. This takes about 1 kilowatt of electricity, which costs 20 cents. 1 liter diesel oil costs $1.50  NOW, this is what I call recycling!

Although the company still mainly produces larger, industrial-use machines, people from around the world are anxious to know if and where they can purchase a machine. So, here you go – Blest- click on the english catalogue to get you answers direct from the horse’s mouth.

A wonderful invention to sustainably utilize the huge waste problem of the wonderful invention of plastic. It’s looking better and better ….

…. as the green future unfolds.

Lagniappes, From And To, Earth And Her Kids

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Hungary Declared A State Of Emergency In Three Counties In The Aftermath Of The Worst Chemical Accident In It’s History

(Image Source: telegraph.co.uk )

On Monday, October 4, a toxic tsunami of at least a million cubic meters (264,172,052 gallons), crashed through a concrete retaining wall of a 40 square kilometer reservoir, at the Ajkai Timfoldgyar alumina refinery near the town of Ajka, 150 kilometers (93 miles), southwest of the capital of Budapest, Hungary. (more…)

The 200-million Gallon Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Was Worst Environmental Disaster In U.S. History And The New Definition For Malice Aforethought.

On October 4th in Tucson, Arizona, the Center for Biological Diversity awarded former BP CEO Tony Hayward its 2010 Rubber Dodo Award. The award is given annually to the person who has done the most to drive endangered species extinct. (more…)