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Man Invents Machine To Convert Plastic Into Oil

Flixxy.com -- In an efficient and safe effort to save us from the ill-effects of plastic waste, Akinori Ito has developed a machine which converts plastic back into oil..
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Submitted Aug 30, 2010 By: Cakes77

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teafortwo Champion Author Washington Posts:15,332 Points:923,055 Joined:Feb 2009	Message Posted: Aug 31, 2010 9:47:58 PM Ignore teafortwo Report Abuse NHLiveFree says: "How STUPID. It's much simpler and more energy efficient to just shred it and reuse it for plastic products. They have hucksters in Japan too! "NHLiveFree? Bud? Have you visited a landfill lately? Or taken a look at what is floating around in our waterways and oceans, especially the Pacific Gyre? Sure. Plastics can be recycled, and SHOULD be. Unfortunately, mostly they are not. I marvel at the folks that go on and on about how they love their oil, and we must have more; yet they use plastic bottles made from petroleum once, toss them in the trash, and then reach for another. All of this plastic has the potential to be recycled over and over not only helping to clean up our environment but also to reduce our need for drilling more oil.
CiVX Champion Author Oakland Posts:5,707 Points:1,013,475 Joined:Feb 2009	Message Posted: Aug 31, 2010 3:28:15 AM Ignore CiVX Report Abuse This is nothing new except for the size of the machine. I think its better to use less disposable plastic to begin with and it's still to hard to recycle things like plastic bags and styrofoam.
PDQBlues Champion Author San Diego Posts:4,706 Points:980,350 Joined:Jan 2009	Message Posted: Aug 31, 2010 12:08:40 AM Ignore PDQBlues Report Abuse Perhaps more accurately, "reconverts plastic onto oil." Hope it helps reduce plastic waste products.
coughlin Champion Author San Jose Posts:3,336 Points:755,050 Joined:Sep 2009	Message Posted: Aug 30, 2010 10:41:31 PM Ignore coughlin Report Abuse A godsend!!!
alterman156 Champion Author New York Posts:5,085 Points:1,090,550 Joined:Dec 2008	Message Posted: Aug 30, 2010 9:53:25 PM Ignore alterman156 Report Abuse There would be no trouble finding plastic since a lot of the litter is made up of plastic.
graceman Champion Author Baltimore Posts:3,230 Points:819,140 Joined:Jun 2008	Message Posted: Aug 30, 2010 9:03:29 PM Ignore graceman Report Abuse At least it will prevent all the plastic in landfills.
playtimeCLE Champion Author Cleveland Posts:5,905 Points:1,092,475 Joined:Nov 2008	Message Posted: Aug 30, 2010 8:08:03 PM Ignore playtimeCLE Report Abuse This sounds interesting though back words.
POLELANE Champion Author Ohio Posts:7,148 Points:828,370 Joined:Mar 2008	Message Posted: Aug 30, 2010 6:37:25 PM Ignore POLELANE Report Abuse watch the smoke and mirrors; but keep drilling.
NHLiveFree Champion Author New Hampshire Posts:7,205 Points:1,170,885 Joined:Jun 2008	Message Posted: Aug 30, 2010 6:27:13 PM Ignore NHLiveFree Report Abuse How STUPID. It's much simpler and more energy efficient to just shred it and reuse it for plastic products. They have hucksters in Japan too!