Turning mixed hydrocarbon (plastics) waste into fuel

Oxford University spin-out Oxford Synthetic Fuels (OSF), announced plans to reduce the environmental impact of plastics by providing a low energy process to convert it and other solid hydrocarbon waste material into high quality transportation fuels.
As its starting point, the company will utilise pyrolysis, a technology that thermally decomposes plastics in absence of oxygen and transforms them into an oil-like substance known as pyrolysis oil. The OSF process is able to handle mixed plastic and thus negates the need for sorting and separation, and will be complementary to current recycling methods in the effort to eliminate waste (News Item University of Oxford, 5 February 2018).
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