About 7 percent of the world's oil supply is used to make plastics...This company's process can convert about 8.5 to 10 pounds of plastic into one gallon of synthetic crude oil. Its strategy is to build plants or license its technology to waste handlers which will locate a plant at a waste collection site. A significant amount of plastic is either not taken by recyclers or is too mixed with other garbage to be recycled, Ulum said. That provides a sufficient feedstock of plastic after recycling, he said. "If you look at what's still in your garbage every week after recycling, you'll see a fair amount of plastic in most municipalities," See more from: http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-57345530-54/fill-er-up-with-plastic-waste-t...
