A 21-year-old says he made gasoline from plastic trash, and now everyone wants to know whether his backyard machine is real

A young inventor is turning plastic trash into liquid fuel. Is this backyard microwave pyrolysis a real solution to plastic ...
New Atlas

Turning plastic into gasoline: Backyard alchemy or TikTok hype?

Picture this: a 21-year-old backyard scientist in Alabama, Julian Brown, sweeps away some dirt and leaves from his homemade solar- and generator-powered, 10-magnetron-powered pyrolysis microwave ...
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Clean-Seas West Virginia Ships First Pyrolysis Reactor to Belle Facility

LOS ANGELES, CA / ACCESS Newswire / June 18, 2025 / Clean Vision Corporation (OCTQB:CLNV) ("Clean Vision" or the "Company"), an emerging leader in innovative plastic conversion and clean fuel ...
Phys.org

Plastic pyrolysis: Chemists explain a technique attempting to tackle plastic waste by bringing the heat

In 1950, global plastic production was about 2 million tons. It's now about 400 million tons—an increase of nearly 20,000%. As a material, it has seemingly limitless potential. Plastic is inexpensive ...
The Conversation

Plastic pyrolysis − chemists explain a technique attempting to tackle plastic waste by bringing the heat

In 1950, global plastic production was about 2 million tons. It’s now about 400 million tons – an increase of nearly 20,000%. As a material, it has seemingly limitless potential. Plastic is ...