Modern Australian

If we can't recycle it, why not turn our waste plastic into fuel?

  • Written by Muxina Konarova, Advanced Queensland Research Fellow, The University of Queensland
If we can't recycle it, why not turn our waste plastic into fuel?Could this be turned into fuel, instead of just more plastic?Shutterstock.com

Australia’s recycling crisis needs us to look into waste management options beyond just recycling and landfilling. Some of our waste, like paper or organic matter, can be composted. Some, like glass, metal and rigid plastics, can be recycled. But we have no...