Whether buying sliced ham in a black plastic tray or high-value gadgets cosseted in polystyrene, taking an environmentally-friendly route when disposing of the vast array of packaging we’re bombarded with can often seem akin to navigating a minefield.
Because so much of it can’t be recycled, large amounts of this plastic scrap is dumped in landfill, shipped abroad or simply discarded to slowly suffocate the world’s oceans.
Yet, in just 12 months, the battle to do right by the planet — for both consumers and waste managers — may have a new secret weapon in the shape of a plant converting contaminated, unrecyclable plastic into hydrogen power.
London-based environmental developer Waste2Tricity is set to build a waste-to-power plant that will generate green power for vehicles and the national grid.
Powerhouse Energy Group PLC (LON:PHE) has developed the innovative PHE DMG® System, their proprietary thermal conversion technology. DMG® technology provides a mechanism to dispose of a wide range of waste streams by using them as feedstock that can be converted to EcoSynthesis Gas.
