Transforming waste into fuel with Australian innovations, from tyres to sugar cane and agave
by Bianca Nogrady from on (#25E04)
The emerging biofuel industry is casting the net wide to find solutions to two environmental problems: reducing waste and increasing fuel production
In a world of dwindling resources, waste is one thing in no danger of running out. Each Australian generates more than 2,000kg of waste per year, and around half of that ends up in landfill. But at least some of that waste could be turned into a resource that is both in demand and in decline: fuel.
The global waste-to-fuel industry is considering options as varied as agave, plastics and disused tyres to solve two environmental problems - reducing waste and increasing fuel production.
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