| With the increasing price of petroleum fuel and the | | | | attractive not just to public and private waste disposal |
| threat of climate change, the global community is on | | | | operators, but many industrial corporations and freight |
| the lookout for technologies which can be of great | | | | operators can apply it to cut their disposal costs and |
| help towards energy sustainability. Automakers like | | | | simultaneously generate energy - either for their own |
| Toyota, Honda, Ford, and Volkswagen are developing | | | | vehicle fleet or to sell at the gas station." |
| different engine technologies to make greener vehicles. | | | | According to statistics, about 20 million tons of plastic |
| Japanese automakers are known for hybrids while | | | | waste is produced in Europe every year along with 2.5 |
| European car manufacturers are more inclined on the | | | | tons of waste oil. Of the plastic wastes, only half or |
| development of diesel engines. But these engines still | | | | ten million tons are being reused. This means that a |
| burn petroleum fuel and thus produce greenhouse | | | | huge amount of plastic wastes can be tapped to |
| gases. | | | | produce quality fuel. By recovering the petroleum |
| One company which has taken a major step towards | | | | contained within these materials, a lot of sectors will be |
| developing technologies to solve the world's energy | | | | benefited. |
| problem is Clyvia Technology GmbH. The said | | | | Plant operators will be raking in profit and consumers |
| company has succeeded in harvesting diesel from | | | | will have a better alternative to conventional diesel fuel. |
| waste materials such as plastic bags, cable sleeves, | | | | According to reports, diesel fuel produced from |
| and even vehicle components. These materials contain | | | | Clyvia's technology is priced about 25 cents lower than |
| petroleum in varying amount. The German company | | | | conventional diesel fuel used in the regular distributor |
| has shown that it is possible to get heating oil and | | | | rotor -equipped vehicles. The environment will also be |
| diesel from these trashes. | | | | benefited as this process will reduce the amount of |
| Christopher Stampfli, the designate CEO Clyvia which | | | | plastic wastes being tossed into landfills. |
| is based in Schaffhausen, said: "This process is | | | | |