Pilot and environmentalist Jeremy Rowsell is planning a groundbreaking flight for August 2016 — traveling 3,000 miles from San Francisco to Anchorage, Alaska, in a plane fueled by plastic waste.
On Wings of Waste Plans Plastic-Fueled Flight
Key Takeaways:
- Pilot and environmentalist Jeremy Rowsell planned a 3,000-mile flight from San Francisco to Anchorage, Alaska, in a plane fueled by plastic waste.
- The project aims to showcase plastic-to-oil technology as a solution to plastic pollution, producing a cleaner, more efficient fuel that can reduce greenhouse gas emissions by up to 70 percent.
- Rowsell partnered with Plastic Energy, a company that converts end-of-life plastic into synthetic fuel, and the initiative is backed by figures like Sir David Attenborough.
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