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 Jeremy Rowsell plans a groundbreaking August 2016 flight from San Francisco to Alaska, using fuel derived entirely from plastic waste.
- The initiative aims to demonstrate plastic-to-oil technology as a solution to plastic pollution, giving waste plastic value and potentially reducing greenhouse gas emissions by up to 70 percent.
- Rowsell is collaborating with Plastic Energy, a company specializing in converting end-of-life plastic into synthetic fuel, and the project has garnered support from figures like Sir David Attenborough.
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