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The resulting liquid chemicals can then be used to make materials like nylon, which is commonly used in the fashion and automotive industry.
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I used to work for a company that made Nylon, usually in big blocks (anywhere from 150 lbs to 1 ton each) or molded shapes, afterwards they would get machined down to their final shape and size. We made things like Roller coaster wheels, Bushings for the really big wind mills, food grade prep surfaces for kitchens or factories (conveyor belts), and rocket fuel. We made the engine for SpaceShip2, the one that crashed. There's a lot of uses for this material.
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17 metric tons of plastic waste into 6 tons of valuable chemicals over the course of 3 months.
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I know this is just a pilot project, but that's really slow. REALLY slow. Unless they can come up with a way to speed that up, it won't be economical nor sustainable.