Plastic Waste-Powered Airplane to Fly 10,500 Miles from Sydney to London

Australian pilot Jeremy Rowsell is set to break new boundaries for alternative energy by flying from Australia to Britain in an airplane powered entirely by plastic waste. Rowsell’s “ Wings of Waste ” Cessna plane will fly from Sydney to London via Asia, the Middle East, and Europe using fuel refined from “end-of-life” materials such as plastic bags and other refuse that would otherwise wind up in landfills. Read the rest of Plastic Waste-Powered Airplane to Fly 10,500 Miles from Sydney to London Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: aviation fuel , Cessna , hydrocarbons , jeremy rowsell , landfill , pacific garbage patch , plastic bags , plastic recycling , pyrolysis , solar impulse

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Plastic Waste-Powered Airplane to Fly 10,500 Miles from Sydney to London