What amount of plastic does it take to make the Polymer Energy machine an option for our waste-to-fuel operations?
The Polymer Energy machine reaches economies of scale when processing around 8 tons or more of PE and PP plastic every 24 hours. The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) states one ton of plastic would take up 7.4 cubic yards (6.8 cubic meters) of landfill space. A typical 40 foot cargo container holds up to 11 tons of compacted plastic. The result is about 5 cargo container loads of plastic are needed a week to run the machine efficiently.
