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Post by Trade Coach on Mar 26, 2017 21:59:02 GMT 1
KENYA FIRM INTRODUCES PRODUCTION OF SYNTHETIC FUEL FROM PLASTIC WASTE.
Kenya alternative Energy Systems (AES) has commenced test runs on its plant which converts plastic waste into synthetic fuel. The plant has a capacity to recycle 16 tonnes of plastic waste per day.
The AES pant utilizes a conversion technology that requires heating waste plastics under controlled conditions to produce a synthetic oil similar to industrial diesel oil (IDO) and heavy fuel oil (HFO) used in industrial power plants, furnaces and boilers. The project is the first to come on stream in Africa. A similar project is underway in South Africa.
Kenya’s Industrial and Commercial Development Corporation has invested an estimated 46 per cent of the required financing for execution of the project in the country. It is estimated that the project will provide over 1,500 jobs indirectly through plastic waste collection, 65 jobs will be created in machinery operations another in-plant-duties. In Kenya, over 24 million plastic bags are used monthly, half of which add up to mainstream solid waste, according to the Green Belt, Movement (GBM), an environmental organization founded by Nobel Prize Winner, Wangari Maathai.
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