How a Facility Turning Plastic Into Jet Fuel Could Solve the UK’s Next Oil Crisis

How a facility turning plastic into jet fuel could solve the UK’s next oil crisis

As airlines and travellers feel the effect of global jet fuel shortages, scientists in Kent may have figured out a sustainable solution to the crisis

'World’s first’ facility that converts waste plastic to aviation fuel opens

‘World’s first’ pilot facility converting waste plastic to Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) opens in Kent. The pilot facility, which is operated by Clean Planet Technologies, is dedicated to converting hard-to-recycle waste plastics into SAF. The facility is set up to research and develop new technologies that can deal with non-recyclable plastic waste. Known as the Sustainability Innovation Centre, the facility is set up to research and develop …

Clean Planet Technologies opens world’s first waste plastics to sustainable aviation fuel pilot facility at Discovery Park

Above: Bertie Stephens, CEO of Clean Planet Group; Dr Katerina Garyfalou, Chief Operating Officer at Clean Planet Technologies; and Dr Andrew Odjo, CEO at Clean Planet Technologies A major breakthrough in tackling both waste plastic and aviation emissions has been marked with the opening of the world’s first waste plastics to Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) pilot facility at Discovery Park. Dedicated to converting hard-to-recycle waste plastics …

Clean Planet Technologies opens new facility

Clean Planet Technologies has opened a new facility dedicated to converting non-recyclable waste plastic to aviation fuel in Kent, UK.

New facility converts used plastic into SAF

This article was originally published on our sister site, Aerospace Tech Review.  Now operational in Kent, UK, Clean Planet Technologies has opened a facility that can convert used plastics into sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). The first plant of its kind in the world, the process takes waste that cannot be recycled and turns it into fuel, producing 75% less carbon than regular jet fuel. Clean Planet Group say that around 80% of the 5 million to…