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Green magic: Swiss company can turn used plastic bags into diesel

A few products are just a little too iconic of our current environmental predicament. The Hummer. The computer you bought two years ago. The plastic bag. These items (and others) generate a lot of controversy along with waste, but at least one of them might now get a second chance to green up the auto market (hint: it's not the Hummer). A Swiss company has announced that it has a process to turn plastic bags into diesel fuel. Just-Auto reports that Clyvia Technology GmbH in Germany has developed a way to extract valuable mineral fuels from ... Read more →

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