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Solving the Nation’s Dependency on Foreign Oil and Reducing the Carbon Footprint of Landfills
Agilyx is the first in the world to economically convert difficult-to-recycle waste plastics into crude oil through a patented system that is scalable, versatile, and environmentally beneficial.
Steve Jobs once said, “Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.” With its thought-leading and innovative technology, Agilyx is able to reduce waste, produce oil, and create communities that go a long way in establishing a positive contribution to our global ecosystem.
Imagine a world, where our nation’s dependency for foreign oil is drastically reduced and our overfilled landfills is drastically reduced with hard to recycle plastics. How can this be accomplished? And this is NOT a science project but a commercially viable and available?
Well, Agilyx uses a patented, fully permitted 4 step process that converts ground waste plastic into synthetic crude oil. This base system is capable of converting approximately 10 tons of plastic into approximately 60 barrels (or approximately 2,400 gallons) of oil per day.
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On July 14th, 2011 at 9:09 pm Roy Bauer Said:
There should be one at every landfill sight.
On August 8th, 2011 at 2:31 pm Dee O'Neill Said:
The reuse reduces the waste and gives us energy to boot. I agree with Roy – there should be one at every landfill.
On August 8th, 2011 at 3:29 pm Joel Goldberg Said:
Sure it gives us energy, but it’s in the form of crude oil. Although waste conversion is a bold approach, oil still produces green house gases upon burning. Will it really solve the world’s energy problems to dab some glue on a systemic crisis?
Joel
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On August 17th, 2011 at 7:12 pm Bill Merchant Said:
Joel, about 100 million tons of waste plastic are annually put into landfills in the US and Europe, which accounts for about 20% of the volume of landfills. If all that waste plastic were converted to crude oil by the Agilyx process, 24.5 billion gallons of oil would not have to be pumped from the ground. Yes, the oil-economy is a systemic problem, but it is entrenched and will take a long while to get rid of it. In the mean time, until we can stop using oil, this helps cut down on the new oil brought to the surface.