Plastic Eater

There is a huge problem with plastic waste!

The situation is especially worrying for marine plastic pollution:
12 million tonnes of plastic finds its way into the ocean every single year. 9.5 million tonnes of this enters the ocean from the land with 1.75 tonnes being chucked into the sea directly from the fishing a shipping industry. There are approximately 51 trillion microscopic pieces of plastic, weighing 269,000 tons. (https://sas.org.uk/plastic-pollution/plastic-pollution-facts-figures/)

No need to repeat any more statistics here, enough to simply google for “plastic pollution facts”.



We need to act!


We need to learn to recycle effectively!

Luckily many scientists and volunteer organizations focused on that problem making great efforts trying to help our planet. Many proposals and recommendations were made towards changing our consumption practices. Some sophisticated mechanisms and technologies were invented to collect waste (especially from rivers and oceans) and recycle some of it (through pyrolysis for example).

However, in most cases, Collecting and Recycling are too far from each other. Plastic being collected in one region has to be delivered to another location for Recycling. And the required transportation is extremely expensive and time-consuming.
Sometimes, it might be more economically feasible to bring the recycling facility close to the location of waste, rather than continuously doing otherwise.

All of that being said, brough us to a concept of “Plastic Eater” - mobile recycling plant, with multiple independent pyrolysis modules placed on a cargo vessel.

  • Powerful enough to deal with large quantities of waste.
  • Recycling via pyrolysis in a way that waste becomes a resource (dirty oil).
  • Mobile to be delivered directly to the location of waste (exits from polluting rivers, plastic islands, ocean reefs made of tires, etc).
  • Affordable - biggest cost is the vessel itself. And customizable - a number of pyrolysis modules can be adjusted to the size of the ship and available budget.
  • Effective - transportation by Sea is one of the most cost effective (energy consumed VS weight transported).

A rough sketch of this concept is provided below. Please feel free to take this idea and make use of it (charitable or for-profit). And help us fighting the plastic pollution.

  • Cargo Ship
  • Plastic Waste
  • Waste Delivery
  • Pyrolysis Plant