Mike Biddle: We can recycle plastic

http://www.ted.com Less than 10% of plastic trash is recycled -- compared to almost 90% of metals -- because of the massively complicated problem of finding and sorting the different kinds. Frustrated by this waste, Mike Biddle has developed a cheap and incredibly energy efficient plant that can, and does, recycle any kind of plastic.

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[superDKman]

This genius just found a way to make the oil price drop and also how to recycle our massive pile of plastic. Nobel prize please.

[Pasteldqueijo]

you guys need to consider the fact that the entire details of the method cannot be explained in a 10 minute speech.

[aclosefamily]

the plastic recycling/upcycling plant can be duplicated EVERYWHERE in the U.S.! how do I get involved?

[xPBJ]

GREAT TALK!

[Wormtail81]

@alexhamster1134 It is likely proprietary, though I would have also liked to have learned more.

[Wormtail81]

@superDKman An increase in supply may well also trigger a huge drop in the price of recovered plastic. The same thing happened with recycled glass. Just saying. I hope the process is as economically viable as he claims.

[alexhamster1134]

too bad he glossed over the actual method of sorting the diff types of plstics.

[alexhamster1134]

@superDKman naive to think oil prices will drop.

[gdog48001]

I guess those bums in the slums are out of jobs now lol he stole their idea

[kickthedonky]

this is amazing!!! why isnt this happening around the world???

[bohemianh]

excellent talk!

[ironassbrown]

If it had been a 2 hour lecture he would have had plenty of time to go into some of the details of MBA Polymers procedures and how they relate to EPA standards, and so forth. Most of that information is available online, if you really want to know what his secret is, then look it up.