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News Long Desc	Sita to turn plastic into diesel to power vehicles.<br><br> Old carrier bags, yoghurt pots and TV dinner packaging will soon be making enough fuel
News Text	RE:The Telegraph online <br><br> Sita to turn plastic into diesel to power vehicles<br><br> Old carrier bags, yoghurt pots and TV dinner packaging will soon be making enough fuel to power 5,000 British white vans – in Europe's first plastic-to-diesel plant. <br><br> By Rowena Mason<br><br> Sita will unveil plans to build up to 10 plants that turn plastic into diesel for vehicles such as vans<br><br> Sita, the waste company owned by the €7bn (£6bn) French utility Suez Environnement, will on Monday unveil plans to build up to 10 plants, creating 120 jobs and costing an estimated £50m. <br> The first, likely to be located in the London area, will convert so-called "end of life" plastics back into oil-based fuel. This is the dregs of plastic waste contaminated by food stuffs, which ordinarily ends up at landfill because it cannot be recycled. <br><br> Sita's plants will deal with 60,000 tonnes of mixed waste plastic waste per year – around 17pc of the total – leaving the potential for many more UK plants to be built in future. <br><br> Pioneering technology provided by Irish company Cynar has led to the development of the first commercially-viable plastic-to-diesel model. <br><br> David Palmer-Jones, chief executive of Sita, said pilots had already been tested successfully and Sita's first full-scale plants are expected to be profitable within five years of operation. <br> "There's a market need, it's environmentally-friendly, there's a saving on carbon emissions and it's cost comparable with regular diesel," the waste boss said. <br><br> It would be ideal to see waste trucks powered by the plastics they bring for conversion into fuel, he added. <br> It is unlikely that the fuel would find its way to the pump, but Sita aims to strike deals with local authorities and companies with commercial vehicle fleets such as hauliers and taxi firms. <br><br> The waste company aims to build the plants at the rate of two to three per year, depending on how long it takes to get planning consents. <br><br> Sita now has the Europe-wide licence for Cynar's technology and therefore the potential to roll out more plants across the continent if they prove successful. <br><br> "We believe in the growing demand for diesel due to the year-on-year increase in the proportion of diesel-powered cars," Mr Palmer-Jones said. <br> "This affirms the importance of waste management in both resourcing materials and partnering in the sustainable alternative energy industry." <br> Meanwhile, only a "handful" of UK listed companies come "within striking distance" of complying with current government guidelines on how to report their corporate carbon footprint, according to a report by Deloitte<br><br>WebLink:<a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/transport/8116000/Sita-to-turn-plastic-into-diesel-to-power-vehicles.html">Sita-to-turn-plastic-into-diesel-to-power-vehicles<a/>
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