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News Long Desc	Diesel from food packaging,saving 60,000 tonnes from land-fill sites
News Text	Diesel from food packaging <br><br> RE:What Car? <br> Tuesday, November 09, 2024<br><br> • Recycling firm to produce diesel from waste<br> • Saving 60,000 tonnes from land-fill sites <br> • First plant planned for London <br><br> Waste plastics that are destined for land-fill sites could soon be filling your car's fuel tank. <br><br> SITA UK, a leading recycling company, is planning to build 10 plants throughout the country to convert domestic waste plastics, such as food packaging, into fully operational diesel fuel. <br> The first plant is to be commissioned by the end of 2011 and will be located in the London area. <br> Each of the planned plants will be designed to convert 6000 tonnes of waste plastic annually, which will then produce four million litres of diesel. <br><br> Cheaper than conventional diesel, says SITA <br><br> SITA UK says the waste plastic diesel can be produced at below the cost of normal diesel and will have a lower carbon footprint than the conventionally produced fuel. The quality of the diesel will be on par with traditional fuel and can be used commercially. <br><br> David Palmer-Jones, chief executive of SITA UK, said: 'Traditionally, mixed waste plastic has been sent to landfill as no economically viable alternative way of treating it has been developed. <br>Today’s announcement means that this can now be given a second life as a sustainable alternative to diesel.'
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