Recycling plastic waste may become a thing of the past if the Plastikoleum Tower ever goes from concept to reality. The tower was designed by Land Art Generator Initiative to convert plastic waste into petroleum.
The Plastikoleum Tower was inspired by the plastic to oil converter invented by Akinori Ito. The converter is small, and Ito has been touring the world with it trying to get support for its use. The Plastikoleum Tower is a refined and expanded version of Ito's invention. It is designed to be self-sufficient, using solar panels to generate electricity. The tower would have an estimated oil output of 60 barrels an hour, which is big money when you figure that today's oil prices hover around $100 a barrel.
Making the planet a greener place and making thousands of dollars an hour is something every company would like to do. Hopefully the heavy-hitters of the energy and oil worlds take a long, hard look at the Plastikoleum Tower.
Key Themes Behind This Trend
- Plastic to Oil Conversion
- The development of technology that converts plastic waste into petroleum creates opportunities for disruptive innovation in waste management, energy and oil industries.
- Self-sufficient Energy Generation
- The use of solar panels for self-sufficient energy generation presents opportunities for disruptive innovation in the renewable energy and construction industries.
- Green Energy
- The push towards creating a greener environment presents opportunities for disruptive innovation in renewable energy and waste management industries.
Where This Applies
- Waste Management
- The Plastikoleum Tower creates disruptive innovation opportunities in waste management by introducing a more efficient way to convert plastic waste into petroleum.
- Energy
- The Plastikoleum Tower presents disruptive innovation opportunities in the energy industry with its ability to generate petroleum from plastic waste and self-sufficient energy generation.
- Oil
- The Plastikoleum Tower creates disruptive innovation opportunities in the oil industry by potentially reducing the dependence on traditional oil sources and introducing a more environmentally-friendly oil production method.
