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16-Year-Old Egyptian Scientist Finds Way to Turn Plastic Waste Into $78 Million of Biofuel!

07/19/2012

Plastic Waste

Egyptian teenagers are on a roll lately - if they're not proposing the next-generation of space propulsion systems, then they're figuring out how to use the country's plastic waste for fuel! Sixteen-year-oldAzza Abdel Hamid Faiad has found that an inexpensive catalyst could be used to create $78 million worth of biofuel each year. Egypt's plastic consumption is estimated to total one million tons per year, so Azza's proposal could transform the country's economy, allowing it to make money from recycled plastic.... <a href='https://inhabitat.com/16-year-old-egyptian-scientist-finds-way-to-turn-plastic-waste-into-78-million-of-biofuel/'>READ ARTICLE</a>

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Azza Abel Hamid Faiad

Egyptian teenagers are on a roll lately - if they're not proposing the next-generation of space propulsion systems, then they're figuring out how to use the country's plastic waste for fuel! Sixteen-year-oldAzza Abdel Hamid Faiad has found that an inexpensive catalyst could be used to create $78 million worth of biofuel each year. Egypt's plastic consumption is estimated to total one million tons per year, so Azza's proposal could transform the country's economy, allowing it to make money from recycled plastic.... <a href='https://inhabitat.com/16-year-old-egyptian-scientist-finds-way-to-turn-plastic-waste-into-78-million-of-biofuel/'>READ ARTICLE</a>

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Egypt's plastic waste

Egyptian teenagers are on a roll lately - if they're not proposing the next-generation of space propulsion systems, then they're figuring out how to use the country's plastic waste for fuel! Sixteen-year-oldAzza Abdel Hamid Faiad has found that an inexpensive catalyst could be used to create $78 million worth of biofuel each year. Egypt's plastic consumption is estimated to total one million tons per year, so Azza's proposal could transform the country's economy, allowing it to make money from recycled plastic.... <a href='https://inhabitat.com/16-year-old-egyptian-scientist-finds-way-to-turn-plastic-waste-into-78-million-of-biofuel/'>READ ARTICLE</a>

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Plastic Waste

Egyptian teenagers are on a roll lately - if they're not proposing the next-generation of space propulsion systems, then they're figuring out how to use the country's plastic waste for fuel! Sixteen-year-oldAzza Abdel Hamid Faiad has found that an inexpensive catalyst could be used to create $78 million worth of biofuel each year. Egypt's plastic consumption is estimated to total one million tons per year, so Azza's proposal could transform the country's economy, allowing it to make money from recycled plastic....

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