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Pastimes : Plastics to Oil - Pyrolysis and Secret Catalysts and Alterna -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: donpat who wrote (31600)	2/19/2013 6:00:55 PM
From: donpat	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 53574

Agilyx costs: Agilyx can convert a ton of plastic into about 5 barrels of oil, according to chief executive officer Chris Ulum. At those conversion rates, the companies can turn a ton of waste into about $520 of oil, or as much as $232 of ethanol, based on current prices. As much as $600 of chemicals could be produced from a ton of waste, Rush said. “That’s a significant step up in value,” Rush said. Waste Management won’t say how much it’s invested in garbage-to-energy companies. Mazari estimates it’s “spending about $8 million per investment on average,” and more than $50 million a year. bloomberg.com Projected Production Costs: ~$2.7 million ($260/ton) ($50/barrel) Projected Indirect Costs: ~$900,000 ($90/ton) Projected Net Income: ~$2.0 million ($200/ton) Projected Payback Period: ~5years tpsalliance.org