Plastic is a key environmental challenge as a source of pollution. According to the UN, approximately 76 per cent of all plastic produced between 1950 and 2017 has become waste. But what if it could be recycled into rocket fuel? UK-based start-up Pulsar Fusion is working on just that. Last weekend, CEO Richard Dinan and his team went to the Swiss ski resort of Gstaad to test a new “green” rocket engine. It uses a hybrid fuel of high-density polyethylene (HDPE) and oxidising nitrous oxide N2O.
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