The shipment of "mixed plastics" was sent back to the UK and examined by the Environment Agency (EA).

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Tests completed in the last week have shown that the researchers have been able to literally shovel in to such a reactor a wide range of mixed plastics which can then be reduced down to useful products many of which can then be retrieved by simple distillation.

FORBES: Written by Matt Hickman