The most common types, PET (type 1) and HDPE (type 2), are collected separately; the rest go into a mixed-plastics bin.

两种废料都要单独进行收集，即最常见的废料（PET-第一类）与高密度聚乙烯（HDPE-第二类）要分开收集，其余的废料会被投入一个混合塑料品垃圾箱。

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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