Egyptian teenager, Azza Abdel Hamid Faiad, found that an inexpensive catalyst could turn the country's plastic waste into biofuel at an alarmingly efficient pace. Turning plastic bottles into biofuel is a practice that has been around for a while, but Azza's process is different because of the catalyst she uses. By using a chemical called aluminosilicate, she is able to break down plastic to produce methane, propane and ethane, which can be converted into the biofuel ethanol.
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