If Mother Nature could smile, she’d be beaming right now. After five long years, Atlanta native Julian Brown has launched an innovation as powerful as it is sustainable. Declaring a war on waste, this self-starter is working to turn pollution into power with his company, Naturejab — and he’s just getting started.
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This revolutionary process didn’t happen overnight. The 21-year-old nature-lover began working with his hands at a young age with an affinity for building and taking things apart. Intrigued by hands-on discovery early on, it’s no wonder he’s grasped the mechanics of Pyrolysis, recycling plastic waste into a fuel he calls “Plastidiesel.” If we’re on our way to destroying that Texas-sized island of trash floating in the ocean called the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (yes, it has a name), then sign the planet up…expeditiously.
What Is Pyrolysis?
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Pyrolysis is a technology which allows one to convert biomass to a liquid product using temperatures at or above 500 °C in the absence of oxygen. This intense thermal energy is what’s being used to deconstruct waste, rendering the remains a cleaner source of energy which can be used for fuel…