Pretty cool machine this guy invented. Plastic is made from oil so why not turn it back into oil. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-Lg_kvLaAM&feature=player_embedded]YouTube - Plastic to Oil Fantastic OW2.0[/ame]
That is a nice find ,the first time that I have seen recovery on a small scale, here is a link for garbage to oil Oil from Garbage: Interesting Thing of the Day
that system probably needs as much fuel/energy to run as it gets out in usable oil. the better systems use a catalyst to crack the hydrocarbons do a search for "catalytic depolymerization" some fun with an 80% net energy return sest of all you can rug wood, plastic tires dead animals anything with hydrocarbons
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJYa42zYZ2I]YouTube - Microwave turns Tires into Oil, Gas and Carbon[/ame]