{"id":26524,"date":"2020-08-10T06:41:10","date_gmt":"2020-08-10T06:41:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=26524"},"modified":"2020-08-10T06:41:12","modified_gmt":"2020-08-10T06:41:12","slug":"disposed-ppe-could-be-turned-into-biofuel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/disposed-ppe-could-be-turned-into-biofuel\/","title":{"rendered":"Disposed PPE could be turned into biofuel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>According to a new study, published in the peer-reviewed Taylor &amp; Francis journal Biofuels, the plastic from used personal protective equipment (PPE) can, and should, be transformed into renewable liquid fuels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/current-affairs-quiz-2019-daily-gk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Key-Points<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The research describes a strategy for converting billions of items of disposable PPE from its plastic state into biofuels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The transformation into biocrude, a type of synthetic fuel, will not just prevent the severe after-effects to humankind and the environment but also produce a source of energy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The researchers call for PPE waste to be converted into fuel using chemical a process called pyrolysis. 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