In the UK, a pilot facility has started up with the aim of converting non-recyclable plastic waste into Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF). The operator is Clean Planet Technologies, and the “Sustainability Innovation Centre” is located at Discovery Park in Sandwich (Kent, Southeast England).
What’s interesting here is less the headline “plastic to jet fuel” and more the focus on the hard part of industrialisation: the facility has been built specifically for feedstock and fuel testing, validation, and progressing through ASTM qualification, supported by the government-backed UK SAF Clearing House.
This is a positive signal for the SAF roadmap: alongside HEFA & other established pathways, additional routes for “difficult” residual feedstocks are emerging. At the same time, a pilot is still a pilot—the next step is whether quality, scalability, and certification hold up in real-world practice.
Source / Image: © Clean Planet Technologies / greenairnews.com / Andy Jones/Maxim PR
