Already up and running in the old Bord Na Móna briquette plant in Littleton, County Tipperary, are two large recycling machines known as "reactors" that Trifol Resources erected and has been running since June.

Trifol has agreements with two major international oil corporations to purchase all of the sustainable aviation fuel produced by the Littleton facility.

This significant accomplishment will turn Littleton—which for many years was identified with the manufacturing of fossil fuels that contributed to global warming—into a hub for the manufacture of renewable fuels that are carbon neutral.

According to Pat Alley, founder and chairman of Trifol, the goal is to revitalise plastic and change the negative perception that it now holds around the globe.

"We are aware that there are issues there. However, we are introducing new technologies to serve as a plastics solution supplier," he stated.

"By offering solutions for all the waste plastic that they create, we are going to be a fantastic solution provider to a big number of corporates and small enterprises in Ireland and around the globe.

"We will be able to independently certify the destruction of that plastic and its conversion into a useful product without subsidy," said Alley.

Pyrolysis is the secret of Trifol's work at Littleton, where waste plastic is turned into very valuable materials like wax and renewable fuels.

This requires a massive machine that heats the waste plastic to extremely high temperatures without oxygen or fires, causing it to disintegrate into a gas.

After that, it undergoes procedures that cause the gas to cool at various speeds or temperatures.

The final result is then determined by the pace at which the gas is pushed to cool.

Wax, premium diesel, eco-friendly aviation fuel, or naphta—a very low-octane gasoline could all be suitable options.