https://phys.org/news/2018-06-home-grown-plastic-tyres-fuel.html > Chemical engineering Professor Sankar Bhattacharya says there's a silver lining. To him, it's an opportunity for Monash to take a leading role in solving the problem at home. > Professsor Bhattacharya has built a prototype processing plant on campus that turns plastic, as well as waste tyres, into diesel fuel.