Autistic Mexican Inventor's Converter Turns Plastic Waste Into Fuel Mexico News Daily
go to original September 19, 2015

Nungaray, left, and his converter

An autistic inventor who discovered how to convert plastic garbage into combustible fuel — without ever having studied chemistry — is having trouble selling his idea to Mexican authorities.

The special catalytic converter was created by former language teacher Gerardo Nungaray Benítez and has attracted international awards. The Zacatecas native is now trying to get his invention installed across Mexico, approaching local governments in the hope that they will adopt the new technology.

The converter, which allows trash to be reused as combustible fuel, has potential ecological and economic benefits.

The 45-year-old Nungaray says his interest in chemistry and inventions began when he was a child. When he started fabricating pumps he earned the nickname El Güero Bombas, güero for his fair skin and bombas for pumps. He was just 11 years old when he made his own beer and designed an electric toilet.

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