
40 Under 40: Ones to Watch
The MIT engineer's waste to energy pilot projects paid off. Bakaya is now operating a commercial plant in Salt Lake City, Utah, working with the state's largest recycler, Rocky Mountain Recycling.
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The MIT engineer's waste to energy pilot projects paid off. Bakaya is now operating a commercial plant in Salt Lake City, Utah, working with the state's largest recycler, Rocky Mountain Recycling.
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The 25 Most Audacious Companies
Turning Landfill Into Black Gold: To end landfilled waste, PK Clean is converting 20,000 pounds of plastic into 2,500 gallons of fuel--every day.
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Turning Landfill Into Black Gold: To end landfilled waste, PK Clean is converting 20,000 pounds of plastic into 2,500 gallons of fuel--every day.
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30 Under 30: Energy
Graduate of Stanford and MIT has perfected a process to transform landfill-bound plastic waste back into oil and founded a company called PK Clean.
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Graduate of Stanford and MIT has perfected a process to transform landfill-bound plastic waste back into oil and founded a company called PK Clean.
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One Woman Genius
In 2012, Americans discarded 32 million tons of plastic. Clean energy enthusiast Priyanka ... Read more
In 2012, Americans discarded 32 million tons of plastic. Clean energy enthusiast Priyanka ... Read more

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Texas smackdown: The winners
Too much trash. Not enough energy. These are the problems Priyanka Bakaya aims to solve with her clean-tech company PK Clean. You can't accuse her of being an underachiever.
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Too much trash. Not enough energy. These are the problems Priyanka Bakaya aims to solve with her clean-tech company PK Clean. You can't accuse her of being an underachiever.
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The Geek Issue: 12 Genius Young Women Shaping the Future
Bakaya has reverse-engineered plastic to arrive at oil. But unlike conventional waste management systems... Read more
Bakaya has reverse-engineered plastic to arrive at oil. But unlike conventional waste management systems... Read more
The 20 Most Inspiring Companies Of 2014
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Solving the world's plastic problems
MIT spinout PK Clean, founded by Priyanka Bakaya ’11, aims to end the landfilling of plastic Read more
MIT spinout PK Clean, founded by Priyanka Bakaya ’11, aims to end the landfilling of plastic Read more

Utah company turns plastic waste into oil
Sometimes great ideas and inspiration come from unexpected places.Take, for example, the journey of Australian Priyanka Bakaya, a woman of Kashmiri descent, who has developed a way to turn unwanted plastic waste into oil and diesel fuel. Read more
Sometimes great ideas and inspiration come from unexpected places.Take, for example, the journey of Australian Priyanka Bakaya, a woman of Kashmiri descent, who has developed a way to turn unwanted plastic waste into oil and diesel fuel. Read more

Utah Firm making crude oil from discarded plastic
A Salt Lake City-based entrepreneur and her partner have developed a proprietary process that turns recycled waste plastic into crude oil that can be made into gasoline, kerosene and diesel easier than the oil that comes straight from the ground. Read more
A Salt Lake City-based entrepreneur and her partner have developed a proprietary process that turns recycled waste plastic into crude oil that can be made into gasoline, kerosene and diesel easier than the oil that comes straight from the ground. Read more

Converting Plastics into Fuel
PK Clean offers a solution. In 2012, the company put down roots in Salt Lake City, announcing its global initiative to end landfill plastic waste forever and to convert all plastic waste that can't be recycled into clean fuel.
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From Plastic to Power
By turning waste into oil, Priyanka Bakaya and PK Clean work to make landfills obsolete.
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By turning waste into oil, Priyanka Bakaya and PK Clean work to make landfills obsolete.
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2013 Laureates Announced
Priyanka Bakaya of PK Clean awarded the North America Laureate Prize for converting plastic waste into oil. Selected from over 1800 candidates globally.
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Priyanka Bakaya of PK Clean awarded the North America Laureate Prize for converting plastic waste into oil. Selected from over 1800 candidates globally.
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PK Clean
3 questions to Priyanka Bakaya, founder of PK Clean, a company which converts plastic waste into oil. Priyanka is one of the Cartier Women’s Initiative Awards’ finalists for the North American region.
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3 questions to Priyanka Bakaya, founder of PK Clean, a company which converts plastic waste into oil. Priyanka is one of the Cartier Women’s Initiative Awards’ finalists for the North American region.
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Cleaning Up at the Super Bowl of Business Plan Competitions
Priyanka Bakaya wants to increase our supply of oil without increased drilling.
Her solution? One word – plastics.
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Priyanka Bakaya wants to increase our supply of oil without increased drilling.
Her solution? One word – plastics.
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Our Future Business Leaders Are All About Green
If these entrepreneurs are our future business titans, then I'm feeling pretty good about where we're headed. In short, next-gen leaders want to build businesses that solve sustainability problems.
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If these entrepreneurs are our future business titans, then I'm feeling pretty good about where we're headed. In short, next-gen leaders want to build businesses that solve sustainability problems.
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10 Reflections On 2 Business Plan Competitions: Disproportionately Male
Priyanka Bakaya of MIT and PK Clean, another finalist, won the $10,000 nCourage Courageous Women Entrepreneur Prize.
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Priyanka Bakaya of MIT and PK Clean, another finalist, won the $10,000 nCourage Courageous Women Entrepreneur Prize.
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Utah Innovation Awards Honor Breakthroughs
As Americans have sought out more convenience, the use of plastics has proliferated. PK Clean found a way to fight that problem by converting mixed plastic waste to oil... Read more
As Americans have sought out more convenience, the use of plastics has proliferated. PK Clean found a way to fight that problem by converting mixed plastic waste to oil... Read more

Meeting the Next Generation of Energy Entrepreneurs at MIT Showcase
Tuesday afternoon I had the honor of sharing the MIT Clean Energy Prize Showcasefloor with 25 teams of America’s most promising entrepreneurs. Representing the best in class... Read more
Tuesday afternoon I had the honor of sharing the MIT Clean Energy Prize Showcasefloor with 25 teams of America’s most promising entrepreneurs. Representing the best in class... Read more

From Waste to Oil
Among the six winners of this year’s Business Plan Competition conducted by Rice University, Texas, was PK Clean Technologies, which bagged the third position for an environment-friendly technology it uses to recover energy from waste products. PK Clean also won MIT’s Clean Energy Prize under the non-renewable category. Read more
Among the six winners of this year’s Business Plan Competition conducted by Rice University, Texas, was PK Clean Technologies, which bagged the third position for an environment-friendly technology it uses to recover energy from waste products. PK Clean also won MIT’s Clean Energy Prize under the non-renewable category. Read more

Environmental Winners at Rice University’s Business Plan Super Bowl
The PK Clean technology would result in less hazardous waste as well as provide alternative energy sources. The pilot has the potential to convert 20 tons of plastic waste into 80 barrels of fuel each day.
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The PK Clean technology would result in less hazardous waste as well as provide alternative energy sources. The pilot has the potential to convert 20 tons of plastic waste into 80 barrels of fuel each day.
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Contest finalist turns fat into jet fuel
PK Clean of Cambridge, which has developed a patented process to transform plastic waste into fuel oil.
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Universities to help drive energy savings innovations
PK Clean has patented a process for making fuel from discarded plastic, thereby transforming mountains of waste into barrels of oil. The process would allow the team to tap into the multibillion-dollar fuel market. Read more
PK Clean has patented a process for making fuel from discarded plastic, thereby transforming mountains of waste into barrels of oil. The process would allow the team to tap into the multibillion-dollar fuel market. Read more

Winning MIT Idea: Convert Plastic Trash to Diesel Fuel
Plastics remain the bane of many environmentalists, but aspiring venture capitalists seem to see polymers in a different light. Their intriguing idea? Conversion of plastic waste into diesel fuel. That should stop all the trash talk about plastics. Read more
Plastics remain the bane of many environmentalists, but aspiring venture capitalists seem to see polymers in a different light. Their intriguing idea? Conversion of plastic waste into diesel fuel. That should stop all the trash talk about plastics. Read more

Solar Fridges and Low-Sulfur Jet Fuels: Live From MIT’s Energy Prize
The finalist for the “clean non-renewables” category, PK Clean aims to turn landfill plastics into oil through a patented catalytic depolymerization process that it is now testing Read more
The finalist for the “clean non-renewables” category, PK Clean aims to turn landfill plastics into oil through a patented catalytic depolymerization process that it is now testing Read more

When life hands you trash, make oil: a roundup of the Cleantech Open
After hearing all the pitches, my particular favorites were two waste-to-fuel companies, both appear to have promising technology and skilled management teams (and boast female CEOs...) Read more
After hearing all the pitches, my particular favorites were two waste-to-fuel companies, both appear to have promising technology and skilled management teams (and boast female CEOs...) Read more