Run your car on rubbish
Philip Hall, who lives in Dunton Green and runs his business from Westerham, spent every pound he owned trying to make a car run on litter.
After three years, his efforts have finally paid off.
"It makes sense because non-renewable fuels are running out and we have so much rubbish we don't know what to do with it," said the entrepreneur, who began his career with an odour eliminator for fast-food businesses.
"I am not a tree hugger or anything and I want to make a few pennies, but anything you can do to help the environment is a bonus.
"I look around and see the only ways we are getting rid of our rubbish is burying or burning it – both are bad for the environment.
"Thousands of acres of land are given over to growing corn to make Ethanol for running cars, but I believe crops should be grown to be eaten.
"My invention uses totally clean technology, there are no emissions or toxins released, we do not burn trees or cut down crops – in fact, nothing is burnt at all."
Rubbish is taken from homes and put through a distillation process to convert it into biomass fuel by fermenting the rubbish. Ethanol makes up part of that fuel.
This can be blended for use in ordinary cars or to feed the gas turbines of a power station.
Nothing needs to be sorted beforehand - all recyclable materials, such as metal, plastic and cloth, are extracted by machinery and each plant can process up to 200,000 tonnes of rubbish every year – the equivalent of 25 million black bags.
Homeowners in areas like Bat and Ball could benefit because landfill sites, which generate harmful methane, would become extinct - and the whole process is completely odourless.
But although it sounds like the answer the world has been waiting for, support has got off to a sluggish start in the UK.
"I wake up at 4am and kick my bed with frustration the 62-year-old admitted.
"It is a great opportunity for British technology to be demonstrated worldwide, but once again our inventions will be lost to the rest of the world.
"I have had over 100 orders but none from England. It is the answer we are looking for but the authorities are too short-sighted to see it.
Mr Hall, who lives in Old London Road, with his wife, Bridget, believes the British conservative, bureaucratic culture has served to block his ideas, as well as the lack of funding available for environmental projects.
To build a plant costs a staggering £36 million, but pays for itself quickly because it produces £14m-worth of Ethanol every year.
Demand has increased since the government announced plans to raise the percentage of Ethanol used in cars as a substitute for oil.
And Mr Hall pointed out the price would be more stable than oil because there is always a ready supply of waste.
The possibilities are endless. Mr Hall's future plans include running aeroplanes on biomass and helping islands to become self-sufficient.
But what are the cons?
"Do you know what?" he said when asked, "I have been asked that question a million times - I have racked my brains and I still can't think of one."
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