Title: Fact Check: Julian Brown Did NOT Invent The Pyrolysis Method To Convert Plastic Waste Into Usable Fuel URL Source: https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2025/07/fact-check-julian-brown-did-not-invent-plastic-pyrolysis.html Published Time: 2025-07-29T11:19:32-07:00 Markdown Content: Open full menu [![Image 4: Lead Stories](https://leadstories.com/theme/img/xlogo.png.pagespeed.ic.7VNr3_XB6j.webp)](https://leadstories.com/) Go [![Image 5: US icon](https://leadstories.com/theme/img/Flag_of_US.svg)**US**](https://leadstories.com/united-states/)[![Image 6: UK icon](https://leadstories.com/theme/img/Flag_of_UK.svg)**UK**](https://leadstories.com/united-kingdom/)[![Image 7: EU icon](https://leadstories.com/theme/img/Flag_of_Europe.svg)**Europe**& EU](https://leadstories.com/europe/)[![Image 8: Democrats icon](https://leadstories.com/theme/img/democrat.svg)**Blue** Feed](https://leadstories.com/blue-feed/)[![Image 9: Republicans icon](https://leadstories.com/theme/img/republican.svg)**Red** Feed](https://leadstories.com/red-feed/)[![Image 10: Deepfakes icon](https://leadstories.com/theme/img/robot-one.svg)**Deep** fakes](https://leadstories.com/deepfakes/)[![Image 11: Breaking icon](https://leadstories.com/theme/img/siren-siren.svg)**Breaking** News](https://leadstories.com/breaking/) [](https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2025/07/fact-check-julian-brown-did-not-invent-plastic-pyrolysis.html)[](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Fact%20Check:%20Julian%20Brown%20Did%20NOT%20Invent%20The%20Pyrolysis%20Method%20To%20Convert%20Plastic%20Waste%20Into%20Usable%20Fuel%20Lead%20Stories&via=leadstoriescom&url=https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2025/07/fact-check-julian-brown-did-not-invent-plastic-pyrolysis.html) # Fact Check: Julian Brown Did NOT Invent The Pyrolysis Method To Convert Plastic Waste Into Usable Fuel ## Fact Check * Jul 29, 2025 * by: Dean Miller [Share](https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2025/07/fact-check-julian-brown-did-not-invent-plastic-pyrolysis.html)[Tweet](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Fact%20Check:%20Julian%20Brown%20Did%20NOT%20Invent%20The%20Pyrolysis%20Method%20To%20Convert%20Plastic%20Waste%20Into%20Usable%20Fuel%20Lead%20Stories&via=leadstoriescom&url=https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2025/07/fact-check-julian-brown-did-not-invent-plastic-pyrolysis.html) ![Image 12: Fact Check: Julian Brown Did NOT Invent The Pyrolysis Method To Convert Plastic Waste Into Usable Fuel](https://leadstories.com/assets_c/2025/07/screenshot_3496616-thumb-352xauto-3165386.jpg)Did Not Invent Did a Georgia man named Julian Brown invent the process for turning waste plastic into useful fuel? No, that's not true: Brown's Naturejab system harnesses solar-powered microwaves to heat a pyrolysis reactor. That is a well-understood chemical process in which heated plastics generate usable gas and oil that has been studied and refined worldwide for decades. The claim appeared in [a July 28, 2025 X.com post](https://x.com/BGatesIsaPyscho/status/1949889433534419331) (archived [here](https://archive.ph/tcBc1)) by user @BGatesIsaPyscho under the title "🚨 Julian Brown who invented a way of converted plastic waste into usable fuel has been reported as missing.". It continued: > -not been seen for 2 weeks This is what the post looked like on X at the time this fact check was written: ![Image 13: JulianPost.jpg](https://leadstories.com/JulianPost.jpg) _(Source: Lead Stories screenshot of x.com/BGatesIsaPyscho post.)_ Brown, a welder by training, builds pyrolysis systems whose heat source is microwave generators powered by solar electric cells. He did not invent plastic pyrolysis as a means of reducing plastic to gasoline, diesel and biochar. Nowhere on his [website](https://www.naturejab.com/origin-story) (archived [here](https://archive.ph/wip/k6wZs)) does he claim to have invented the process. He was, however, [awarded an innovation grant](https://776.org/fellows) (archived [here](https://archive.ph/tS1WZ)) for developing small-scale systems and his use of solar electrical generators and efficient microwave emitters to heat the plastics to pyrolysis temperatures. Numerous patent applications for hydrolysis extraction of gas from waste plastics pre-date Brown's 2023 founding of [Naturejab](https://ecorp.sos.ga.gov/businesssearch/BusinessInformation?businessId=4257675&businessType=Domestic%20Limited%20Liability%20Company&fromSearch=True), (archived [here](https://archive.ph/t9Zyf)) his company to develop solar-powered, microwave-heated plastic pyrolysis reactors. By 2016, there was enough research into pyrolysis methods and systems to warrant [a review of a range of studies and findings in the journal "Energy Conversion and Management"](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0196890416300619?via%3Dihub) (archived [here](https://archive.ph/tWyTb).) In the Philippines, plastic-to-gas [projects have been underway since 2005](https://filipinoachievers.wordpress.com/2010/07/24/jayme-navarro-invented-fuel-from-plastic-trash-bags/) (archived [here](https://archive.ph/wip/bi8uk)). In 2013, for instance, inventor [Syngas Sdn Bhd applied for a Malaysian patent](https://patents.google.com/patent/MY166041A/en?q=(Catalytic+Pyrolysis+System+for+Plastic+Waste+Conversion)&oq=Catalytic+Pyrolysis+System+for+Plastic+Waste+Conversion) (archived [here](https://archive.ph/wip/QNOI9)) for a system and process to produce liquid transportation fuels from plastic waste using pyrolysis. 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