明日之星：未来的40位40岁以下商界精英

普里延卡•巴卡雅

• 年龄：30岁

• 头衔：创始人兼CEO

• 公司：普卡清洁技术公司（PK Clean）

麻省理工学院（MIT）工程师普里延卡•巴卡雅的垃圾转换能源试点项目终于得到了回报。巴卡雅目前在犹他州盐湖城经营一家商业生产工厂，与犹他州最大的回收商Rocky Mountain Recycling合作。工厂每天可将20,000吨不可回收的塑料转换成60桶石油——全部零排放。而且，这项事业所需成本很少，这意味着令人兴奋的利润：工厂生产一桶油的成本在25至30美元之间，卖给当地精炼厂的价格是100美元。这个项目目前已经引起了绿色能源投资者的关注。——鲁帕利•阿罗拉   

Priyanka Bakaya

• Age: 30

• Title: Founder and CEO

• Company: PK Clean

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. The plant can convert 20,000 pounds of non-recycled plastic to 60 barrels of oil per day—all with zero emissions. And she is doing it at a fraction of the cost, which means heady margins: A barrel produced at $25 to $30 at the plant is sold to local refineries for $100. Green energy investors are taking note.-Rupali Arora