AI
Thursday, January 06, 2011 11:39:47 AM
No-- was a wrong interpretation then and still is now. 4 separate processes are being incorporated into that plant:
This is what the "up to" $25 mill bond will do:
1. The process begins with Miller Compressing Co. in Milwaukee, which crushes the vehicles and will send the remnants by truck to the Sheboygan plant.
2. The material is separated using a process created by German company SiCon GmbH. About 23 percent of the material is plastic, 10 percent is non-tire rubber and 8 percent is various fibers. The rest cannot be used by Green Envirotech and goes to a landfill.
3. The plastics are then decontaminated using technology from Pennsylvania-based Thar Process Inc. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency requires less than two parts per million of PCBs, and the Thar technology cleans the plastic to one-eighth of that limit.
4. About 60 percent of the plastic is polypropylene, which is mixed with an equal measure of virgin plastic and required additives before being sent to carmakers. This compounding process is done by a Belgian company called Ravago, which will install $7 million worth of equipment at the Sheboygan plant to be run by Green Envirotech's employees.
5. The remaining 40 percent of the plastic is mixed with the rubber and fiber into high-quality crude oil. That process was developed by Oregon-based Agilyx Corp.
http://www.sheboyganpress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=201010310373
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Apparently decontaminated plastic, rubber and fiber = gel-like substance which is sold to a refinery. Good for them-- they don't apparently care to produce a better "amber" visual to make money
This is what the "up to" $25 mill bond will do:
1. The process begins with Miller Compressing Co. in Milwaukee, which crushes the vehicles and will send the remnants by truck to the Sheboygan plant.
2. The material is separated using a process created by German company SiCon GmbH. About 23 percent of the material is plastic, 10 percent is non-tire rubber and 8 percent is various fibers. The rest cannot be used by Green Envirotech and goes to a landfill.
3. The plastics are then decontaminated using technology from Pennsylvania-based Thar Process Inc. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency requires less than two parts per million of PCBs, and the Thar technology cleans the plastic to one-eighth of that limit.
4. About 60 percent of the plastic is polypropylene, which is mixed with an equal measure of virgin plastic and required additives before being sent to carmakers. This compounding process is done by a Belgian company called Ravago, which will install $7 million worth of equipment at the Sheboygan plant to be run by Green Envirotech's employees.
5. The remaining 40 percent of the plastic is mixed with the rubber and fiber into high-quality crude oil. That process was developed by Oregon-based Agilyx Corp.
http://www.sheboyganpress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=201010310373
#msg-58472068
Apparently decontaminated plastic, rubber and fiber = gel-like substance which is sold to a refinery. Good for them-- they don't apparently care to produce a better "amber" visual to make money
