Tapped Out?

www.csnews.com | Jul 7, 2008

Environmentalists take aim at bottled water, but retailers report little drain on sales.

http://www.csnews.com/csn/cat_management/pack_bev/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003824958

Plastic recycling comes full circle

www.chemicalprocessing.com | Jun 27, 2008

The Closed Loop recycling plant claims to be the first in the world to take both milk bottles and clear drinks bottles and turn them back into food-grade plastic.

http://www.chemicalprocessing.com/industrynews/2008/012.html?CMP=ILC-rss

Spectrometers: MOEMS scanning grating chips reveal spectral images

www.laserfocusworld.com | Jun 27, 2008

Hyperspectral imaging is used for a broad variety of applications ranging from the harvesting of agricultural goods to waste selection in recycling processes.

http://www.laserfocusworld.com/display_article/332967/12/ARTCL/none/Feat/Spectrometers:-MOEMS-scanning-grating-chips-reveal-spectral-image?dcmp=rss

Full circle

news.bbc.co.uk | Jun 26, 2008

A new reprocessing plant in east London will be the first to take old drinks and milk bottles and turn them into new ones.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7470662.stm

Purchasing communityArticle Price/Supply 48405 1481

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By Tom Stundza, 09/06/2006 Worldwide semiconductors sales totaled $20.1 billion in July, up 11.5% from $18.02 billion in the same month last year. The Semiconductor Industry Association, a San Jose, Calif.

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Filtration+Separation

- 7 February 2008 - Nanofilter achieves energy savings Ultra.air Group has announced the launch of Ultra.filter, a new generation of nano-technology filter elements.

http://www.filtsep.com/

Orthoxylene (OX) Uses and Market Data

www.icis.com

A new outlet for OX is in the production of polyethylene naphthalate (PEN) polymer, which is a high performance polyester used in film and rigid packaging where performance needs are more rigorous than polyethylene terephthalate (PET) products.

http://www.icis.com/v2/chemicals/9076058/Premium/BIC.htm

Pure Tech Plastics, the expert in the post consumer plastics (pet) recycling industry.

Innovation that leads to savings. Pure Tech s proprietary Post Consumer Recycled PET (RPET) flake was cleared by the FDA for direct food-contact applications, a precedent in the food-packaging industry.

http://www.recycled-pet.com/