| Soon your old and worn GMC condenser won't be | | | | between 500 - 700 pounds of automobile |
| just another junk in somebody's junkyard. | | | | shredder residue (ASR) is produced. ASR |
| | | | contains plastics, rubber, wood, paper, |
| Gershow Recycling, one of the world's largest | | | | fabrics, glass, sand, dirt, ferrous and |
| recyclers, has reportedly agreed to receive | | | | non-ferrous metal pieces. The current ASR |
| the world's first 100 percent emission- and | | | | disposal technology is land filling. When ASR |
| pollutant-free green recycling machine for | | | | is landfilled, many high-priced materials |
| auto shredder residue (ASR). Global Resource | | | | with significant embodied energy are lost. |
| will supply Gershow with its proprietary | | | | This loss, combined with the cost of |
| technology to reduce landfill waste by | | | | landfilling, more stringent regulations and |
| approximately 65%, recover extra metal for | | | | shrinking landfill space require new |
| profit, and the process will generate | | | | alternatives for ASR. |
| virtually no emissions linked to global | | | | |
| warming. | | | | The HAWK 10 is reportedly set to eliminate |
| | | | these costs and environmental hazards by |
| Global Resource Corp. (GBRC) has a patent | | | | breaking down the autofluff with its |
| pending process that allows for removal of | | | | patent-pending high-frequency microwave |
| oil and alternative petroleum products at | | | | technology. The microwaves gasify the |
| very low cost from various resources, | | | | materials -- a process also known as |
| including shale deposits, tar sands, waste | | | | "cracking the hydrocarbon chain" -- and |
| oil streams and bituminous coal with | | | | convert them into 80 percent light |
| significantly greater yields and lower costs | | | | combustible gases, and 20 percent oil. The |
| than are available utilizing existing known | | | | gas is then cycled in a closed-loop system to |
| technologies. | | | | fuel the next round of material breakdown, |
| | | | without emitting any harmful waste. |
| Invented by GBRC, the revolutionary ASR | | | | |
| conversion machine -- the HAWK 10 is set to | | | | The alternative renewable energy system will |
| feature a cutting-edge system using high | | | | deliver cost-efficiency in four ways: |
| microwave frequencies to convert "autofluff" | | | | |
| -- textiles, foams, plastics, rubber, and | | | | Combustible gases and fluids to energy |
| light metal content extracted from cars -- | | | | |
| into oil and gas. This process significantly | | | | Approximately 65% reduction of land fill |
| reduces the amount of waste that Gershow will | | | | tipping fee |
| send to landfills, and it is conducted in a | | | | |
| closed-loop system that eliminates | | | | Additional metallic material captured |
| pollutants. | | | | |
| | | | Alternative energy tax credits |
| Located on Long Island, N.Y., Gershow | | | | |
| Recycling collects and processes ferrous | | | | "We expect Gershow Recycling to capture a |
| metals, non-ferrous metals, and paper | | | | full return on their investment within one |
| products from scrap suppliers, and turns them | | | | year of use, thanks to HAWK 10's incredible |
| into high quality scrap products. Most of | | | | efficiency, and its ability to lower expenses |
| Gershow's scrap comes from automobiles. | | | | and recover profit," says Frank Pringle, CEO |
| Obsolete automobiles are the most recycled | | | | of Global Resource Corp. "Gershow's agreement |
| high-volume consumer product in the US. About | | | | to implement the HAWK 10 is an excellent |
| 18 million tons per year of ferrous scrap, | | | | example of their forward-thinking, tech-savvy |
| mostly from shredded automobiles are | | | | approach to recycling -- one its entire |
| recovered by the scrap industry. The HAWK 10 | | | | industry should emulate to fight global |
| will allow Gershow to scrap more metal from | | | | warming. We're on the cusp of an energy |
| materials that were difficult to separate | | | | revolution in our country, and alternative |
| before, enabling them to reduce waste by 65%. | | | | energy technology such as ours offers a clear |
| | | | way to cheaper, cleaner fuel, and higher |
| For each ton of steel that is recovered, | | | | profits. |