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