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SAN DIEGO, Aug. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- ecoATM, the award-winning San Diego start-up known for its innovative kiosks that fully automate the buy-back of used mobile phones and other portable electronics, announced today it has made its first major expansion outside of California by installing 28 kiosks in malls throughout Texas. (Specific locations information for kiosks can be found at http://ecoatm.com/find-a-location.html.) The network of ecoATM kiosks will next expand to...
BOSTON, Aug. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Sappi Fine Paper North America today announced it will be hosting the first annual 2012 Green Community Day, a fun, informative and activity-packed day held on August 11, 2012 at the Sappi Westbrook paper mill. Aimed at educating local residents on how they can positively impact the environment, Sappi's Green Community Day will invite the community to participate in hands-on activities and interactive displays for the entire family. (Logo:...
FOWLERVILLE, Mich., Aug. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Asahi Kasei Plastics N.A. Inc. is working with Unified Energies International, Inc. in the development of the "Windstrument(TM)" wind turbine to bring affordable renewable energy to the masses. Windstrument(TM) was developed for both residential use and utility scale projects including entire communities, neighborhoods or agricultural groups coming together on a project basis to generate their own local power. The rooftop or pole...
WASHINGTON, Aug. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- A newly updated game app for plastics recycling now rewards players with real world products for virtual plastics recycling. Plastics Make it Possible(®), the creator of the popular Bin It! 2.0 app, has teamed up with Earth911, host of the nation's largest recycling directory, and Recyclebank(®), the company that rewards people's everyday green activities with discounts and deals from local and national businesses, to encourage consumers...
KEMP, Texas, Aug. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Magnalight HAL-31L-LV is a compact explosion proof lighting solution designed for rugged durability and operation with 12 or 24 volt DC current. Approved for Class 1 Division 2 environments and suitable for use in wet locations, this powerful yet compact LED light offers a variety of color temperatures and beam configurations to allow operators to tailor the unit to their specific requirements. Photo:...
NEW YORK and LONDON, Aug. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- CD-adapco announces the release of a computer-aided engineering tool, called STAR-CCM + Battery Simulation Module, designed to simulate spirally wound lithium-ion battery cells. The technology is aimed at helping the automotive and battery industries more quickly design and develop advanced electric drive vehicle power sources. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110623/MM25604LOGO ) The project, which began in August 2011,...
MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Appliance Recycling Centers of America, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARCI) today announced that its Ontario subsidiary, ARCA Canada Inc., has been awarded a multi-year contract by the Ontario Power Authority (OPA) to continue to recycle old, working refrigerators, freezers and window air conditioners. Since 2006, ARCA has recycled more than 320,000 energy-inefficient appliances for Ontario residents through OPA-sponsored programs. Under terms of the...
- Waste Management Awards 10 Think Green® Grants to KAB Affiliates for Innovative Projects and Programs - STAMFORD, Conn., Aug. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- National nonprofit Keep America Beautiful (KAB) announced today that Waste Management (NYSE: WM) has awarded $10,000 individual grants to 10 KAB affiliates. The Waste Management Think Green® Grants are awarded to encourage community sustainability through local environmental efforts. The merit-based Waste...
WEST CHESTER, Ohio, Aug. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- AK Steel (NYSE: AKS) said today that it will increase current spot market base prices for all carbon flat-rolled steel products by $30 per ton, effective immediately with new orders. AK Steel AK Steel produces flat-rolled carbon, stainless and electrical steels, primarily for automotive, infrastructure and manufacturing, construction and electrical power generation and distribution markets. The company employs about 6,200 men and...
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Fiberglass consists of numerous extremely fine fibers of glass. Although experimented with throughout history actual glass fibers were not mass produced until the invention of finer machine tooling. A dress with glass fibers was first worn in 1893 by stage actress Georgia Cayvan. Russell Games Slayter invented, in 1938, what is commonly known as fiberglass today. It is commonly used for insulation. Carbon fiber is also a somewhat similar but more expensive technology used in place of...
The incandescent light bulb provides a source of electric light through incandescence. The bulb works by passing current through a filament which heats to a temperature that produces light. The glass bulb that contains the filament prevents oxidation of the hot filament. The bulbs are also called electric lamps. Incandescent bulbs come in a various sizes and voltages. They can range from 1.5 volts to 300, require no external regulating equipment and have low manufacturing costs. They work...
Aluminum (or aluminium) is a soft, lightweight, silvery metal. It is an element in the boron group on the periodic table of elements, with the symbol Al and atomic number 13. On the earth's crust, aluminum is the most abundant metal, and the third most abundant of all elements on the earth's crust, after oxygen and silicon. It accounts for 8% of the weight of the Earth's solid surface. Because aluminum is a highly reactive metal, it doesn't occur in nature in a pure form. Aluminum forms a...
Graphite (named by Abraham Gottlob Werner in 1789, from the Greek γÏαφειν: "to draw/write", for its use in pencils) is one of the allotropes of carbon. Unlike diamond, graphite is a conductor, and can be used, for instance, as the material in the electrodes of an electrical arc lamp. Occurrence Associated minerals include: quartz, calcite, micas, iron meteorites and tourmalines. Notable occurrences include New York and Texas in the USA, Russia, Mexico, Greenland,...
Lead is a chemical element in the periodic table that has the symbol Pb (L. Plumbum) and atomic number 82. A soft, heavy, toxic and malleable poor metal, lead is bluish white when freshly cut but tarnishes to dull gray when exposed to air. Lead is used in building construction, lead-acid batteries, bullets and shot, and is part of solder, pewter, and fusible alloys. Lead has the highest atomic number of all stable elements. (But see the article on Bismuth, which has a half life so long it can...
