AMAZING PLASTIC RECYCLER!


	AMAZING PLASTIC RECYCLER!

papananook

6-29-2007 2:08 PM

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plastic, microwave, oil, recycle, tires

papananook says:

Why isn't this front page news? Think of all those landfills full of plastic, piles of old tires...

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	<DIV class="floatleft" id="artHead"><DIV id="artHeadline"><H1 class="inline">Giant microwave turns plastic back to oil</H1><IMG class="artxicon" title="Contains video content" alt="Movie Camera" src="http://environment.newscientist.com/decorator/img/misc/artx_video.gif" />
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	<DIV class="artToolsFlat floatright straptext"><DIV class="artTools"><A target="nsinfo" href="http://environment.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn12141&print=true"><IMG title="Printable version" alt="Printable version" src="http://environment.newscientist.com/decorator/img/misc/art_print.gif" /><SPAN>Print</SPAN></A><A href="http://environment.newscientist.com/emailarticle.ns?id=dn12141"><IMG title="Email to a friend" alt="Email to a friend" src="http://environment.newscientist.com/decorator/img/misc/art_send.gif" /><SPAN>Send</SPAN></A><A href="http://environment.newscientist.com/feeds.ns;jsessionid=AKHBALAOCOLI"><IMG title="RSS Feed" alt="RSS Feed" src="http://environment.newscientist.com/decorator/img/misc/art_feeds.gif" /><SPAN>Feeds</SPAN></A></DIV></DIV>
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