Friday, October 19, 2007

USTs GALORE

We are in the midst of sending out a mass mailer, because recently we came across some information that said that there are still thousands of contaminated gas station sites out there. After getting some replys from our mailer, we have found a few pretty interesting data. 1) A lot of UST contamination owners are afraid to do anything about their sites because they fear the costs, 2) regulators are so busy some sites go unnoticed for years, even those with significant contamination, and 3) some consultants get the assessment into the monitoring stage and then use it as an annuity, just charging the client for sampling four times a year for years and years and years.
The first thing our company does is help you through the difficulties of getting on the Califorinia cleanup FUND. You pay the first $5000 and the state pays the rest. Then we can wake up the regulators and speed up the process of cleaning up your site. Finally, we will clean up the site as quickly as possible and get you a letter saying that "no further action is necessary". We will take on all of the burden and all of the stress and make it so that you do not have to hear from the regulators again.

Monday, October 1, 2007

Ultimate E-Waste Recycling

I recently met a gentleman. You know, one of those guys with a PhD from MIT in some obscur science. He is an inventor who gets a lot of government grants to perfect his inventions. He just has a lot of problems getting his inventions to market. So Ceres Associates is going to help him do so. Next month I will go to New Mexico to see one of his machines at work. I am told that he can take any e-waste such as computers, circuit boards, etc. and break them down to the molecular level. The machine then separates out the molecules. The plastics produce a gas that is used to fuel the machine, the fibers from the plastics, and the metals are separated and resold. There is 100 percent recovery. The inventor has financial models that show a very impressive return on investment(considerably more than 100%), if there is enough e-waste to keep the machine occupied. The machine does not create emissions. There are hundreds of companies that would be able to do very well (financially) with such an invention, especially if one throws in the possibility of carbon credits. This machine will not solve the global warming crisis, but it could be one inventor's gift to our children's future, if we can find an interested company.