Umwelt-Smallcap mit revolutionärem Produkt: Consolidated Ecoprogress, Kanada - 500 Beiträge pro Seite

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eine noch kleine, verluste schreibende firma aus kanada hat eine produktlinie entwickelt die die müllhalden dieser erde revolutionieren könnte

damenbinden, medizinische einlagen und verbände und verpackungen die sich ökologisch abbauen und selbst (in wasser) auflösen......


hier ein auszug aus der website (www.flushaway.com) der firma consolidated ecoprogress:

THE PROBLEM
Solid waste disposal is a major problem in North America. Our throw away society generated 160 million tonnes of municipal solid waste in 1988. Imagine what that figure is today! Landfills are continuing to reach capacity and new facilities will need to be identified. Plastic take 300 years or more to degrade in landfills and even "regular" disposable diapers may not degrade significantly as the cellulose is bound up in plastic coverings.



THE SOLUTION
Approximately 20 years ago an alternative to plastic, Polyvinyl Alcohol (PVA) was discovered and it was suggested the discovery was going to revolutionize the plastic industry with an extraordinary characteristic - it is soluble in water. It also has an equally extraordinary downside - IT IS SOLUBLE in water! How good is a plastic product that cannot withstand moisture?

After three years and an expenditure in excess of 1 million U.S. dollars, a research team in Cambridge, England, with the assistance of the Department of Trade and Industry, invented film B-9™ that delays the decomposition process. Simply stated, this film used in conjunction with this new poly product makes the plastic resist water.

Consolidated Ecoprogress Technology Inc. has acquired the worldwide rights to manufacture and market all products containing this proprietary process.


THE TECHNOLOGY
Consolidated Ecoprogress Technology Inc. has acquired the worldwide rights to manufacture and market all products containing this proprietary process. Seven patents granted and pending.

Combining proprietary and public domain biocompatible materials, Consolidated Ecoprogrogress can create products which biodegrade in the sewage system or properly managed compost facilities. Test results of Consolidated Ecoprogress manufactured products showed a 75% biodegradation rate in 28 days under ISO test methodology #9439. As a result these products have been awarded the Environmental Choice designation by Environment Canada.


Polyvinyl alcohol ("PVA"), a water soluble and 100% biodegradable film, has been available for commercial and industrial applications for over 20 years. To date, however, PVA has not achieved commercial and industrial actualization as a direct replacement for polyethylene as its application has been restricted by its rapid loss of strength and dissolution when in contact with water.

Ecoprogress identified the environmental benefits which the application of PVA could deliver. The Company researched and developed a product which would biodegrade within a matter of weeks and which would do so whether in a landfill site, or in a compost facility, or within the sewage system.

Research has shown that disposable absorbent products made with PVA suffer from leaks which commence the dissolution of the film. The introduction of PVA to disposable absorbent products requires the film to resist dissolution during normal product use, and dissolve when contacted by water on the outer surface during disposal. Ecoprogress engineered a technological solution which involves the discontinuous coating of PVA film with a water impervious and 10% biodegradable material - the "B-9™" technology.

For PVA to be introduced to disposable products such as diapers, the film would need to resist dissolution by the contents of the diaper, but would need to dissolve when contacted by water on its outer side. However, the risk of contact by casual water on the outside, for example by wet hands, is high. Therefore, an additional requirement was for the film to resist dissolution by casual water.

The Company defined the solution as being PVA film coated by an impervious, but biodegradable material, and in a manner which achieved the design goals described above. Put simply, no coating renders the PVA unusable in practice, whereas, a coating applied to 10% of the surface area renders the PVA insoluble. Therefore, the answer was a coating in a unique, and discontinuous manner. This process has been developed by the Company and is the subject of its Patent Application No. PCT/GB 92/01959.

The coating, or lamination process, employs standard machinery to apply a layer of water impervious material of between one and five microns (millionths of a metre) thickness, which is sufficient to prevent casual dissolution, but thin enough so as not to materially alter the softness and feel of the basic PVA film.

The coating can be applied in any pattern, and to any area of the film, in a manner which provides maximum protection against casual water and leakage, but which still preserves an area of PVA film sufficient in size so it will commence dissolution when contacted by a large volume of water, or when confronted by microbes in composting or landfill environment.

The process or system is designated "B-9™" and is available in any individual or combination of the following forms:

Cold water soluble - B-9 c

Hot water soluble - B-9 h

Cold water soluble but resistant to menstrual fluids - B-9 m

In each of its versions, "B-9™" has the performance and potential to replace polyethylene film used traditionally in such products as diapers for infants, adult incontinence pads, sanitary towels and panty liners, and colostomy bags. However, in most cases, replacing polyethylene with "B-9™" would still leave these products with a low environmental profile. This is because other materials used in their construction, such as acrylic acid super absorbent granules, are not biodegradable. Nor would the disposal procedures for any of these products be necessarily more convenient. Therefore, the Company has researched and sourced commercially available raw materials which, when used in conjunction with "B-9™", produces products which are either wholly or substantially biodegradable.


weitere infos auf der website www.flushaway.com

und fotos davon wie sich eine damenbinde innerhalb 60 sekunden umweltfreundlich in wasser auflöst!
seit anfang juni in kanada auf dem markt, die verkaufsoffensive wird aber erst so richtig beginnen gestützt vom mehrheitsaktionär napier international

überhaupt ist ein investment in napier international nahegelegt da diese firma ein paar andere hervorragende umweltprodukte in der sortimentslinie hat und mit 300% im jahr wächst.....
bei einem durchschlagenden erfolg von consolidated ecoprogress würde man da ebenso voll profitieren und das risiko ist wesentlich geringer....

ich habe auch zu napier einen thread eröffnet und bitte euch an beiden threads rege zu beteiligen

mfg
wolfgang2000

[wolfgang2000]

ach ja, der aktuelle kurs in kanada liegt bei 0.80 kanadischen Dollar, tendenz leicht steigend....

kürzel consolidated ecoprogress: ces.v (vancouver)
kürzel napier: t.nir (toronto)

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