Planet Resource Recovery, Inc. Renders Known Carcinogenic Heavy Metals Inert From Coal Tar Waste in Independent Laboratory Tests
February 11 2009 - 1:17PM
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Planet Resource Recovery, Inc. (PLANET) (PINKSHEETS: PRRY),
developer, manufacturer and marketer of the PetroLuxus(TM) family
of products, is pleased to announce the successful extraction of
toxic heavy metals from coal tar waste. PLANET created a special
blend of its soil remediation product targeting the precipitation
of heavy metals and recovery of oil from coal tar known as
PetroLuxus(TM) 401 for the remediation of coal tar pits.
Independent lab tests confirm the successful treatment and
remediation (washing) of coal tar samples which will provide a new
cost effective solution to the environmental remediation industry.
Prior to the US having a natural gas pipeline network, gas for
lighting, heating and cooking was manufactured locally from coal
and petroleum at thousands of Manufactured Gas Plants (MGPs)
throughout the country. A 2003 EPA report estimated that as many as
50,000 plants were built during the 140 years, commencing in 1816
till the 1950s, of MGP operations. A by-product of MGPs were coal
tars, complex and variable mixtures of phenols, polycyclic aromatic
hydrocarbons, and heterocyclic compounds that are known carcinogens
and toxic to humans and animals. It was common practice at MGPs to
dump coal tar and other wastes into on-site ponds, bury it, or use
it as fill to adjust the grade of the gas yard. These practices
left an environmental legacy of hazardous waste contamination in
groundwater, soil, sediment, sludge and surface water.
Current acceptable industry cleanup/remediation methods of coal
tar sites are extremely costly and time consuming. These methods
require the contaminated soil be excavated and transported to soil
roasting processing centers. The contaminated soil is thermally
desorbed in large energy consuming rotary kilns to remove the
hazardous contamination rendering the soil inert and useless but
still requiring disposal. In addition to this costly process,
property owners need to purchase and transport clean fill dirt to
replace the excavated contaminated soil.
PLANET was provided contaminated coal tar samples from a site in
Newark, NJ owned by Public Service Electric and Gas, a Manufactured
Gas Plant site. The samples were remediated with PetroLuxus(TM) 401
and analyses were performed by Aqua Pro-Tech Laboratories, Inc., a
New Jersey certified environmental testing laboratory. Certified
laboratory results showed that after treatment with PetroLuxus(TM)
401 harmful metals, such as arsenic, lead, chromium, cyanide, and
mercury, were rendered inert and non-detectable. Additionally a
clean coal oil was recovered which can be blended with #6 oil to
provide a saleable fuel to industry instead of costly disposal.
These results demonstrate that PLANET can treat soils ex-situ on
site to residential soil standards for reuse thus saving clients
millions of dollars in transportation and disposal costs.
Mr. Robert A. Feller, Senior Project Manager at E2PM, LLC, an
environmental engineering firm, stated, "After 28 years working in
the environmental industry, I have never seen anything work so
quickly and completely at ambient temperature for cleaning soils
before. All of our testing to date has involved no heat and no
pressure; simple agitation and the results speak for themselves.
The recovered oil portion doesn't even stick to the storage vessel
after processing, something I have never seen before. I am only now
beginning to envision the various applications where the PetroLuxus
family of chemicals could be utilized for expedited remediation and
recovery of contaminants from Brownfields properties across the
country at substantial cost savings over conventional remediation
technologies."
The US Environmental Protection Agency's 2004 Edition -
"Cleaning up the Nation's Waste Site: Markets and Technology
Trends" states that "It is estimated that should the 30,000-45,000
MGP and other coal tar sites require cleanup, it could cost $26 -
$128 billion."
About Planet Resource Recovery, Inc.
Planet Resource Recovery, Inc. is the developer, manufacturer
and marketer of the PetroLuxus(TM) family of products, a
proprietary environmentally friendly chemical compound that
dislodges oil in practically all natural and man-made environments.
The PetroLuxus(TM) family of products are effective and efficient
solutions for the remediation and recovery of petroleum-based
products. PetroLuxus(TM) applications include Enhanced Oil
Recovery, Oil Sands, oil spills, oil tank farm cleaning, marine
ship cleaning, remediation of oil sludge pits, treatment of raw
fuel feedstocks, waste oil segregation and biodiesel, to name a
few. Through the acquisition and formation of wholly owned
subsidiaries, Planet Resource Recovery, Inc. deploys the
PetroLuxus(TM) products. Oil Recovery Ventures, Inc. deploys
PetroLuxus(TM) through joint ventures in the Enhanced Oil Recovery
market.
Coal Tar info and lab test:
http://www.planetresource.net/index-451.html
For an audio/visual demonstration of PetroLuxus(TM), click on
the link http://www.planetresource.net/index-21.html
For more information visit: http://www.planetresource.net or
http://www.petroluxus.com
Safe Harbor Statement
Certain statements in this release are "forward-looking"
statements as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform
Act of 1995. Such statements are subject to numerous risks and
uncertainties. Actual results may vary significantly from the
results expressed or implied in such statements. Factors that could
cause actual results to materially differ from forward-looking
statements include, but are not limited to, the Company's ability
to meet the terms and conditions required to obtain its project
financing, risks and delays associated with product development,
risk of market acceptance of new products, risk of technology or
product obsolescence, competitive risks, reliance on development
partners and the need for additional capital.
Contact: Enrique M. Salinas III Planet Resource Recovery, Inc.
281-996-5315 Email Contact
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