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Planet Resource Recovery, Inc. Renders Known Carcinogenic Heavy Metals Inert From Coal Tar Waste in Independent Laboratory Tests
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HOUSTON, TX--(Marketwire - February 11, 2009) - Planet Resource Recovery, Inc. (PLANET)
(PINKSHEETS : PRRY ), developer, manufacturer and marketer of the
PetroLuxus™ 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™
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™ 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™ 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™ family of products, a proprietary environmentally
friendly chemical compound that dislodges oil in practically all natural
and man-made environments. The PetroLuxus™ family of products are
effective and efficient solutions for the remediation and recovery of
petroleum-based products. PetroLuxus™ 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™ products. Oil Recovery Ventures, Inc. deploys
PetroLuxus™ 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™, click on the link
http://www.planetresource.net/index-21.html
For more information visit: http://www.planetresource.net or
http://www.petroluxus.com
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