Nov 18 2010
In an effort to bring attention to the ground-breaking work being done in the recycling space, Axion International (OTCBB: AXIH) producer of the world’s strongest recycled, composite plastic industrial building products, takes the occasion of November 15, “America Recycles Day”, to call upon American consumers and manufacturers to increase recycling efforts to help build a better, greener and more sustainable future.
“Today, in many parts of the world, green tech and recycling organizations and companies – and hopefully recyclers everywhere – are celebrating,” stated Jim Kerstein, Axion’s Co-founder and CEO. “Its time companies like Axion, who provide an up-cycled product made entirely from diverted waste-stream post-consumer plastic, to show the rest of the world what many have already discovered. Your recycled plastic CAN make a difference, and the next time you discard your plastic milk jugs or detergent bottles, please think of the images we provide today. Bridges have been built able to support the weight of M-1 tanks and railroad locomotives out of your garbage. We are providing an infrastructure building material that civil engineers and contractors will soon be using to build over-the-road bridges, and Axion is leading the way. Give us your plastic refuse so we can build more.”
In the past year, Axion has helped divert more than 2.5 million pounds of post-consumer plastic out of the waste stream. By diverting millions of milk jugs and detergent bottles, enough to stretch most of the entire Atlantic seaboard, the company has been able to provide thousands of railroad ties to both domestic and international railway clients installing ties stretching from the Pacific NW to Morocco. Also, in conjunction with the Army Corp of Engineers, Axion has helped design and build bridges at three major US Army bases supporting everything from pedestrian troops and small-wheeled vehicles to 70+ ton M-1 tanks, and 130+ ton railroad locomotives.
“Axion is at a pivotal period of our development and expansion and 2011 will be a significant growth year,” stated Axion’s new President and COO, Steve Silverman. “The team we’re assembling has the depth and experience to help surge into target industries including the rail, marine and heavy road and bridge-building industries. It’s an exciting time and we’re looking forward to partnering with consumers and the manufacturers of the hundreds of millions of tons of recyclable plastic to help educate and influence people to bring us their post-consumer plastic. We’ll show the world what can be built with it.”
Developed in conjunction with Rutgers University’s Materials Sciences and Engineering Department, Axion’s Recycled Structural Composite (RSC) is inert and contains no toxic materials. It is impervious to insect infestation, will never leach toxic chemicals nor warp. Because it is lighter than traditional materials, transporting RSC is less expensive and reduces energy costs. In addition, RSC is completely recyclable at the end of its functional life.
Source: http://www.axionintl.com/