Fox Petroleum Inc. has signed a $7 million letter of intent with Pioneer Water Systems LLC to build a PET recycling line in Maraguin, La.

According to a Fox Petroleum press release, Pioneer water systems draw water from the atmosphere, precipitate the vapor and cleanse it with ultraviolet light and ozone to produce drinking water. Pioneer's Infinity water machines can make up to four thousand gallons of new water per day per machine. The company’s processes also can clean up toxic environments, groundwater and produce new sources of water for communities and the health, food and manufacturing industries.

"Pioneer has developed game changing technology for the production of fresh drinking water and with this new joint venture we expect that Pioneer will need a recycling component in order to handle the plastic and bottling operations for the water that they will be producing," says William Lieberman, president of Fox Petroleum.
The goal in the first development with Pioneer is to develop a completely circular recycling system. Fox estimates that the project could save up to 500,000 metric tons of landfill space and up to $15 million in waste costs.
“We expect that once complete this subsidiary will recycle up to 25 million pounds of PET water bottles per year. We expect the growth of water to outpace the growth for recycling worldwide," Lieberman adds.

Gershman, Brickner & Bratton Inc. (GBB) has announced that County Commissioners in New Hanover County, N.C., recently signed a contract with R3 Environmental (R3) for the management of the county's waste system.

GBB was hired by the county to help prepare a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the management of the county's solid waste disposal facilities. The management includes a secure landfill, a 20+ year old waste-to-energy plant and seven recycling drop-off sites receiving more than 200,000 tons of recyclables per year.

The RFP requested a single-service provider to handle all the services currently being undertaken by the county under a single contract going forward.

GBB also assisted the county’s legal team with the final technical contract negotiation process.

Under the agreement, R3 will implement a municipal solid waste processing facility where it will collect the recyclables, making a low ash-high BTU Refused Derived Fuel (RDF) biomass product, refurbishing the current mass-burn waste-to-energy (WTE) facility into an RDF biomass fired system and implementing a new construction waste and demolition debris recycling processing system.

The new solid waste sorting facility is expected to be in operation in two years, extracting recyclables and converting the organic waste stream into fuel, and guaranteeing to divert over 80 percent of the incoming solid waste from the landfill.

"GBB's guidance and expertise during the whole procurement process, was invaluable," says Bruce Shell, New Hanover County’s manager. "This agreement with R3 establishes New Hanover County as an innovator in solid waste, not just in the state, but in the nation."

"There are some very interesting aspects of the R3 innovative technology proposal as it pertains to recycling potential, carbon credits and renewable energy credits, and significant long-term cost benefits to the County," says Bob Brickner, GBB’s executive vice president and GBB's lead consultant on the project.

For more information on the firm and its products and services, visit www.gbbinc.com or call 1-800-573-5801.

Waste Management of the Pacific Northwest (WM) has entered into an agreement to acquire Glacier Recycle, an Auburn, Wash., company that provides recycling services for the construction industry.

According to a release, Waste Management officials said the acquisition will expand its "green services" related to waste reduction, waste recovery and the processing of waste into new materials.

Among its services, Glacier, a construction and demolition recycling firm, recycles and processes recovered wood for the manufacturing of recycled wood products and for use as biomass fuel. The company serves the entire Puget Sound area.

Dean Kattler, Waste Management's vice president-Pacific Northwest, says the integration of Glacier's processing facilities will allow Waste Management to significantly increase its construction business recycling in the Puget Sound region. He adds that the deal will position WM to provide services to support the growth of green building and LEED certification across the region. 

The transaction is expected to be completed on Nov. 30, contingent on the assignment of the necessary permits and contracts.

Interseroh SE, based in Cologne, Germany, has announced that Roland Stroese, a member of its board of directors for five years, is resigning, effective Dec. 31, 2010.

Due to the resignation, the company says that its board of directors is being adjusted, and the company’s management committee will be reduced in size.

Axel Schweitzer, chairman of the board, will assume the responsibility for the segments of Services and Raw Materials Trading, beginning Jan. 1, 2011. Joachim Wagner will continue to be responsible for the Steel and Metals Recycling segment as a member of Interseroh’s board of directors.

The company also announced that a six-member Management Committee, reporting directly to the board, will ensure a close connection between strategic management and the operational units. In this committee Eric Mendel, chief representative of Interseroh SE and chairman of the management of Interseroh Dienstleistungs GmbH, will be in charge of the Services, Marketing and Sales division. Bernd Fricke will become managing director of Interseroh’s subsidiary RDB plastics GmbH, and will be involved as a new member covering the Raw Materials Trading division.