Recycling/Incineration/Plasma

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  A new technology, plasma waste conversion being used by Startech Environmental, has just recently become available.  This method may make the whole incineration process a moot point.  If anyone is interested they can write to Startech at startech@netaxis.com or visit their website listed in the press release I've included below.  The press release is about radioactive remediation but I understand from other releases that the technology gobbles up landfill waste too.
  
  I'm no expert, I'm just trying to toss in a contribution to the discussion.  Does anyone see any shortcomings to this system?
  
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  TO BUSINESS AND ENVIRONMENTAL EDITORS:
  
        Startech Environmental and Chase Environmental Sign Alliance Agreement for Radioactive Waste Processing
  
        WILTON, Conn., Nov. 12 -/E-Wire/ -- Startech Environmental Corp. (OTC Bulletin Board: STHK) announced today that it has signed a Strategic Alliance Agreement with Chase Environmental Group, Inc. to produce sales of Startech Plasma Waste Converters for the safe processing and remediation of radioactive wastes for customers such as electric utilities, health care facilities, industry and government facilities.
  
       Chase Environmental is a private company headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky comprised of engineers and scientists with extensive experience and expertise in operating, siting, and permitting radioactive waste processing facilities.
  
       Startech Environmental Corporation is an environmental equipment company whose Plasma Waste Converters (PWCs)(TM) can safely remediate and process various radioactive and mixed wastes.  The PWC is a non-incineration system that safely processes hazardous and non-hazardous materials, organics and inorganics, solids, aqueous and non-aqueous liquids, sludge and gas by its method of molecular dissociation.  The Startech process is called "closed loop elemental recycling."  
  
       SOURCE  Startech Environmental Corp.
  
       -0-     11/12/97
  
       /CONTACT:  Joseph F. Longo of Startech Environmental, 203-762-2499, fax, 203-761-0839 or startech@netaxis.com /
  
       /Web site:  http://www.startech.net /
  
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