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Press
Release Archives: 02/04/2003
Itronics
Begins Selling Advanced Silver Recycling Technology
for Medical X-ray and Photo Processing Laboratories
RENO,
Nev., Feb. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Itronics Inc.
(BULLETIN BOARD: ITRO) today reported that its subsidiary,
Itronics Metallurgical, Inc., has designed and is now
selling a compact, fully automated dual chamber vacuum
photochemical concentrator for use by medical x-ray
and consumer photoprocessing laboratories.
The
new dual chamber, advanced low-temperature vacuum distillation
unit design produces separate silver-bearing developer
and fixer chemical concentrates, a key requirement for
100 percent "Beneficial Use Recycling" of
these liquid chemicals into Itronics Metallurgical's
successful line of earth friendly GOLD'n GRO liquid
fertilizers.
"The
vacuum photochemical concentration units are third generation
vacuum distillation machines capable of removing more
than 80 percent of the water from used photochemical
solutions," said Dr. John W. Whitney, Itronics
President. "The recovered water is pure and can
be reused." The photodeveloper and photofixer concentrates,
which capture 100 percent of the silver, are shipped
to Itronics Metallurgical's process plant in Reno, Nevada
for silver and other heavy metal removal and conversion
into base products for use in manufacturing GOLD'n GRO
fertilizers.
The
design of this photochemical concentrator expands Itronics
Metallurgical's "Beneficial Use Photochemical and
Water Recycling" services to U.S. medical x-ray
and photoprocessing laboratories. The Itronics Metallurgical
"Beneficial Use Photochemical and Water Recycling"
technology, which is now fully commercial, makes it
possible to recover 100 percent of the silver and to
beneficially recycle 100 percent of the liquid photochemical
waste stream and represents a major environmental technology
achievement.
This
compact, user friendly, dual chamber design is sized
to be attractive to medical x-ray and consumer photoprocessing
laboratories. Traditional operating practice in most
photoprocessing laboratories is to blend the two liquid
photochemical streams prior to storage for disposal.
These units provide convenient separation of the chemicals,
reduce the volume of material that needs to be shipped
for processing by more than 80 percent, make it possible
to recycle the water at the processing location, and
capture 100 percent of the contained silver.
Itronics,
through its subsidiary, Itronics Metallurgical, Inc.,
is the only company in the world with the technology
to extract 100 percent of the silver and virtually all
the other toxic heavy metals from photowaste and to
convert the resulting liquid into environmentally beneficial,
chelated, multinutrient liquid fertilizer products sold
under the trademark GOLD'n GRO. These earth friendly
liquid fertilizers, which can also be used for lawns
and houseplants, and the popular Silver Nevada Miner
bars, a souvenir of the Silver State, are available
through the Company's "e-store" at http://www.itronics.com/
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Itronics
Inc. is one of Nevada's leading process technology development
companies and a world leader in photochemical recycling.
Headquartered in Reno, Nevada, it specializes in recycling
technology development, photobyproduct recycling, silver
refining, and technical services for the mining and
recycling industries. Dr. John Whitney, Itronics President,
was selected as Nevada's Inventor of the Year for 2000
and is a member of the Inventor's Hall of Fame at the
University of Nevada, Reno. Itronics was one of five
finalists for the 2001 Kirkpatrick Chemical Engineering
Award, the most prestigious award in the chemical process
industries worldwide.
VISIT
OUR WEB SITE: http://www.itronics.com/
(The
statements in this news release that are not historical
facts or statements of current status are forward-looking
statements as defined in the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995 that involve risk and uncertainties.
Actual results may differ materially.)
Itronics
Inc. CONTACT: Paul Knopick, +1-888-795-6336, for Itronics
Inc.
Web
site: http://www.itronics.com/
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