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Press
Release Archives: 06/27/2006
Itronics President Whitney to Present at Major Recycling
Conference
RENO, Nev., June 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Itronics
Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: ITRO; Frankfurt and Berlin
Stock Exchanges: ITG) which recently was named one of
the world's first International Green Heroes by The
Green Organization, an independent international
environmental group that annually recognizes the top
environmental achievements in the world, today said that
Dr. John Whitney, President, will speak at the Recycling
Metals from Industrial Waste Conference in Golden,
Colorado on June 28. The program is sponsored by the
Colorado School of Mines.
"Itronics has gained significant international
recognition for creating the technology to remove all
non-nutrient metals, including silver, from photowastes
and completely utilizing the remaining demetallized
liquids to manufacture environmentally beneficial liquid
fertilizers," said Dr. Whitney. "This represents an
excellent example of how technologies can be developed
to enable an industry to convert waste streams into
usable goods and we are delighted to have the
opportunity to share our accomplishments and expertise
at this prestigious conference."
Past attendees at the recycling conference include
representatives from Bechtel, Dow Corning, E.I. DuPont,
IBM, Monsanto, Phelps Dodge and Shell Global Solutions.
"The more opportunities we have to explain what Itronics
is accomplishing, the better for our industry, the
photographic industry and our shareholders," said Dr.
Whitney.
About Itronics
Itronics, through its subsidiary, Itronics
Metallurgical, Inc., is the only company in the world
with a "Beneficial Use Photochemical, Silver, and Water
Recycling" facility that extracts more than 99 percent
of the silver and virtually all the other toxic heavy
metals from used photoliquids and converts the resulting
liquids into environmentally beneficial, chelated,
multinutrient liquid fertilizer products sold under the
GOLD'n GRO trademark. The environmentally friendly
liquid fertilizers can be used for lawns and
houseplants, and are available, along with GOLD'n GRO
liquid fertilizer injectors, at the Company's "e-store"
catalog at http://goldngro.com . The popular 5 troy
ounce, 0.999 pure Silver Nevada Miner numismatic bars
the Company offers are available at the "e-store"
catalog at http://www.itromet.com .
Headquartered in Reno, Nevada, Itronics Inc. is a
"Creative Environmental Technology" Company and a world
leader in photochemical recycling. Itronics was one of
five finalists for the 2001 Kirkpatrick Chemical
Engineering Award, the most prestigious worldwide award
in chemical engineering technologies. Itronics was
awarded second place, Highly Commended in the
Environmental Technology category, at the prestigious
Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) 2005
Worldwide Environmental Award ceremonies at the Royal
Courts of Justice in London, England in September 2005.
Itronics was awarded the USA Gold Award at the House of
Commons in London in November 2005 as part of the
International Green Apple Environmental Awards contest,
one of the largest and most prestigious of its kind in
the world, and the International Green Hero award in
2006 for its leadership on environmental issues.
Itronics' GOLD'n GRO fertilizer was named one of the top
10 new technologies representing the best of
agricultural innovation by the Canadian Association of
Agri-Retailers in its December 2005 publication
"Communicator." Dr. John Whitney, Itronics President and
founder, was selected a Nevada's Inventor of the Year
and is a member of the Inventor's Hall of Fame at the
University of Nevada, Reno.
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