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Award Winning
Creative Clean Technology
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Itronics, under the leadership of its President, Dr. John Whitney, has
developed and is now operating the only vertically integrated, fully permitted
facility in the United States, that uses its break through “Beneficial
Use Photochemical, Silver, and Water Recycling Technology” to convert
photographic liquid waste into pure silver and GOLD’n GRO liquid fertilizers.
Itronics is the only company in the world with vertically integrated “zero
waste” photochemical recycling technology that produces highly effective
liquid fertilizers for agriculture.
Itronics and its President, Dr. John Whitney have received international
recognition for developing “zero waste” clean technology that maximizes
raw material sustainability for the 140 year old photographic industry
and produces highly effective environmentally compatible GOLD’n GRO liquid
fertilizers for use in suburban and rural horticulture and agriculture.
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2000—Dr.
John Whitney was received a Silver Star Award for making a significant
contribution to northern Nevada’s Truckee Meadows quality of life.
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2000—Dr.
John Whitney was selected as Nevada’s Inventor of the year.
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2001—Itronics
was one of five finalists for the 2001 Kirkpatrick Chemical Engineering
Award.
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2005—Dr.
John Whitney honored as “Scot of the Year” by the Nevada Society of
Scottish Clans for his work to recycle photochemicals.
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2005—Itronics
awarded second place (IchemE), Worldwide Environmental Awards in London,
England.
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2005—Itronics
awarded USA Gold at the International Green Apple Environmental Awards
in London, England.
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2005—GOLD’n
GRO was named one of the top 10 new technologies representing the
best of agricultural innovation by the Canadian Association of Agri-Retailers.
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2006—Itronics
named International Green Hero by the Green Organization, London,
England.
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2007—Dr.
John Whitney named northern Nevada Entrepreneur of the Year—Agriculture/Environment.
With
the receipt of the Kirkpatrick award, the IChemE award, the Green Apple
award and now the Green Hero award, Itronics has gained international
recognition for its zero waste recycling program for the worldwide Photographic
Industry. This major breakthrough for the 140 year old Photographic Industry
is an example of technology that can be developed to enable materials
using industries to completely convert their waste streams into usable
goods. The Photographic Industry can now be a truly “Green Industry” and
a world leader in maximizing global resource sustainability and improving
agriculture by globally supporting and promoting this leading edge clean
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