Comments on: Mel Gibson Backs Green Rubber http://www.ecorazzi.com/2007/07/11/mel-gibson-backs-green-rubber/ Causes Entertainment Lifestyle Pop Culture Sun, 12 Feb 2012 21:37:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Bruce Willis Sues Malaysian Company Over Eco-Friendly Rubber Deal // Archives // ecorazzi.com :: the latest in green gossip http://www.ecorazzi.com/2007/07/11/mel-gibson-backs-green-rubber/comment-page-1/#comment-164533 Bruce Willis Sues Malaysian Company Over Eco-Friendly Rubber Deal // Archives // ecorazzi.com :: the latest in green gossip Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:26:32 +0000 http://www.ecorazzi.com/?p=3296#comment-164533 [...] green rubber project, which turned out to be untrue. [Correction: Gibson did invest in the company, as we've written about previously. However, apparently, he did not invest in another firm as was said by company officials called [...] [...] green rubber project, which turned out to be untrue. [Correction: Gibson did invest in the company, as we've written about previously. However, apparently, he did not invest in another firm as was said by company officials called [...]

]]> By: Green Rubber Biz Backed By Mel Gibson, Bruce Willis, Hits Hard Times // Archives // ecorazzi.com :: the latest in green gossip http://www.ecorazzi.com/2007/07/11/mel-gibson-backs-green-rubber/comment-page-1/#comment-164495 Green Rubber Biz Backed By Mel Gibson, Bruce Willis, Hits Hard Times // Archives // ecorazzi.com :: the latest in green gossip Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:03:23 +0000 http://www.ecorazzi.com/?p=3296#comment-164495 [...] summer, Mel Gibson joined up with Bruce Willis to invest in a new company called Green Rubber Global. The Malaysia-based company planned to invest $30 million in a tire [...] [...] summer, Mel Gibson joined up with Bruce Willis to invest in a new company called Green Rubber Global. The Malaysia-based company planned to invest $30 million in a tire [...]

]]> By: Srinivasan http://www.ecorazzi.com/2007/07/11/mel-gibson-backs-green-rubber/comment-page-1/#comment-141317 Srinivasan Sat, 20 Sep 2008 13:46:15 +0000 http://www.ecorazzi.com/?p=3296#comment-141317 we need to know about devulcanised rubber and crump we need to know about devulcanised rubber and crump

]]> By: fabian http://www.ecorazzi.com/2007/07/11/mel-gibson-backs-green-rubber/comment-page-1/#comment-126798 fabian Fri, 08 Aug 2008 22:48:56 +0000 http://www.ecorazzi.com/?p=3296#comment-126798 a y si quieren operarios con mucho gusto estoy disponible gracias empesare a reciclar a y si quieren operarios con mucho gusto estoy disponible
gracias empesare a reciclar

]]> By: fabian http://www.ecorazzi.com/2007/07/11/mel-gibson-backs-green-rubber/comment-page-1/#comment-126796 fabian Fri, 08 Aug 2008 22:47:00 +0000 http://www.ecorazzi.com/?p=3296#comment-126796 deverian buscar contactos en colombia para esta gran empresa como tambien vender acciones yo apoyo esta gran empresa aunque se a un estudiante univercitario pero aca hay mucha materia prima señor gibson traiga la empresa para Colombia dara buenos resultados esa es una buena idea incluso me parese bien para hacer mi tesis de grado deverian buscar contactos en colombia para esta gran empresa como tambien vender acciones yo apoyo esta gran empresa aunque se a un estudiante univercitario pero aca hay mucha materia prima señor gibson traiga la empresa para Colombia dara buenos resultados esa es una buena idea incluso me parese bien para hacer mi tesis de grado

]]> By: johan mong http://www.ecorazzi.com/2007/07/11/mel-gibson-backs-green-rubber/comment-page-1/#comment-120589 johan mong Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:39:43 +0000 http://www.ecorazzi.com/?p=3296#comment-120589 I stay in south africa an are looking for someone in reuse of tyers to make rubber again I stay in south africa an are looking for someone in reuse of tyers to make rubber again

]]> By: Joe http://www.ecorazzi.com/2007/07/11/mel-gibson-backs-green-rubber/comment-page-1/#comment-25888 Joe Sun, 15 Jul 2007 21:08:23 +0000 http://www.ecorazzi.com/?p=3296#comment-25888 The rubber content in a tire is about 5%. How does that affect the p/l of the effort. The only other values are steel wire in tires made before 2000 other tires use a cotton belt, plus the carbon black which can only extractet if you pyrolise the material. Addressing the California Tire report about the viability of such technologies, I must say working a year with the EPA in Sacramento over this, they don't like competitors taking away their cash flow from electronic scrap and tires. Why? The Chinese buy the electronic scrap and ship it back to China for a price couple hundreds a ton. The State of California collects the fees for any device sold to the consumer, that si suppose togo to recyclers. Since nobody really recycles back into usable materials the State gets to keep that money! Makes sense? The rubber content in a tire is about 5%. How does that affect the p/l of the effort. The only other values are steel wire in tires made before 2000 other tires use a cotton belt, plus the carbon black which can only extractet if you pyrolise the material. Addressing the California Tire report about the viability of such technologies, I must say working a year with the EPA in Sacramento over this, they don’t like competitors taking away their cash flow from electronic scrap and tires. Why? The Chinese buy the electronic scrap and ship it back to China for a price couple hundreds a ton. The State of California collects the fees for any device sold to the consumer, that si suppose togo to recyclers. Since nobody really recycles back into usable materials the State gets to keep that money! Makes sense?

]]> By: Terry Leveille http://www.ecorazzi.com/2007/07/11/mel-gibson-backs-green-rubber/comment-page-1/#comment-25535 Terry Leveille Fri, 13 Jul 2007 05:48:25 +0000 http://www.ecorazzi.com/?p=3296#comment-25535 CALIFORNIA TIRE REPORT TWICE-WEEKLY UPDATES OF WASTE TIRE RECYCLING ISSUES AND EVENTS Edited and Published by Terry Leveille, President of TL & Associates tel: 916-536-0451 fax: 916-536-0453 e-mail: terry@caltirereport.com Vol. XIII - Thursday, July 12, 2007 - No. 43 · Mel Gibson in the tire recycling business? At a news conference yesterday, it was announced that Green Rubber Global—with the financial backing of the Australian movie star—plans to invest $30 million in a “tire recycling plant” in Gallup, New Mexico. However, the plant will be built with state and local tax dollars on city-owned property. Green Rubber Global, a subsidiary of Malaysia’s Petra Group, will pay for the technology and lease the plant. ”We don’t want any more tires in New Mexico going to landfills. We don’t want any more tires in New Mexico going to incinerators. We want to work with tire dealers. We want to work with landfills. We want to work with recyclers,” said Green Rubber’s president, Rick Homans. Mr. Homans had been New Mexico’s economic development secretary from 2003 until this past May when he was hired by Petra Group. The plant, according to Mr. Homans, will employ 150 workers at an average wage of $15 per hour. He said that this would be the first of six plants that the company plans to build in the United States. Petra Group’s proprietary tire recycling technology is called DeLink, “a patented chemical process the company says can devulcanize old tires and turn them into usable rubber that actually costs less than new, or ‘virgin’ rubber.” Vinod Sekhar, founder and president of Petra Group, said that the devulcanized rubber can be revulcanized and used to make a full range of rubber products, including tires, shoe soles, automotive components such as weather strips and hoses, and consumer products such as swim fins, grips and rubber bands. He added that several other methods for devulcanization are under development but that DeLink is the first that is “commercially viable.” California Tire Report, which has long questioned the economic “viability” claims of tire pyrolysis, gasification and vulcanization technologies—since none has ever panned out—wonders if the taxpayers of New Mexico understand what they’re paying for. A first question might be: where will the waste tire feedstock come from? New Mexico is not noted for generating significant numbers of scrap tires. A second question might be: what is the deal with New Mexico’s former economic development secretary becoming president of Green Rubber Global? Is it merely coincidence that state and local taxes are building the plant on city-owned land? A third question might be: is Mel Gibson’s endorsement worth the crapshoot? ### CALIFORNIA TIRE REPORT
TWICE-WEEKLY UPDATES OF WASTE TIRE RECYCLING ISSUES AND EVENTS

Edited and Published by Terry Leveille, President of TL & Associates
tel: 916-536-0451
fax: 916-536-0453
e-mail: terry@caltirereport.com

Vol. XIII – Thursday, July 12, 2007 – No. 43

· Mel Gibson in the tire recycling business? At a news conference yesterday, it was announced that Green Rubber Global—with the financial backing of the Australian movie star—plans to invest $30 million in a “tire recycling plant” in Gallup, New Mexico. However, the plant will be built with state and local tax dollars on city-owned property. Green Rubber Global, a subsidiary of Malaysia’s Petra Group, will pay for the technology and lease the plant.

”We don’t want any more tires in New Mexico going to landfills. We don’t want any more tires in New Mexico going to incinerators. We want to work with tire dealers. We want to work with landfills. We want to work with recyclers,” said Green Rubber’s president, Rick Homans. Mr. Homans had been New Mexico’s economic development secretary from 2003 until this past May when he was hired by Petra Group.

The plant, according to Mr. Homans, will employ 150 workers at an average wage of $15 per hour. He said that this would be the first of six plants that the company plans to build in the United States.

Petra Group’s proprietary tire recycling technology is called DeLink, “a patented chemical process the company says can devulcanize old tires and turn them into usable rubber that actually costs less than new, or ‘virgin’ rubber.”

Vinod Sekhar, founder and president of Petra Group, said that the devulcanized rubber can be revulcanized and used to make a full range of rubber products, including tires, shoe soles, automotive components such as weather strips and hoses, and consumer products such as swim fins, grips and rubber bands.

He added that several other methods for devulcanization are under development but that DeLink is the first that is “commercially viable.”

California Tire Report, which has long questioned the economic “viability” claims of tire pyrolysis, gasification and vulcanization technologies—since none has ever panned out—wonders if the taxpayers of New Mexico understand what they’re paying for.

A first question might be: where will the waste tire feedstock come from? New Mexico is not noted for generating significant numbers of scrap tires.

A second question might be: what is the deal with New Mexico’s former economic development secretary becoming president of Green Rubber Global? Is it merely coincidence that state and local taxes are building the plant on city-owned land?

A third question might be: is Mel Gibson’s endorsement worth the crapshoot?

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]]> By: RemyC http://www.ecorazzi.com/2007/07/11/mel-gibson-backs-green-rubber/comment-page-1/#comment-25494 RemyC Thu, 12 Jul 2007 23:14:11 +0000 http://www.ecorazzi.com/?p=3296#comment-25494 Cool... organic green rubber for the fetish ball! Cool… organic green rubber for the fetish ball!

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