The rapid changes taking place in the forest eco system, mainly owing to excessive human intervention and climate change, has been leading tofrequent straying of wild animals into human habitation in the forest areas of Konni and Ranni in recent times.

The sad fate of a male leopard that had strayed into the small hamlet of Iyravon nestling on the borders of the Kummannoor forests in Konni Forest division on Sunday was the latest in the series of man-animal conflicts taking place in this part of the State during the past six months.

The leopard that strayed into the bordering village had sent panic waves among the hapless villagers. The spontaneous reaction of the panicky people to ensure their protection from the wild beast had resulted in the death of the leopard, later. Meanwhile, the violent animal had also attacked a few people in a stressful mood.

This is the second leopard that had met with a similar fate along the forest fringes in the district during the past five months. A ferocious female leopard that had strayed into the village of Angamoozhy in the adjoining Ranni Forest division was killed by an unruly mob, earlier, in February.

According to villagers, instances of leopards, king cobras, wild elephants, etc, straying into the villages along the forest fringes have become more frequent in recent times. They attribute this to the growing menace of poaching, illicit brewing in the forest areas of Konni, especially Kummannoor and surrounding areas.

Excessive human intervention in the forests have led to depletion of green cover in many areas.

The mushrooming of granite quarries along the forest borders has also been leading to drastic changes in the forest eco system, forcing the wild fauna to stray out from their natural habitats, say experts. Unscrupulous quarrying of rocks has reportedly resulted in drastic depletion of the ground water table in the region and this amply justifies the straying out of wild animals from the forests, they added.

The Rapid Response Team constituted by the Ranni Divisional Forest Officer, R.Kamalahar, has already rescued as many as 133 wild animals belonging to 18 species from the villages adjoining the forests during

the past eight months.

However, sources attached to Forest department confided that the department was yet to be made properly equipped to face the challenges posed by ferocious wild animals straying out into human habitation.

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05-07-2012 07:37 Modular Aquaponics Design and Equipment MADE in the Philippines MADE GEORGE S Update: Ground Elevated Operating Recirculation Growing Eco System MADE Cascade System Update:

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05-07-2012 15:42 Moderator: Frank Sesno, Director of the School of Media and Public Affairs at The George Washington University; Creator and Host, Planet Forward Judith Rodin, President of the Rockefeller Foundation Chris Policinski, President and CEO of Land O'Lakes Calestous Juma, Professor at Harvard University James Boomgard, President and CEO of DAI After examining the major trends on the horizon, this panel will delve more deeply into the specific challenge of increasing food production while sustaining ecosystem function, addressing linkages between markets, food access and food availability from a developing country perspective. The role of innovation and markets in addressing challenges of climate change, population, and energy in meeting the food gap will be highlighted, as well as the impacts on small-holder African farmers. What role does analysis of ecosystem function currently play in efforts to increase agricultural productivity? What role does water and natural resource management play? Have policies or practices to this end shifted as a result of climate change? What is the role for sustainable Intensification?

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FORT MOHAVE, Ariz., July 3, 2012 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Do you want a more cost effective way of growing your vegetables? Check out our website at http://www.ecogrowingsystems.com.

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The Eco Grow Pot will give you the year around advantage of eco friendly gardening in a most cost effective way.

The patented Growing System allows you to grow year around in your own home, greenhouse, with proper lighting from sunlight and a climate from a low at night of 55 degrees and up to 85 degrees . This is true for growing outside for all varieties of vegetables, herbs, ornamental foliage and fruits. The Eco Grow Pots has become a favorite with homeowners, container gardeners', hobbyists, greenhouse growers and is becoming eco friendly to retail garden centers, organic growers and more recently the custom eco growing programs.

The Eco Grow Pots are gaining popularity in Hydroponic Shops, and Gardens Shops, as the Eco Grow Pots are cost effective self contained, labor saving, and easy to grow and maintain year around. This is the very place where you'll be finding some of the best products that are globally accepted as a gardener's best pick for eco friendly gardening.

What you are to do is to begin using the 6 (1gal.) grow pot when growing from seed, cuttings or clones. Some of the chief benefits to begin your gardening using Eco grow pots are:

All Eco Grow Pots draw water from water reservoir through capillary action that allows, plants, vegetation, herbs foliage, fruits to draw up water as needed. The Eco Grow Pot systems have been used by professional Greenhouse, Ornamental Foliage, Herb and Fruit Growers for over 20 years with fruit bearing results. New Growers are joining the ranks and discovering the economic, conservation and ecologic benefits of the Eco Grow Pots.

Each end user can grow all varieties of vegetables, herbs, ornamental fruits from seed or cuttings, use 50% less water and energy. The patented Eco Grow Pot has been scientifically tested and accepted for seed crops, organic crops and many other varieties of foliage.

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BlackBerry platform today has around 40 lakh developers working globally and the average earning of developers on the RIM platforms is about $3,000

BANGALORE,INDIA: Research In Motion (RIM) which recently announced hundreds of job cuts, wants to improve its developer eco system in a big way. For this, the Canadian cellphone maker has set apart a $100 million fund.

Alec Saunders, VP of developer relations for Research In Motion (RIM), says he sees his company's plan to cut jobs and improve the developer eco-system as two different issues. "The job cuts are happening as part of the company's restructuring plans in order to increase efficiency in operations," he said.

Saunders refutes the reports about developers increasingly abandoning RIM's BlackBerry platform. "The BlackBerry platform today has around 40 lakh developers working globally and the average earning of developers on the RIM platforms is about $3000. Developers can build applications for our platform at half the cost when compared to other platforms and revenue reward for developers is the second highest in the industry," he said.

"We have a fastest growing and most lucrative platform for developers. The RIM's fund to support the developer eco-system guarantees an amount of $10,000/per year for successful developers," he added.

We are seeing an impressive growth on the platform since last two years. We have registered a 226 per cent increase in applications on our platform during the last one year, our PlayBook platform has witnessed a 240 per cent growth. We are the fastest growing platform, he reasoned.

The delayed BlackBerry 10 is being built to ensure Flow, Connect and Extend, the RIM VP explained. Flow is where the apps will make use of our unique cascade framework, Connect is the social feature and Extend is the idea that your experience with the device extends beyond the device itself, he explained.

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ENVIRONMENTALLY CONSCIOUS: Photo shows the opening ceremony at last years Eco Expo Asia. (From left) Song Xiao Zhi, Deputy Director General, Ministry of Environmental Protection; the Honourable Edward Yau, Secretary for the Environment; and Fred Lam, executive director of the HKTDC are pictured officiating the ceremony for the Expo.

KUCHING: The growing environmental protection industry will be front and centre at the Hong Kong Trade Development Councils (HKTDC) upcoming Eco Expo Asia, to be held from Oct 27 to 30 with support from the HKSARG Environment Bureau.

According to a HKTDC representation during an interview with The Borneo Post, The Eco Expo Asia is the only trade fair on environmental protection in Hong Kong promoting environmental protection at all levels, including Business-to-Business, Business-to-Consumer exchange as well as Business-to-Government interaction.

Apart from marketing the capabilities, product and technologies available in the environmental protection sector, Eco Expo Asia also presents business opportunities and investment projects of Asia and especially the Chinese Mainland, in particular the neighbouring Pearl River Delta. The environmental protection sector had been increasing in importance within China as it was recognised as one of the pillar industries in Chinas 12th Five-Year Programme.

The total investment was estimated to be over US$473 billion during the five-year period and the market was expected to grow at an annual compound rate of 15 to 20 per cent with an industry output value of US$773 billion by 2015.

The mainland envisages that an investment of RMB3.4 trillion will be needed for new environmental protection projects to be implemented during 2011 to 2015.

In particular, priority is given to projects in eight areas that will require as much as RMB1.5 trillion investments in the period. With Hong Kongs close connections with the mainland, its comprehensive financial system, its well-established rule of law and legal regime on intellectual property rights protection, the representative believed that Hong Kong could provide an ideal platform for foreign green service and product providers to enter the market.

As such, the representative noted that the outlook for the environmental protection market in Hong Kong is good.

With the subsequent launch of energy efficiency and carbon reduction measures, demand for eco technologies in the Chinese mainland is on the rise.

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Highland, MI - Magnetic Products, Inc. (MPI), a worldwide provider of both magnetic and non-magnetic material handling solutions, will display a number of inventive products at IMTS in Chicago from September 10 - 15, 2012. Products to be featured in MPI booth #E5803 include:

Eco-Mag The award-winning Eco-Mag is a high-intensity magnetic filter which significantly improves filtration efficiency over conventional systems. The Eco-Mag uses high-power neodymium rare earth magnets to remove ferrous and para-magnetic contamination from fluids and is particularly effective with machine tool oils, coolants and hydraulic fluid machinery systems. The environmentally friendly Eco-Mag does not use filter consumables.

Beltless Magnetic Conveyor (BLM) MPI's beltless magnetic conveyors (BLM), available in a variety of models, provide positive control of ferrous metal materials, such as stampings, turnings, chips, fasteners and scrap. Powerful permanent magnets are conveyed below a nonmagnetic stainless steel slider bed to move and convey ferrous metal objects. The liquid-tight sealed conveyor housing can be completely submerged in machine reservoir tanks, while the internal self-adjusting take-up system eliminates the need for maintenance.

Magnetic Extreme Coolant Cleaner (XCC) MPI's magnetic coolant cleaner boasts a significant improvement in ferrous swarf capture rate as compared to comparable machinery. The XCC features an extremely durable stainless steel cleaning surface that will not wear out. Magnetic technology is green, and substantially reduces the need to buy costly consumables and the downtime required to change paper filters.

Oil Skimmers MPI provides a full line of compact, portable oil skimmers used to capture tramp oil on the surface of process fluids. A self-regulating tilting skimmer glides over the surface to collect oil while a pump ensures that unwanted fluids do not return to the tank.

For further information, contact MPI at 800-544-5930 or visit http://www.mpimagnet.com.

About Magnetic Products, Inc.: Magnetic Products Inc. (MPI), based in southeastern Michigan, is a worldwide provider of both magnetic and non-magnetic material handling solutions. MPI leads the industry by continually engineering inventive magnetic equipment and advancing customer education through significant investments in research and development and proactive product training. For over 30 years, MPI has implemented a business model that combines technologically superior equipment with industry-leading customer service. MPI interacts closely with its customers and expands its offerings to meet the changes of a dynamic marketplace. Visit http://www.mpimagnet.com.

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A SCHOOL has installed a new biomass boiler to cut carbon emissions and energy costs.

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Epagny, France: CHABORD Exhaust Systems has just earned EASA certification for its new stainless steel / Inconel* eco exhaust system for the Cessna 172R and -S models; the company has filed for reciprocal certification with the FAA, and We expect no surprises, according to company President, Alain Chabord.

The STC includes everything the customer needs. Using the customers exhaust gaskets, all-new materials and hardware carry exhaust through the collector to the heat muff and special muffler [with replaceable packing], and to the exhaust tip. All necessary brackets and detailed instructions are also included.

The Chabord Eco Exhaust system combines meticulous craftsmanship with a design that enhances engine performance while lowering noise emissions. The entire system, from the flanges at the head to the tip of the exhaust, is designed to work as a unit and built at the Chabord factory in France, where high performance exhaust systems have been produced for over thirty years, exhaust systems that appeared in Formula One and in many prototypes in rally and at LeMans, as well as on rare collector cars like the Ferrari 250GTO.

In aviation, Chabord performance exhausts have flown in Red Bull competitions; these hand-made Inconel systems weigh as little as nine pounds, complete, for a 540-inch Lycoming, and are becoming ever-more popular in unlimited aerobatics. Chabord also produces certified exhaust systems for many exotic civilian aircraft, as well as for legacy aircraft whose factory support has run out. Increasingly, stock exhaust systems are being replaced by Chabords better-made, quieter, and efficient Eco Exhaust systems.

Measured performance improvements include a 4-11db reduction in noise (depending on the frequency measured, and at what distance; a decrease of the sound level by 3 dB corresponds to a halving of sound intensity). Measured climb rate increases went from 4.3m/sec (846 fpm) to 4.93m/sec (970 fpm), a 14% improvement after normalizing for flight conditions.

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Matt Beam, a UVM graduate student designed an eco-machine to treat wastewater in the new Aiken Center as his master's project on Monday Jan. 30, 2012. The water tubs pictured will nourish plants and trees planted above them to further filter bacteria.

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SINGAPORE: A conducive eco-system is helping fuel the Internet start-up scene in Singapore.

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Nathan Day | June 29, 2012

By gaining a clear understanding of the capabilities and pricing structure of cloud providers, you should be able to achieve the full promise of the cloud.

There's lots of talk about the "cloud" today, especially in Singapore where industry organisations such as Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) and the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) are coming together to create a trusted cloud eco-system to accelerate Singapore's position as a global cloud hub.

According a study conducted by the IDA in 2012, Singapore is ranked third in the Asia-Pacific region for cloud adoption, after Australia and Japan[i]. In addition, the Singapore government has initiated its plan to establish the first private computing cloud infrastructure for all government bodies while IDA has initiatives to encourage businesses to adopt cloud computing[ii].

But what exactly is cloud? Some may argue that the cloud is just marketing hype - a buzzword for a broad range of solutions being billed as the latest, greatest trend that everyone is trying to exploit. Others - who oftentimes have a vested interest in a single product - may try to narrowly define the cloud as mandatory technical reference architecture comprised of a specific virtualisation software residing on a particular hardware platform.

But, in reality, the cloud is something in between those two extremes. It can be a combination of virtual, physical and hosted solutions that give users capacity on demand from a pool of computing resources. It should deliver scalability and flexibility, and offer self-provisioning and management. And you should only have to pay for what you use.

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Today's cloud offerings got their start with the advent of virtualisation, in which a virtual hardware platform, operating system, storage device or network resource was used instead of an actual version of that product.

But virtualisation alone is not the cloud. In 2011, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) published an official definition (NIST Special Publication 800-145) of this relatively new business model in the computing world. NIST concluded that "cloud computing is a model for enabling ubiquitous, convenient, on-demand network access to a shared pool of configurable computing resources (e.g., networks, servers, storage, applications and services) that can be rapidly provisioned and released with minimal management effort or service provider interaction."

In essence, the cloud is an operational model that enables delivery of computing-as-a-service in a way that is flexible enough to meet your unique needs and use cases. Today, cloud providers have developed innovative hosted offerings that meet this definition, but, in the process, are blurring the lines between virtual, physical and cloud environments.

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According to the Bathroom Manufacturers’ Association, the average shower uses just over 60 litres of water. Compare this to the average bath using a minimum of 100 litres and it’s clear, that if going green is an objective, then showering is the way forward.(PRWEB UK) 29 June 2012 Whilst opting for a shower, rather than a bath, will certainly rack up ‘green points’, the type and technology of ...

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TUCSON, Ariz., June 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --Schletter Inc., a leader in solar mounting systems, announces the release of the FS ECO, an all-steel ground mount system for photovoltaic (PV) applications designed for traditional south-facing installations as well as unique east-west oriented applications. The new system will be on display at the Intersolar tradeshow in San Francisco July 10 12, 2012, booth number 9223.

From a company which is known for providing some of the highest quality aluminum PV mounting systems, Schletter has applied decades of solar mounting experience to an entirely new product line, using all steel components. Based on the engineering advancements of the Schletter FS System installed in many of the world's largest PV installations, the new FS ECO steel mounting system provides a lower price point for clients looking for quality and affordability.

"When it comes to providing a product with the longest installed lifespan possible, aluminum is an ideal choice," says Mr. Martin Hausner, President of Schletter Inc. Mr. Hausner goes on to say that, "however, Schletter understands the customer and market demand for a quality, cost effective alternative to aluminum." The FS ECO is extremely cost competitive and is engineered in a way that minimizes installation costs, the constant focus of Schletter's product development efforts.

The new FS ECO system allows the same flexible module configurations as the FS System. The company states the system includes the necessary posts (foundations) for a rammed/driven installation. The proprietary steel post shape is first cold-rolled and then hot dipped galvanized for extended product longevity.

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Schletter (www.schletter.us) has designed, developed, and manufactured solar mounting products in the U.S. since 2008, while backed with more than 19-years of solar mounting experience from Schletter GmbH. Since opening its United States facility in Tucson, Arizona, Schletter Inc. has manufactured more than 800 MW of installed PV mounting systems. Schletter Inc. offers products for roof mount and ground mount systems for residential, commercial, and utility scale photovoltaic systems. Schletter Inc. is an independent subsidiary of Schletter GmbH, which operates subsidiaries in eleven countries with more than 1,800 employees worldwide. For more information on Schletter GmbH, please visit http://www.schletter.de.

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Eco Villa, a contemporary dwelling featuring traditional Qatari architecture, culture and heritage, has been launched by a research and development organisation promoting sustainable development. The project, presented by Gulf Organisation for Research and Development (GORD) reinforces Qatars reputation as a leading advocate for sustainable development, said Qatar News Agency (QNA). The Eco Villa is designed to win high star rating based on the Global Sustainability Assessment System (GSAS), as it offers a genuinely sustainable, smart and healthy living environment for residents while preserving the Qatari architectural motifs, GORD said yesterday. The sustainable features of the Eco Villa include on-site renewable energy generation system, water-efficient plumbing fixtures and irrigation system, energy reduction, indoor lighting design, and intelligent building control system. It will also be constructed using sustainable and recycled building materials that have low volatile organic compounds (VOC) emission rates, GORD said. The villas design is a modern interpretation of traditional Qatari architecture, reflecting the culture and heritage of Qatar, GORD said.

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From street lamps and sidewalks to storm drains and sewers, civil engineering projects designed to be environmentally friendly are under way in communities across the United States.

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Jeanette Stinson has lived on Maywood Avenue, a lower income neighborhood on the north side of Toledo, for 58 years. Shes seen a lot of changes in that time, but says some of the best have come in the last year and a half.

With money from the federal government, the city transformed the existing grassy areas between the sidewalk and street into a natural storm water drainage system, and landscaped it with native plants, flowers, and shrubs. Stinson added some of her own perennials.

These new areas, or bioswales, as theyre known, are actually designed for floods, not flowers. Before they were put in, most of the basements on Maywood would flood whenever the city experienced a heavy rainfall. That caused sewers to back up, sometimes spilling raw sewage into the area rivers.

Slowing runoff with bioswales

Engineer Andy Langenderfer worked on the project to slow the runoff by diverting it into the bioswales. "We dug out the existing [area] behind the curb, which used to drain from behind the sidewalk, over the curb and then it would go directly into the storm sewer. Now were taking off all that direct runoff to the storm sewer. "

To create a bioswale, they dug a shallow ditch, then filled it with layers of gravel and soil that permit rainfall to drain into the ground instead of overflowing into the sewers. These strips were planted with grasses and deep-rooted groundcover to further aid absorption. New sidewalks and driveways were built behind the bioswales with a water-permeable type of concrete that also slowed run-off.

Coordinators chose Maywood Avenue because there was already a community garden on the street, so they believed the neighbors would embrace the project. But, resident Jonathan White remembers being uncertain about the project when the organizers went door to door to explain the plan.

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(MENAFN - Qatar News Agency) Eco Villa, a modern contemporary dwelling featuring traditional Qatari architecture, culture and heritage has been launched by a research and development organisation promoting sustainable development.

This landmark project, presented by Gulf Organization for Research and Development (GORD) reinforces Qatar s reputation as a leading advocate for sustainable development.

The eco villa is designed to win high star rating based on the Global Sustainability Assessment System (GSAS), as it offers a genuinely sustainable, smart and healthy living environment for residents while preserving the Qatari architectural motifs, GORD said Wednesday.

The sustainable features of the eco villa include on-site renewable energy generation system, water-efficient plumbing fixtures and irrigation system, energy reduction, indoor lighting design, and intelligent building control system.

The eco villa will also be constructed using sustainable and recycled eco-friendly building materials that have low Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) emission rates, GORD said.

The villa's design is a modern interpretation of traditional Qatari architecture, reflecting the culture and heritage of Qatar whilst being contemporary in character and function - it creates a new aesthetic for sustainable development in Qatar, GORD informed.

GORD has selected three consulting firms; LSI Architects, MYAA Architects and RHWL Architects to design the sustainable Qatari Modern villa.

A committee consisting of representatives from the Qatar Museum Authority, Ministry of Culture, Arts and Heritage, Qatar University and Private Office has been formed in addition to GORD's experts to manage the bidding process and oversee the design of the eco villa, GORD added.

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After more than three decades spent refining an eco-alternative to the traditional high performance surfboard, Mike Olson and Lib Tech have officially announced the release of their long-anticipated line of surfboards, the Lib Tech Waterboards.

Lib Tech is highly regarded in the snowboard and skateboard industries for its environmental board building practices and original, artistic board designs, but the company's roots are actually in surfing. It is a little-known fact that Mike Olson, co-founder of Lib Tech, generated a large portion of the original funds he used to finance his early snowboard projects by shaping and selling surfboards in the Pacific Northwest in the late 70s and early 80s. Unhappy with the toxicity of the materials used to create surfboards, Olson set out to find alternatives.

Though almost every component in the Waterboards, from the fins, fin boxes, (non-rusting) leash plugs, foam, fibers, resin and graphics, is an original design -- with many components having only been dreamed into existence by Olson himself in the last two years -- the crowning achievement is that the boards are virtually "unsinkable."

If you were to get a ding that penetrated all the layers you wouldn't have to ever take [your board] out of the water...

"If you were to get a ding that penetrated all the layers," says Olson, "you wouldn't have to ever take [your board] out of the water -- which I hate." This, Olson explains, is due in part to the unique layering technology utilized in making the boards.

Instead of fiberglass, Lib Tech uses something called Volcanic Organic Basalt Honeycomb Technology. Basalt is an organic fiber that is damp, impact resistant, and unlike traditional fiberglass, contains no boron and other harmful additives.

Unsatisfied by the limitations of epoxy and the toxicity of polyester, Olson came up with what he refers to as LVR43 High Rebound Matrix, a chemistry of his own design that has higher elongation, extreme ding resistance, and what he refers to as "responsive rebound." Rails are wrapped in rubberized metallic fibers called Elastomatrix Perimeter 2D2D Dampening Web, which give the boards a smooth, chatter-free ride. According to Olson, the Waterboards feel like a polyester board underfoot but have more durability than a Surftech.

Board cores made with materials that won't lose their pop and won't absorb water means less broken boards in landfills. Additionally, the foam core contains up to 50-percent recycled content, using ozone-friendly blowing agents, and 100-percent of the off-cut foam produced while shaping is recycled into new blanks.

Tim LawlerLib Tech's Mike Olson (right) delivers the very first shipment of Waterboards to the shop he was working at when he first developed his passion for surfboard design.

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Western Canadian Office in Calgary, AlbertaOpens July 1st

Design and manufacturing company Eco-Tec Inc. is pleased to announce a new sales office in Calgary, Alberta. As of July 1, 2012, Eco-Tec's 'Western Canadian Office' will begin providing greater services to the growing region, which is currently the hub of Canada's natural resources and oil sands sector.

"Our new Calgary office will allow us to fully meet the needs of operators based in Western Canada and allow us to better communicate the benefits of Eco-Tec's ion exchange and filtration technologies," says Mehdi Surury, Eco-Tec's Western Regional Manager, who will be directing efforts at the new location."

"In recent years, the heavy oil community in California has been the source of considerable success as they have accepted Eco-Tec's advanced filtration and softening systems. We are now delivering our seventh produced water treatment system in that market. From our discussions over the past year in the Western Canadian market, we are confident that the benefits of this technology wil come to be realized here as well. In addition to the operational benefits of the technology, we will be able to serve the market in terms of equipment delivery since our Ontario manufacturing facility already designs and constructs the equipment in compact, pre-assembled, pre-tested modules. For the Alberta market, these modules will be shipped to Alberta and consolidated in even larger modules and building structures, and then moved to site to minimize site construction," Surury added.

The Western Canadian Office is conveniently located in the heart of Calgary's downtown core, where most Alberta oil and gas operations are based. Oil sands projects, in particular, currently face various produced-water treatment challenges that can be addressed through Eco-Tec's advanced RecoPur Ion Exchange and Spectrum Micro Media Filtration technology.

The new Western Canadian Office will serve the market for Eco-Tec's water demnineralization systems used in power generation and steam production, amine purification systems (AmiPur), Metal Recovery and Chemical Purification Systems, and Gas Processing equipment - sold worldwide and proven reliable for over 40 years. Eco-Tec equipment is developed, designed and manufactured in Pickering, Ontario,Canada.

About Eco-Tec Inc. Eco-Tec products incorporate advanced, proprietary designs that provide clients with improved performance, economy, and reliability in their operations, while facilitating environmental responsibility.We aredesigners, developers, and manufacturers of equipment for industrial water treatment and purification of chemicals and gases. In business since 1970, Eco-Tec has supplied over 2,000 systems in close to 60 countries.

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27 June 2012 Last updated at 00:58 By Rajini Vaidyanathan BBC News, Mumbai

At his factory in the outskirts of Mumbai, Nitin Bondal is staring proudly at a large machine. The 4m (13ft) orange structure has a futuristic air, as it stands, pride of place, in the corner of a dusty, decades-old workshop, filled with the stench of factory fumes.

Two men climb up to the top, and start pouring bags of broken plastic down a chute.

When Mr Bondal presses a button, the machine whirrs to life, and in about an hour, a form of petrol starts to drip into a bottle at the other end.

"This is our prototype machine, it turns all types of waste into crude oil," he says proudly.

"We put all kinds of things in here, everything from plastic to electronic waste to old tyres."

Mr Bondal says this technology has the capability to convert 150 tonnes of waste into 150,000 litres of crude oil, every day, once fully operational.

"It works on what we call the polycrack system," says Mr Bondal. "We are cooking the material and converting it into gas. When you heat any matter there is hydrogen and carbon available," he adds.

As Mr Bondal explains, this gas is then passed through a "special catalyst", which breaks the molecules down to form hydrocarbon gas and petroleum gas, which when cooled becomes liquid petroleum fuel.

Mr Bondal and his business partner, Raghuvendra Rao - who both have a background in the oil industry and spent five years developing their company, Sustainable Technologies & Environmental Projects (Steps) - hope to start selling the oil later this year.

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