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Pure Plastics Pursuit

Posted December 02, 2007 8:31 AM

Wonder what's coming around the bend in new plastics-related technology? Lawrence Sita may have the answer. Venture capitalists awarded the University of Maryland professor with "Best Inventor Pitch" for his development of pure plastics. Sita found his window of opportunity from the 41 countries banning hazardous additives from plastics. With Sita's processing technology, raw materials form polyethylene, polypropylene, and polyolefin-based plastics that are completely recyclable and use no chemical additives.

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12/03/2007 12:59 PM

While it is an arena where businesses might get excited, I guess I missed any scientific information about what is being hyped.

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12/12/2007 1:58 PM

I don't think that anything was being hyped. The article was about the winner of a Best Inventor Pitch competition. The technology is explained as being a single catalyst and some patented processing.

It is easy to quote Twain and be cynical. I prefer to support people who have something genuine to contribute to mitigating a hazard like plastics additives in the environment, even if they do so for a profit. In fact doing so for a profit is the driving force for most technical advancements. I believe that is an underlying tenet of capitalism.

So I congratulate Professor Sita and say 'go for it'.

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