Actually don't know if they're even connected to Pentax anymore....but throwing it out there for viewing....some of you had so much fun with the last Pentax news
TOKYO (Nikkei)--Asahi Glass Co. (5201) is expanding its chlorofluorocarbon disposal business. The firm recently boosted annual CFC disposal capacity at its Chiba plant 10-fold to 1,000 tons at a cost of close to 500 million yen. The site collects for a fee CFCs used as refrigerant in car and business-use air conditioners, as well as vending machines. The CFCs are then heated to more than 1,000 C and broken down into CO2 and fluoric acid. The firm believes demand for CFC disposal will grow as the automobile recycling law takes effect in January. Asahi Glass will also start licensing CFC disposal technologies to companies wishing to obtain carbon dioxide emission rights under the Kyoto Protocol. Firms disposing of CFCs can obtain the right to emit large volumes of CO2 at low cost because CFCs' greenhouse effect is more than 10,000 times that of CO2. (The Nihon Keizai Shimbun Tuesday morning edition) -- John Lingelbach [EMAIL PROTECTED] "You're dumb as a mule and just as ugly! And if a strange man asks to give you a ride, I'd say take it!" - Grandpa Simpson to a Young Homer
