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To: scion who wrote (25146)	5/27/2012 3:36:40 PM
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Welcome to MBA Polymers—Smarter Plastics As the world leader at producing sustainably mined plastics from end-of-life durable goods, we save over 80% of the energy and between 1 and 3 tons of CO2 for every ton of virgin plastics we replace. Our pure, consistent, and reliably available materials give you the market advantage you want, while delivering the environmental advantage we all need. mbapolymers.com Michael Biddle, President, MBA Polymers wins Energy and Environment category award PRESS RELEASE September 19th 2010 economistconferences.co.uk The Economist announces the first of the 2010 Innovation Award winners Michael Biddle, President, MBA Polymers wins Energy and Environment category award The Economist today announced that Dr. Michael Biddle, founder and president of MBA Polymers, will receive the Energy and Environment award at its forthcoming Innovation Awards ceremony, which will be held on October 21st 2010 at the Science Museum in London. Dr. Biddle founded Michael Biddle & Associates in his garage in 1992 to demonstrate that it was possible to recycle plastics from complex waste streams. MB&A was expanded to a pilot line in Berkeley, CA and renamed MBA Polymers in 1994 after he brought on his former colleague, Laurence Allen. From this humble beginning, MBA Polymers now has headquarters and a research centre in Richmond, California, and recovers materials from a variety of sources, including computers, electronics, appliances and automobiles. The company has developed numerous proprietary processes for separating polymeric materials from highly complex waste products. These are then reused in a number of different applications, making it a more sustainable option than using new virgin plastics. MBA’s process requires less than 10% of the energy compared to making plastics from petrochemicals. Commenting on the award decision by a panel of independent judges, Tom Standage, Digital Editor at The Economist said, “With this award, the judges have recognised Michael Biddle for the outstanding contribution his innovative way of dealing with plastics has made to improving the environment. MBA Polymers and the U.S. Department of Energy estimate that 12 billion pounds (5.4m tonnes) of mixed durable plastics are discarded in America each year. By using MBA’s recycled plastic pellets as raw material, plastics manufacturers can save lots of money and significant amounts of energy. MBA’s sorting technology also means that material that might otherwise end up in landfill can be recycled.” MBA Polymers has facilities in California; Guangzhou, China; Kematan, Austria and has a grand opening for its first plant in Britain on October 1. The privately held company does not report its sales but says it has recovered more than 100 million pounds of plastic in just the last three years and is expanding its production capacity significantly. The Innovation Awards, now in its ninth year, seek to identify the individuals, rather than companies, who are responsible for innovations that have been a proven success in the past decade. The seven categories are: bioscience, business process, computing and telecoms, consumer goods and services, energy and the environment, social and economic innovation, and “no boundaries”. The Awards ceremony will be followed by the Innovation Summit on October 22nd, which will celebrate those people whose ideas have shaped the world we live in, and also explore how these ideas can be identified in their early stages. How should entrepreneurs, investors and business leaders decide which ideas to put their faith in? For further information on the awards and tables for purchase: www.economistinnovation.com economistconferences.co.uk