Baytown tire recycling plant opens largest in world
Waste Recovery Inc on Wade Road began production April 1 and has processed over 150,000 tire casings. Ed Schnee, plant manager, explains the fully automated system turning old tires into two inch chips sold to paper mills and cement plants, with 16 percent metal used for landfill. The plant serves Baytown and the Houston area, drawing tires from Houston, Baytown, Port Arthur and even Waco. Schnee predicts over four million tires recycled in a year.
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Wade Road
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Portland
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Schnee
Threatened Swallowtail Butterflies Spark Global Alarm
London AP reports conservationists Mark Collins and Michael Morris warn that 78 swallowtail butterfly species face extinction amid habitat loss from deforestation farming and countryside encroachment. The $100 million butterfly trade centered in Taiwan compounds risks of decline.
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Michael Morris
Taiwan
Collins
Cambridge
International Union For Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
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Morris
Buddhist monk uses computer for fortune telling in temple
In Bangkok a Buddhist abbot, Sripariyatkul, uses two computers to print horoscopes drawn from birth data and astrology texts. He says machine forecasts attract royal and official clients, and predicts events with data driven precision while noting prayers cannot erase misfortune.
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Fort Sill Army Base
Lawton
Oklahoma
United States
Sripariyatkal
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