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PVC Type 1 Sheet, White, 1/16″ Thick, 12″ Width, 24″ Length

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Heat Resistant to 158 F
Limited Chemical resistance
Corrosion Resistant
Light Structural Duty
Easily Fabricated

Product Description
PVC sheet is corrosion resistant and heat resistant to 158F. These sheets are used for light structural duty in wet industrial environments, agricultural settings, and in the marine industry. Excellent corrosion resistance makes them an ideal material to use in plants handling various chemicals where metal can be replaced without sacrificing structural integrity. Solvent resistance is limited and not recommended for direct contact. Solvent bondable.

PVC Type 1 Sheet, White, 1/16″ Thick, 12″ Width, 24″ Length

Is there any way we can help

admin — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 22:32:48 +0000

Is there any way we can help
In reply to Myanmar scrap hunters caught in three-hour operation : Is there any way we can help them cause living in their country is hell in our country even living in the rubbish dump is so much better

Green School Supplies ? A Back to School Guide for Students Going Green

admin — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 18:33:18 +0000

Clearly the classroom is the place where the future begins to unfold. What better place than schools to use greener, healthier products and model environmental sustainability? The market is teeming with earth-friendly school and office supplies, guarding the health of students and their teachers. Non-toxic school supplies make a real difference in the quality of the indoor air and the level of toxins that we expose our children to daily. Why not shut the leading polluters – PCVs, BPA, lead and xylene – out of class? A new generation of green school supplies can send them packing.

Many school supplies are made out of PVC – a plastic that contains chemical additives such as phthalates, lead, cadmium and/or organotins. These chemicals pose a threat to our health and are harmful across its whole lifecycle, from production, to use, to disposal. Also known as the poison plastic, PVC is found in vinyl products like lunchboxes, binders, markers, backpacks and raingear, and may take as many as four centuries to decompose in a landfill. Identify this leaching plastic by its three-arrow recycling symbol with the number 3, or the letters V or PVC.

Here are some safer alternatives to the common school supplies:

Binders are often coated in or made with PVC plastic. Try binders that are made of corrugated cardboard, such as the ReBinder, which can be found online through The Green Office. Avery also makes PVC-free binders and can be found at Staples and Target.

Lunchbags and wraps that are PVC and lead-free will make lunch go down a little easier. Canvas or organic cotton lunchbags and wraps are a food-safe alternative, and they have the added bonus of eliminating all the waste associated with plastic baggies. Greenfeet.com, Ecobags.com and Reusablebags.com all offer lunch bags and wraps, and Wrap-N-Mat stores your lunch and then opens up to a placemat for a clean eating surface. For a retro look, tin lunch boxes like the ones from Tin Box Company can be found in many retailers and are starting to make a comeback thanks to sightings of celebrity toddlers with tin lunch boxes.

The stainless steel drinking container is a must, since many reusable water bottles can leach bisphenol A (BPA), a hormone-disrupting chemical, and should be avoided. Thermos sells plastic and steel food jars that are BPA and PVC-free.

Markers and pens are one of the most commonly discarded items in the classroom. Every year in North America, teachers throw out over 500 million dry-erase markers into their local landfills, where the PVC plastic cylinders will never decompose. In addition, the common chemical solvent in markers is xylene, a harmful neurotoxin which can be associated with headaches, asthma and fuzzy thinking. As a green alternative, try a class set of AusPen eco-friendly dry-erase markers which are not only made from 100% recycled aluminum, but they are also refillable with low-odour, non-toxic ink.

Art supplies can be a source of toxic material too. Modeling clays such as Fimo and Sculpey should be on the chopping block and replaced by Crayola’s PVC-free air-dry clay or Mary’s Softdough, which has a chemical-free formula. And while the humble crayon appears inoffensive, crayons made from soybean oil, like the ones from Kid Star and Prang, are non-toxic, biodegradable and safe for the environment… and curious mouths.

As for back to school clothes shopping, certain retailers help take the worry out of our selections by claiming to only carry PVC-free clothes and shoes. H&M, Nike and Asics products contain no PVC, while Jansport and Land’s End backpacks and rain jackets have scrapped the poison plastic.

Whether it’s a lead-free lunchbox, xylene-free marker, BPA-free drink container, or PVC-free binders and backpacks, the choice is clear. Choosing non-toxic school supplies pays off in the health of our schools, children and environment. This year, back to school shopping can be a little more reassuring, knowing that green alternatives to toxic school supplies have got our backs.

Maureen O’Neill is an environmental consultant for EcoSmart Products, the North American distributor of AusPen eco-friendly dry-erase markers. Maureen writes on various health and environmental themes such as indoor air quality, waste management, green schools and corporate sustainability. Visit her blog at http://www.ecosmartworld.com

Turcite X ETFE Round Rod, Red, 1/2″ OD, 36″ Length

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Load Bearing
Minimally Hygroscopic
Maximum Continuous Temperature 180 F
Low Thermal Expansion
Easily Fabricated

Product Description
Turcite X is a fluoropolymer based material with proprietary additives for enhanced performance. It excels in low load and high speed applications, and can be easily machined. It has minimal hygroscopic characteristics and possesses low thermal expansion properties, resulting in a structurally stable material. Its maximum continuous service temperature is also 180 F (80 C). Turcite X has lower friction properties than Turcite A. Typical applications include bearings, bushings and slides. It is lubricious, similar to PTFE but has more back bone.

Turcite X ETFE Round Rod, Red, 1/2″ OD, 36″ Length

Polyester Mesh 27 Micron Opening 42 Micron Thread Diameter 15.5 Percent Open Area 24″ x 12″

admin — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 18:06:07 +0000

Gamma Steriizable
Good Solvent Resistance
Good UV Resistance
Mesh Opening Size 27 Microns
Precise Opening Size

Product Description
Polyester Screen cloth: Unaffected by most solvents, Polyester PETP (Polyester, Polyethylene Terephthalate) has good resistance to strong acids at room temperature and resists weak acids and alkalies even at high temperatures; strong alkalies can weaken it. UV resistance is good, but it tends toward a slight loss of tensile strength with prolonged exposure to sunlight. Lacks good hydrolysis resistance, but retention of properties after gamma radiation exposure is good. Deformation under low stress is minimal, but it can deform under high stress.

Polyester Mesh 27 Micron Opening 42 Micron Thread Diameter 15.5 Percent Open Area 24″ x 12″

Handbook Of Fillers For Plastics

admin — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 06:09:57 +0000

Product Description
This book should be of interest to manufacturers of plastics products and fillers, plastics designers, engineers and polymer chemists.

Handbook Of Fillers For Plastics

Kraton G1643 Roof Coating Formulation Exceeds ASTM D6083 Requirements

admin — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 02:34:52 +0000

Kraton G1643 Roof Coating Formulation Exceeds ASTM D6083 Requirements
Kraton Performance Polymers, Inc. (NYSE: KRA ), a leading global producer of styrenic block copolymers or “SBC’s” (together with Kraton Polymers LLC and its other subsidiaries, “Kraton”), announced that its roof coating formulation containing Kraton G1643, a styrenic block copolymer (SBC), exceeds requirements in the ASTM International D6083 standard specification recognized in the elastomeric …

TVA plant celebrates grass-roots recycling

admin — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 23:32:53 +0000

TVA plant celebrates grass-roots recycling
Cumberland City — The Tennessee Valley Authority is going a little green with a recycling program at its Cumberland Fossil Plant in Cumberland City.

Dixie Cup Dispenser – 3 oz or 5 oz Dixie Cups 1 ea

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“DIXIE”CUP DISPENSER
Fits 3 and 5 oz Dixie cups.
Will hold 18-3oz cups or 20-5oz cups.
Combo
Bathroom

Product Description
3 & 5 oz dual cup dispenser with 20 3oz cups
Questions? Toll Free 1-800-243-5384 or visit gp.com.
Made in China.

Dixie Cup Dispenser – 3 oz or 5 oz Dixie Cups 1 ea

An Impossible Office Job – Making Garbage Look Good

admin — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 18:33:08 +0000

The truth is that people don’t think a lot about waste baskets during their busy lives. They use them daily, get rid of all their waste and trash but they never pay attention to waste baskets. Why even think about waste paper baskets, anyway? Aren’t they just one of those necessary things that take up office space? It doesn’t take too long in an environment without a waste receptacle until we realize how indispensable waste baskets really are. During the course of a typical day in the office, at home, in the kitchen and everywhere else we go, we are usually inundated with waste.
In the office, we must deal with all the office waste, discarded paper, wrappers, discarded packaging and envelopes, boxes and unwanted mail. To make matters more interesting, some offices with a “green” initiative have additional needs to separate various types of waste for individual collection as well. Dealing with soda cans, bottles, wrappers and partially consumed food wastes all fall under the tasks expected of the waste basket.
And, in many offices, the overall appearance of the space is of concern, especially when a particular look or atmosphere is intended to be presented to clients or to maintain a look, a feel or a stature of the business. In many such spaces, simple containers such as plastic or cardboard simply will not do, even if their short lived, easily damaged nature is overlooked.
For these reasons, office waste baskets come in a multitude of shapes, sizes, materials, forms and designs, and they are either constructed from a single type of material, such as hardwood, plastic, metal or fiberglass, or of a mixture of several different materials, such as hardwood combined with metal, or leather paired with metal.
Although there are exceptions to the rule, in general most businesses want their clients to see that the business focuses on quality and does not overlook details. Quality furnishings and surroundings do not necessarily mean expensive or even flamboyant, but instead can elicit a feeling of comfort and security with the people and their services.
So on one hand we must handle all the discards and waste generated on a daily basis, whether scraps of paper or messy food scraps, and on the other hand, we need to present a natural, comfortable, professional image day after day. This is where a combination of materials can serve multiple requirements – visible hardwood surfaces to blend in with other office furnishings along with steel or polyethylene liners to handle even the messiest of spilled substances. Such combinations are available in a variety of sizes and forms to fit various office locations and duties.
One such combination of wood and polyethylene created by SuccessImage uses actual hardwood formed into slats called “tambour”. These slats are mounted vertically around the perimeter of a liner to nicely dress up the waste basket in a variety of hardwoods and finishes. The combination really does create a “nice looking garbage can”, which as noted above, is an often taken for granted job!

Successimage is a supplier of premium office furnishings and distinctive hardwood waste baskets.