NIAGARA FALLS, Ontario, Feb. 12, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- JBI, Inc. ("JBI" or the "Company") (OTCBB:JBII) is pleased to announce that it has started taking Applications for Joint Venture license partners for Plastic2Oil.
Pre-Applications can be completed online at this link:
http://www.plastic2oil.com/p2o-preapp/index.html
JBI is already evaluating candidates for licenses, joint ventures and area development agreements based upon the Company's predetermined standards and inquiries received within the past 30 days.
Consistent with the agreement for the establishment of an Area Development Agreement for 45 P2O sites in the State of Florida with Al Sousa's ASPTO, LLC of Largo, Florida, the JBI team is assisting in evaluating candidates for 7 Florida sites. JBI is also evaluating candidates for areas of Virginia, Washington, DC, Ohio, California, Arizona, Oregon, Georgia and Wisconsin.
The "Green" aspects of the P2O process has created great interest as it is expected to help solve problems in the area of plastic waste disposal as well as generate much needed oil for commercial use. Public-Private partnerships are expected and local, state and federal credits are available for rapid deployment and cost effective development.
JBI has sent team members to Washington D.C. to discuss P2O with several Congressmen. They emphasized not only the green aspects of the process but the number of jobs that can be created by an effective launch of P2O sites. It has been estimated that as many as 20 jobs per site can be created when considering each site will employ 4-6 full time people, up to 6 part-time and an estimated 10 derivative jobs will be created by an emphasis on feedstock acquisition, transportation related jobs, as well as manufacturing jobs created by the need to build reactors and acquire and build sites.
An independent lab investigation of JBI's P2O technology revealed the following information: Samples of fuels were created from various plastic feedstocks and were tested (ASTM D 5453) and confirmed a sulphur concentration less than 8.4 ppm (parts per million). Additionally, the water and sediment tests (ASTM D 1796) confirm that its fuel contained less than 0.005% water and sediment. Density tests also placed the fuel in the gasoline range.
About JBI, Inc.
JBI, Inc. is transitioning to become a global technology leader whose purpose is to mine data from JBI's large information archive, find under-productive entities to inject our superior proprietary technologies into, and benefit from increased productivity and profitability, beginning with Plastic2Oil. JBI has also acquired the following operations:
JAVACO, Inc. ("Javaco") is part of the Supplier Diversity Network, WBENC. JAVACO, Inc. currently distributes over 100 lines of equipment from fiber optic transmitters to RF connectors. To further enhance business in the United States, new distribution lines are frequently being added including a line of home theater and audio video products. Javaco will operate and manage the Company's Plastic2Oil sites in Mexico.
Pak-It, LLC ("Pak-It"): Using the patented Pak-It(TM) delivery system (liquid cleaner in a water soluble sachet), Pak-It can deliver glass cleaner, disinfectant, multi-purpose, and many more cleaning products (42 products currently) shipped in tiny packages of condensed cleaner (inside a "dry" 1 quart container). This delivery method is "green" since it's fully biodegradable and saves thousands of dollars in shipping. The user simply adds water to the container without measuring or cutting the Pak-It. Large retailers and many national Building Service Contractors already using the product have documented significant cost savings from shipping, training, inventory control and space.
Accordingly, our revenue sources presently include (i) income from reading archived tapes (including microfiche) from clients such as NASA, (ii) income from the recently acquired Javaco, Inc., (iii) income from the sale of Pak-It products, and a bulk chemical facility which we realized beginning October 1, 2009, and (iv) from the anticipated commencement of operations in the first quarter of 2010 with Plastic2Oil, a process and service that converts plastic to fuel oil. For more information, please see http://www.jbiglobal.com and http://www.javacoinc.com and http://www.pakit.com/.
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