BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Jan. 10, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Mobile Fluid Recovery ("MFR"), a wholly owned subsidiary of Arcis Resources Corporation ("Arcis") (OTC:ARCS.QB), has collaborated with General Motors (NYSE:GM) (TSX:GMM) on the success of the Fort Wayne GM plant becoming GM's first U.S. landfill-free assembly plant.
The Fort Wayne GM plant reuses, recycles, or converts to energy all the waste created in its daily operations. Mobile Fluid Recovery is part of the recycling solution. The solvent and oil recovery is completed by processing the sorbent material through MFR's patented liquid recovery technology to spin the liquid waste (oil/solvent) out of the sorbent material. MFR's fluid recovery process enables GM to reuse both the recovered oil/solvent and the sorbent pads into downstream products. The sorbent material can be reused on average three to five times. When the material is no longer able to be reused, the waste sorbent material can be collected by MFR to recycle or reuse.
In June of 2011, Mobile Fluid Recovery received the General Motors Environmental Excellence Award. Per the press release by GM announcing MFR's achievement, MFR received the award "for providing unique recycling ideas and collaborating on projects like turning oil-soaked booms from the Gulf of Mexico into Chevrolet Volt components." Trevis Lyon, President of Arcis Resources Corporation, commented: "The success of that [Gulf oil spill] project was a result of the collaboration with GM and the entire supply chain required to convert waste into valuable raw materials. The relationships created among suppliers during this time were a driving factor in creating a solution to a national environmental emergency."
"Our entire team was honored to receive the award from GM," said Kenneth Flatt, Jr., Chief Executive Officer of Arcis Resources Corporation. "We are proud to be included in GM's efforts to go green and congratulate the Ft. Wayne GM plant on obtaining its landfill-free objective. MFR looks forward to continuing to collaborate with GM as it expands its landfill-free initiative to additional U.S. plants and facilities."
Arcis Resources Corporation (OTC:ARCS.QB) is an integrated beneficial reuse and reclamation company headquartered in Birmingham, AL. The Company's primary focus is to provide beneficial reuse and reclamation services, as well as petrochemical logistics and distribution services, to generators and customers in the US, South America, and the Middle East. Arcis provides its petrochemical logistics & distribution services, and beneficial reuse sales & marketing via Arcis Energy, Inc. and also provides award winning patented liquid recovery technology for reclaiming liquid wastes out of industrial sorbent materials via Mobile Fluid Recovery, Inc. Arcis Energy, Inc., Gulf Coast Energy Distribution, LLC and Mobile Fluid Recovery, Inc. are wholly owned subsidiaries of Arcis Resources Corporation (ARCS.QB). Arcis has offices in West Palm Beach, FL and Birmingham, AL. (www.arcisresources.com)
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