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New Mexico Biomass Feasibility Study - P&M; Plastics
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P&M; Plastics Feasibility Study
In 2006, New Mexico used a Department of Energy (DOE) grant through the Western Governors� Association to produce the report �P&M; Plastics Biomass Resource and Technology Assessment� which analyzed the feasibility of establishing a combined heating and power (CHP) facility utilizing biomass resources to support a new wood-plastic composite factory in Mountainair, NM. The composite product is called Altree. P&M; Plastics and USDA Forest Service jointly own the patent for Altree, a wood/plastic composite that utilizes both waste wood and waste #2 plastic. Altree is more durable than wood, and is used to make road signs, but it also has many other uses. The Department of Transportation has contracted with P&M; Plastics to replace all their road signs across the country with Altree signs to reduce the problem of theft of aluminum signs.
Altree has a longer lifetime than solid wood products and has proven its ability to withstand termites, insects, rodents, parasites, fungus, mold and mildew, freeze-thaw cycles, salt, acids, and even bullet impacts. It is non-toxic, corrosion free, and won�t warp or splinter. Altree is made from juniper or ponderosa pine, but it can also be made from other tree or shrub species. And it is made from recycled milk containers. It removes two forms of waste from the waste stream and creates a usable product from them. For more information on Altree, see the website http://www.altree.com.
The feasibility study analyzed the supply of biomass resources in the Mountainair, NM region both for use in the composite extrusion process and for a proposed wood-fired combined heat and power (CHP) plant. It found that there are sufficient biomass resources from federal, state and private land management within an approximate 50-mile radius of Mountainair to support the extrusion process. But it did not find sufficient biomass at an affordable price for both the extrusion process and the CHP plant.
Since the study was done in 2006, P&M; has been seeking financing for a factory to manufacture the signs. Despite support from the State of New Mexico, they were unable to secure appropriate financing within New Mexico. However, they were successful in financing the first factory in Klamath Falls, Oregon. The Oregon factory should begin production in December of 2010. P&M; Plastics has also has an 11,000 square foot factory in Mountainair to manufacture signs for the Forest Service, Department of Transportation, and State of New Mexico. They will soon be operating factories in both states.
Contact Information
For more information on Altree and P&M; Plastics, contact Phil Archuletta at: [email protected]
P&M; Plastics
202 E. Broadway � PO Box 567 � Mountainair, NM 87036
toll free:1-866-425-8733 1-866-4-ALTREE
f: 505.847.0007 |
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