LIMITED OPTIONS

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LIMITED OPTIONS

• MAXIMUM OPPORTUNITIES
• Gaynor Hutton Hitech/Augean PLC

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HISTORY

• HITECH tanker hire, industrial cleaning company
• Treating own waste
• Developed processes extended treatments to
  other tanker companies
• INDUSTRY waste disappeared all co- mixed, no
  real accountability

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OPPORTUNITY OR THREAT??

• LANDFILL DIRECTIVE
• HAZARDOUS WASTE REGULATIONS
• ETC. ETC.
• Viewpoint shaped by impact..Hitech, Industry

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PRE-REGULATIONS ACTIVITY - HITECH

• Total acceptance this was going to happen
• Sludge Plant
• IR Trials
• Rag Recycling
• Site Infrastructure
• Licence Amendments
• OPPORTUNITY!!!

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PRE-REGULATIONS ACTIVITY - INDUSTRY
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IMMEDIATE IMPACTS

• Total mayhem.! E.g trucks stopped at landfill
  sites, enquiries flooding in
• Real hysteria and panic
• Inside view no warning, EA at landfill sites on
  day stopping tipping

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AFTERMATH

• Picking Line Trommell installed in 4weeks
• Rag recycling capacity trebled in 8weeks
• Site Altered
• Hi-PodTM
• Industry panic, denial, refuse to accept and
  still hesitate (to this day!)

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CURRENT SITATION

• For Hitech Augean Takeover Result!
• Industry Financial impact still being felt BUT
  alternatives springing up all over HUGE
  opportunity. Those who grasped have been
  successful
• Still no acceptance and still contesting some
  forthcoming legislation

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FUTURE

• BRIGHT!
• Augean planning for Waste Technology Park
  offering many waste treatments
• Ever increasing market and drive for recycling
• ZERO to landfill.? Next Opportunity??