Arkema Inc. of Philadelphia, PAfor Pebax RNew, which isdescribed as the first engineering thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) made fromrenewable resources.

Eco Research Institute Ltd. of Tokyo for a newtechnology that pulverizes paper into powders as minute as 50 mum for use as aplastics compounding material.

VAST Enterprises of Minneapolis, MN for production of compositepavers made from a proprietary blend of up to 95 percent recycled car tires andplastic containers.

AMWAY of Ada, MIfor development of the eSpring System, awater purifier that incorporates a sustainable design based on life-cycle assessment.

Associated Packaging Technologies of Chadds Ford, PA,which is making a range of thermoformed crystalline PET (CPET) trays that aresaid to have smaller environmental impacts than traditional CPET products.

Mannington Mills of Salem, NJ for expanding a program forrecycling post-consumer carpet to include recycling vinyl composition tile.

Mack Molding Co. ofArlington, VT and BigBelly Solar of Needham, MA for production of asolar-powered compacting trash receptacle for large scale,low-cost municipal waste collection. Mack injection molds the solar bubble,fabricates the back panel and door, procures more than 150 unique parts, andtotally assembles the compactor and optional recycler for direct shipment toBigBelly Solar's customers all over the world.

Nicos Polymers Group of Nazareth, PAfor a proprietary process for the removal of continuous fiber reinforcementfrom flexible composites, making possible the cleanest recovery of the polymersubstrate.

Delta Plastics of the South of Little Rock, AR for havingachieved a goal of reclaiming and recycling virtually 100 percent of its usedmanufactured LLDPE irrigation tubing.