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driver's research page link
http://www.moneyam.com/InvestorsRoom/posts.php?tid=7681#lastread
website link
http://www.stanelco.co.uk/index.htm

That's the big difference between the UK and USA in the business world.
We tend to reward failure, the USA reward success.

Yep,
They've been rewarding a slow progression towards bankruptcy for 25 years.
At least we do it a bit quicker.

Termination should mean Termination.

He might have performed better if it had! Or am I being a tad harsh?

Wagner WAS the Terminator wasn't he? "I vill not hurt you, just your bank balance"

Anyone going to the AGM, or will it be held in a lift, somewhere in Siberia?

Well, if it's in a lift then at least we can be assured that, at some point, SEO will be going up.................and we all know what happens after that!

More likely to be held in a large plastic(bio-degradable) bag.Dont hold your breath!

Please don't get me wrong as I 'm trying not to knock SEO anymore...(well...I'll try anyway !)...but I often come across old plastic bags in the garden at times and these things are possibly no more than 2 years old and they are in tatters, I mean they are disintegrating into pieces....what's this business about plastic bags lasting 100 years... they must be really tough....I have yet to come across anything plastic that's going to last a century.

They all break up to a certain extent - but not completely. The size of the pieces you see are probably the full extent they are going to disintegrate to for a very long time. The small pieces scatter but dont break down. They can themselves into water and pollute that.

Bio-degradable bags are not much better - they just break up into smaller pieces quicker.

Compostable bags completely break down - under the right conditions.

They all break up to a certain extent - but not completely. The size of the pieces you see are probably the full extent they are going to disintegrate to for a very long time. The small pieces scatter but dont break down. They can enter into water supplies and pollute that.

Bio-degradable bags are not much better - they just break up into smaller pieces quicker.

Compostable bags completely break down - under the right conditions.

Also they take far longer to break down in landfill when they are buried away from the air. This is where the 100 years breakdown timescale comes from when they are protected from the elements. Also as these plastic bags degrade the poisons they contain mix with the soil. Bio-degradable bags eliminate all these problems.

Thanks for the info lads !

Oblo you got it wrong(I think),it's "degradeable "bags that breakdown into to small pieces.They are made from petroplastics with an additive that helps them breakdown.I will be at the AGM,dont want to miss the next episode!

Both degradable and bio-degradable break down and as they do both types split it's smaller pieces. They main difference is that the bio type have far less effect on the environment than the degradable. It could be argued that the petroplastic bag does degrade, the problem being the huge time scale. Even plastic bottles degrade over time.

Madpad,

Too far away re the AGM to attend so will look forward to any reports from attendees.

Point taken, Mad and greek - I meant that, aside from compostable, they don't break down completely, even the biodegradable ones. Or at least, not for a long time, greek says.

A week without a post.
Could'nt resist.

Nothing to see here..............move along.
:-)

Anyone noticed with all the latest publicity about marine pollution and plastic litter how often the articles mention cigarette butts as a major part of the problem----what happened to the seo solution??

Yes the cig butt problem has been in the media regularly for some months now. I also have wondered what has been the final decision by SEO re this. Have they just disregarded the issue as a total loss or what. Would be nice to know or are SEO still treating us like the proverbial mushroom.

From the 2006 annual report:-

'We continue to develop the starch cigarette filter technology and will provide an update when the filtration
trials have reached a more advanced stage.'

No mention in the 2007 report.

Hi Oblomov,

I do see to remember a later update when they mentioned a previously proposed interest to sell the technology was disbanded but I can't find such a report. Perhaps someone has kept better records than I have and can clarify.