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          tag that they carried.                                                       
               Specifically, Grossman reported that there were several                 
          machines on the market as early as 1981 that were functionally               
          equivalent to, and significantly less expensive than the Sentinel            
          EPS recyclers.  These machines included: (1) The Japan Repro                 
          recycler, available in 1981 for $53,000; (2) the Buss-Condux                 
          Plastcompactor, available before 1981 for $75,000; (3) Foremost              
          Machine Builders' "Densilator", available from 1978-1981 for                 
          $20,000; and (4) the Midland Ross Extruder, available in 1980 and            
          1981 for $120,000.  Grossman observed that all of these machines             
          were "widely available".                                                     
               Grossman examined both the Sentinel EPS recycler and a Japan            
          Repro recycler and found that the construction of the two                    
          machines was "nearly identical".  Further, Grossman concluded                
          that the recycled polystyrene produced by both machines would                
          also be nearly identical.  In Grossman's opinion, neither the                
          Japan Repro recycler nor the Sentinel EPS recycler represented "a            
          serious effort at recycling" because the end-product from both               
          machines was not completely devolatized and required further                 
          processing.  It was also Grossman's opinion that an individual               
          who seriously wanted to recycle would not purchase either of                 
          these machines.                                                              
               Grossman's opinion regarding the Sentinel EPS recycler was              
          based on his personal examination of a Sentinel EPS recycler, as             






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