WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Like the alchemists who once tried to turn lead into gold, a green entrepreneur says he has found a cost-effective method for turning plastic trash into oil. The Envion plant turns plastic garbage into oil by isolating petroleum from the plastic's other ingredients. During a recent visit to his new demonstration plant in Maryland, Envion CEO Michael Han describes his process: Waste plastic is shredded and melted and then processed in a way that separates the petroleum from the rest of the ingredients. At one end of the machinery, shredded plastic trash is dumped in a hopper and goes up a conveyor belt into a "reactor." At the other end is a spaghetti of pipes and valves and tanks.


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Han turns open a spigot on one of the pipes and produces a liquid the color of apple juice.


(Mental Floss)  -- Some companies find their niche and stick to it. Others, though, have to adapt to changing markets in order to thrive. Here's a look at some companies that switched industries at some point in their histories, usually for the better. Tiffany's may know how to prettily wrap jewelry because the company began in the paper business. 1. Avon David H. McConnell started Avon in 1886 without really meaning to. McConnell sold books door-to-door, but to lure in female customers he offered little gifts of perfume. Before long, the perfume McConnell was giving away had become more popular than the books he was selling, so he shifted focus and founded the California Perfume Company, which later became Avon.

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Avon, the chewing gum company got its start with a popular freebie.


When James Rodriguez signed his contract with Real Madrid, scarcely an eyebrow was raised. Of course, £60million is a massive transfer fee, especially when the attendant  salary exceeds £5m a year. But the young Colombian said he was desperate to play for Real and we instinctively believed him. They are champions of Europe, they have a team which reads like a litany of sorcerers and they are, well, they are Real Madrid. Who wouldn’t want to play for such a club? VIDEO Scroll down to watch great footage of James Rodriguez and Robert Lewandowski Major coup: James Rodriguez, the top scorer at the World Cup, moved to Real Madrid earlier in the week

Outstanding players like Suarez, Bale and
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Ronaldo know the truth of that statement.