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7 Oct. 2013
Safed, Israel
Applied CleanTech Chief Executive Refael Aharon stands next to pellets made from cellulose fibers picked out from the firm's sewage mining system in the town of Safed in northern Israel October 6, 2013. Israeli firm Applied CleanTech has developed a sewage mining system that picks out and recycles useful fibers from raw urban and industrial wastewater, increasing the efficiency of treatment plants and reducing the amount of unwanted sludge. Picture taken October 6, 2013. REUTERS/Baz Ratner (ISRAEL - Tags: BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT)