Recycling Today articles from April 2004

Recycling Today archives from April 2004

Through the filter.(Editor's Focus; email filters/viruses)
April 1, 2004... When attending trade shows during the past couple of years, we have been heartened by the compliments we have received regarding our weekly RecyclingToday.com e-newsletter. Both long-time readers and people who discovered us through our Web...

Dates set for paper recycling conference.(Scrap Industry News)
April 1, 2004... The 2004 Paper Recycling Conference & Trade Show is scheduled for June 27-29 at the Renaissance Waverly hotel in suburban Atlanta. The show, organized by the Recycling Today Media Group and co-sponsored by ISRI's Paper Stock Industries...

ASR sorting plant starts up.(Scrap Industry News)(auto shredder residue)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Salyp NV of Ypres, Belgium, has announced the start-up of its auto shredder residue (ASR) sorting factory. The ASR sorting line is based on various patent-protected technologies and can extract plastics, ferrous, aluminum, stainless steel,...

OmniSource buys Michigan firm.(Scrap Industry News)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... OmniSource Corp., Fort Wayne, Ind., has completed the acquisition of H. Hirschfield Sons in Bay City, Mich. The facility will operate as part of OmniSource's Michigan Division under the name OmniSource--Bay City. OmniSource has additional...

Testimony addresses scrap export ban.(Scrap Industry News)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Houston scrap recycler Manny Bodner of Bodner Metal & Iron (see "In the Lead," December 2003 Recycling To day), testified before Congress in mid-March on behalf of the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries Inc. (ISRI) regarding the spike in...

A-1 receives ISO certifications.(Scrap Industry News)(A-1 Specialized Suppliers & Services Inc., International Organization for Standardization)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... A-1 Specialized Supplies and Services Inc., Croydon, Pa., has received two certifications from the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). Ashok Kumar, a director of the catalytic converter recycling company, says A-1 has...

NJ coalition targets mercury switches.(Scrap Industry News)(New Jersey)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... A coalition that includes New Jersey auto recyclers, scrap processors, steel mills, pipe foundries and environmentalists is promoting legislation to codify the removal of mercury switches in the Garden State. The legislation asks auto makers to...

D.C. to drop recycling vendor.(Municipal Recycling)(Washington, D.C.)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... The city of Washington, D.C., plans on running its own household recycling program early next year, anticipating the switch from Waste Management Inc., its present vendor, to a city--operated program will improve coverage and service. A...

Recycling industry in St. Louis exceeds average.(Municipal Recycling)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Recycling in the St. Louis metropolitan area is a leading industry providing nearly 16,000 jobs and generating nearly $5 billion a year in revenue, according to a recent study commissioned by the St. Louis-Jefferson Solid Waste Management...

Kansas City approves recycling contract.(Municipal Recycling)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... The Kansas City, Mo., City Council has approved a five-year contract between the city's director of Environmental Management and Deffenbaugh Recycling Services. The contract calls for Deffenbaugh Recycling to handle the collection and...

Indiana agency awards grant money.(Municipal Recycling)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Virtual Scavengers Project, an Indianapolis organization that scavenges for unwanted electronics, has received a grant of $28,700 from the state of Indiana's Department of Environmental Management (IDEM). The agency has awarded nine...

Colorado considers bottle bill.(Municipal Recycling)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Bill 1275, sponsored by Rep. Angie Paccione and Sen. Jack Taylor, was introduced to the Colorado House in late January. The bill would create a deposit system for beverage containers in the state. The bill would be fully implemented by July...

King County issues grants.(Municipal Recycling)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Five local governments in King County, Wash., have received more than $285,000 from the Department of Ecology (Ecology) for projects to reduce and recycle wastes. King County Solid Waste Division will use $97,000 to convert part of its...

Wisconsin to reduce recycled content levels.(Municipal Recycling)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Wisconsin's Gov. Jim Doyle has signed into law legislation that will reduce the minimum standard for recycled content in newsprint from 40 percent to 33 percent. Assembly bill 187 also bans any further increase in the recycled-content...

Kite-flying weather.(Ferrous)
April 1, 2004... Ferrous scrap prices in February soared to heights seldom reached by the secondary commodity, spurred by fierce competition between Asian and North American buyers of scrap metal. Consumers of the material began seeing some hope in late...

SDI makes alternative iron plans.(Ferrous)(Steel Dynamics Inc.)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Skyrocketing scrap prices have helped prompt Steel Dynamics Inc. (SDI), Fort Wayne, Ind., to move ahead with plans to build an alternative iron production facility. According to a report in the Fort Wayne (Indiana) Journal Gazette, SDI and a...

EU clarifies auto recycling plans.(Ferrous)(European Union)
April 1, 2004... The European Commission has adopted new provisions laying down minimum levels for the recycling and recovery of the components and materials in new vehicles scrapped in the European Union. According to Commission, the provisions will apply...

ISG acquires Weirton.(Ferrous)(International Steel Group)
April 1, 2004... International Steel Group Inc. (ISG), Richfield, Ohio, has apparently made a successful bid for bankrupt Weirton Steel Corp. of Weirton, W. Va. According to an AP report, Weirton's board of directors has accepted a $225 million buyout...

Still buying.(Nonferrous)
April 1, 2004... Rumors circulate and doubts stir regarding nonferrous metals pricing, but overall demand seems to remain strong enough to keep prices aloft into the spring. While some buyers may have hoped the Chinese New Year holiday would bring price...

Imco ups its earnings.(Nonferrous)(IMCO Recycling Inc.)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Imco Recycling Inc., Irving, Texas, has announced that its previously announced net earnings for the fourth quarter and full year of 2003 have been revised upward. In early February, the company reported net earnings of $456,000, or $.03...

Largest aluminum smelter planned.(Nonferrous)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... A published report states the intention of a Chinese metals firm to expand its Shanghai complex to become the world's largest aluminum smelter that relies on scrap as feedstock. According to a report in The Daily Edge, Huang Chung Sheng,...

Copper moving out.(Nonferrous)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... U.S. exports of copper scrap increased to a record 589,000 metric tons in 2003, a 35 percent increase over the 511,000 metric tons shipped in 2002, according to the data from the U.S. International Trade Commission. Chinatook in a...

Smooth sailing ahead.(Paper)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Paper stock markets appear to be prime for steady to strong performance through the next several quarters. As the general economy improves, domestic and offshore demand show signs of steady to strong buying. Mixed paper continues to be the...

China impact outlined.(Paper)
April 1, 2004... David Clapp, senior economist with Resource Information Systems Inc. (RISI), Bedford, Mass., offered attendees of the Paper Stock Industries (PSI) Fall 2003 Conference his company's views on the impact the Chinese paper industry is having on...

Sarasota recycling contract goes to FCR.(Paper)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... FCR Inc., Charlotte, N.C., has begun performing on a five-year contract extension for recycling processing services for Sarasota County, Fla. FCR, which operates its own materials recovery facility (MRF) in Sarasota, has provided...

PSI sets membership record.(Paper)(Paper Stock Industries)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... The Paper Stock Industries (PSI) chapter of the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) has exceeded its end-of-year membership goal for 2003, having reached 123 members. So far in 2004, Frank Cozzi of Cozzi Enterprises, an...

New organization promotes glass recycling.(Glass)(Glass Manufacturing Industry Council's Glass Recycling Division)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... The Glass Manufacturing Industry Council (GMIC), Columbus, Ohio, has established a Glass Recycling Division (GRD) that will serve to facilitate the development of tools and practices relating to the beneficial use of glass among interested...

Tietek signs supply agreement for crossties.(Plastics)(Avanguard Industries Ltd.)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Ramon Creixell, managing director of Avangard Industries Ltd., and Henry Sullivan, president of TieTek LLC, have announced their commitment to growing their companies' strategic alliance, which was initiated in 2001. Avangard will procure...

Plastics recycler receives loan approval.(Plastics)(Polymer Alliance Services LLC, plastics recycling company)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... The West Virginia Economic Development Authority (WVEDA) has approved two loans to Polymer Alliance Services LLC, headquartered in Washington, W.Va., to build and operate a plastics recycling facility in Wood County, W.Va. The company will...

EarthFirst signs agreement for tire recycling plant.(Tires/Rubber)(Proveedor Especilzado en Productos Ecologios Reciciables International LLC)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... EarthFirst Technologies Inc. (EFTI), Tampa, Fla., and Proveedor Especilzado en Productos Ecologios Reciciables International LLC (PEPER) have signed a licensing agreement giving PEPER the sole right to own EFTI tire recycling plants in Mexico....

ERAtech receives scrap tire hauling ID.(Tires/Rubber)(recycling industry)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has issued a scrap tire transporter ID to ERAtech, a Dayton, Ohio-based company that develops programs to recycle waste materials into cement kiln fuels. "The issuance of this ID number is the...

Waste oil recycler completes cleanup.(Sybill Oil site)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 has announced that cleanup of the Sybill Oil site, a used oil recycling facility in Detroit, is now complete. The $1 million project began in July 2003. "EPA needed to take action because of...

New Hampshire Town receives oil recycling grant.(Oil)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... The New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services (DES) Commissioner Michael Nolin has announced that the agency's Used Oil Grant Program has reimbursed the Town of Hampton $2,500 in grant funds for improvements made to its used oil...

NEPSI still looking for a solution.(Electronics Recycling)(National Electronics Product Stewardship Initiative)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... The February meeting of industry, government and environmental stakeholders involved in the National Electronics Product Stewardship Initiative (NEPSI) in Portland, Ore., endorsed a draft resolution stating the process for future action. ...

IAER announces summit theme.(Electronics Recycling)(International Association of Electronics Recyclers)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... The International Association of Electronics Recyclers (IAER), Albany, and the IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Electronics and the Environment (ISEE), Washington, D.C., will host their annual joint conference on electronics...

PAZ creates data repository.(Electronics Recycling)(Polymer Alliance Zone of West Virginia)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... The Polymer Alliance Zone of West Virginia (PAZ) through its electronic platforms GreenOn line.com and ElectronicsRecy cling.org has announced the creation of a centralized data repository for electronics recycling related information. ...

Image Microsystems expands.(Electronics Recycling)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Image Microsystems (IMI) of Austin, Texas, has announced the opening of its newest location in Nashville. The addition of the Nashville site to IMI's current facilities in Los Angles and Austin minimizes shipping costs and speeds up service for...

Washington state passes study bill.(Electronics Recycling)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Washington state has passed an electronics recycling study bill. The bill, which was passed by the Senate March 3 and by the House March 10, states that the Department of Ecology together with the Solid Waste Advisory Committee, through...

China to set up e-cycling systems.(Electronics Recycling)(China's National Development Reform Commission)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... China's National Development Reform Commission (NDRC) has announced that Zhejiang province and the city of Qingdao will be the first two locations in the country to set up recycling systems for scrap electronics. China's top state-owned...

California introduces cell phone recycling bill.(Electronics Recycling)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... A bill to address the recycling of cellular phones has been introduced into the California House of Assembly. Assemblywoman Fran Pavley introduced AB 2901, which was co-authored by Assemblywoman Christine Kehoe. The bill would require...

CMRA to honor top recyclers.(C&D News)(Construction Materials Recycling Association)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... What is believed to be the first national awards program for C&D recyclers has been developed by the Construction Materials Recycling Association (CMRA), Lisle, Ill. The first recipients of the awards will be honored at the CMRA's Annual...

Housing carries construction market.(C&D News)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... December of 2003 followed a similar pattern cut earlier in the year: The residential housing segment remained healthy while other construction sectors struggled. Figures calculated by McGraw-Hill Construction Dodge, New York, showed that...

EPA warns of CCA in mulch.(C&D News)(Environmental Protection Agency, chromated copper arsenate)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response (OSWER) has sent out a memo to its regional offices clarifying its position on mulch made from CCA-treated wood. The memo dictates that scrap wood...

Alabama's coast crushing changes name.(C&D News)(Coast Concrete Recycling in Mobile changes name to Sunbelt Crushing LLC )(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Sunbelt Crushing LLC is the new name of the former Coast Concrete Recycling in Mobile, Ala. "Please be assured that nothing else will change except the name," states a news release from the firm. "Company ownership, employees, mailing...

AGC among trade groups pushing for passage of TEA-LU highway bill.(C&D News)(Associated General Contractors of America)(Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... The Associated General Contractors of America (AGC), Washington, is foremost among the interested parties waiting for Congress to finalize a multi-year federal transportation spending bill, working its way through Capitol Hill as the...

Contractors eye decision by accounting board.(C&D News)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... A financial accounting standard (known as FAS 150) that would have been detrimental to closely held contracting companies by requiring them to account for mandatorily redeemable shares on their income statements as a liability has been...

Preparing for changes in China.(BIR News)(registration of overseas companies)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... BIR members who trade commodities internationally await details from Chinese authorities on new requirements concerning registration of overseas companies shipping scrap to China. Reportedly, only companies registered as "supply...

A waste of effort.(BIR News)(export of solid waste to less developed countries)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... The BIR is protesting a perceived increase in incidences of developed nations exporting solid waste to less developed countries. Citing reports from the Belgian newspaper Le Soir, the BIR notes that 56 containers of household wastes, which...

CFF Houston home to new Metso shredder.(Equipment Report)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Metso Lindemann's North American operation, based in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, has announced the first U.S. sale of a Metso Lindemann 9000 Power Zerdirator Shredder. The machine has been sold to CFF Recycling, Houston. CFF Recycling USA, a...

DJJ chooses new software.(Equipment Report)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... The David J. Joseph Co. (DJJ), Cincinnati, has entered into an agreement to purchase a multi-site license for Scrap Boss from Synergistic Systems, Neptune Beach, Fla. Scrap Boss is touted as "a complete system for the scrap recycling...

American Baler Co. makes key appointments.(Equipment Report)(Roger Williams, David Kowaleski, Daniel Schaeffer )(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... American Baler Co., Bellevue, Ohio, has announced the promotion of several key executives and managers at the recycling equipment company. David Kowaleski has been promoted to president/general manager. He will "focus on continuous...

Full metal recovery: Steinert systems help General Iron Industries recover formerly lost metal.(Steinert US)
April 1, 2004... Scrap recyclers who operate auto shredders have become experts in recovering ever-increasing amounts of metal from the resulting shredded stream. Adam Labkon and his team at General Iron Industries Inc., Chicago, came away impressed not...

Briquetter designed for paper feedstocks.(Equipment Report)(Briquetting Systems)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Briquetting Systems of Vancouver, B.C., Canada, is offering systems designed to work in conjunction with conventional paper balers that are ideally suited for eliminating plant paper dust and particulate matter. Compaction reduces the...

Magthro eddy hits Houston.(Equipment Report)(Northwest Recycling)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... A Magthro eddy current plant designed by Rutherford Light Alloys of Grantham, U.K., has been installed at Northwest Recycling in Houston. The installation project was undertaken by Progressive Design Concepts, Fort Wayne, Ind., distributor of...

Heil offers new parts service.(Equipment Report)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Parts Central is the name of a new affiliate of Heil Environmental Industries, Chattanooga, Tenn., that will serve as a nationwide network of distributors and parts and service centers for Heil vehicle owners, offering replacement parts "for...

RAA stocks up on Bollegraaf balers.(Equipment Report)(Recycle America Alliance)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... The Recycle America Alliance subsidiary of Waste Management Inc., Houston, has recently purchased six Bollegraaf balers for use in material recovery facilities (MRFs) across the country. The Dutch-made recycling equipment was purchased from...

Committed to North America.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... For more than 50 years, the family company Sennebogen has designed, built, sold and serviced equipment to serve heavy industry in Europe. From our base of operations in Straubing, Germany, Sennebogen builds lifting and material handling...

Leading through innovation: Sennebogen has a rich history and, in just over half a century, it has developed into a world-class manufacturer.
April 1, 2004... Sennebogen began offering the benefits of its manufacturing and design expertise to the North American market at the begining of this decade with the establishment of its Sennebogen LLC subsidiary in Charlotte, N.C. That office is now managed...

Sennebogen photo gallery.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... The SENNEBOGEN green line offers a range of capacity and configurations to meet your specialized scrap handling requirements. This photo gallery shows a selection of our machines at work moving scrap. A Sennebogen 825 M at work loading a...

Working around the clock: Sennebogen machines are ready to handle the around-the-clock demands of mill services provider IMS.
April 1, 2004... Electric arc furnace (EAF) steel mills rely on a steady stream of scrap metal to be ready as feedstock every hour of every day that the mill is up and running. Nucor Corp., Charlotte, N.C., is known for running its EAF mills at full...

Upgrading the fleet: Sims Brothers updates its fleet of material handlers to meet the company's demanding requirements.
April 1, 2004... Handling 150,000 tons of scrap materials annually, Sims Brothers Inc. of Marion, Ohio, has considerable material handling chores to tackle. The diversified company handles commercial scrap paper, curbside recyclables and nonferrous metals...

Suitable for multi-tasking: purpose-built scrap handlers help the Shulman Company accomplish a variety of tasks with efficiency.
April 1, 2004... As The Shulman Company, Elmira, N.Y., shopped for new material handling equipment, it ultimately chose an 88,200-pound Sennebogen wheeled machine to handle the variety of tasks and materials it faces on a daily basis. Shulman Company is a...

Sennebogen[R] green line: Sennebogen offers a range of capabilities to meet your special material handling and processing application needs.(Brief Article)(Illustration)
April 1, 2004... HORSE MODEL PLATFORM WEIGHT REACH (MAX) POWER 825 M Rubber Tires 63,300 lbs. 46.7 ft. 204 830 R-HD Crawler ...

20 largest ferrous scrap processors: the nation's largest ferrous scrap recyclers vie to feed the world's hunger for metal.(Cover Story)
April 1, 2004... Scrap metal dealers are not generally accustomed to the spotlight, so when Metal Management Inc., Chicago, was the subject of a Wall Street Journal "Heard on the Street" feature this March, it gained some attention within the industry. The...

Staying afloat: strong offshore orders are helping boost paper stock markets. How long can the conditions hold up?(Commodity Focus5)
April 1, 2004... Never again. Pure speculation. Never again in my lifetime. If you were in the paper recycling market in the mid-1990s you might have heard these phrases or similar ones to describe the soaring paper stuck markets. Old corrugated (OCC) and old...

Colmar: manufactured in Italy, trusted worldwide.(Company Profile)
April 1, 2004... Humble Beginnings Colmar began in the Veneto region of Italy shortly after World War II with one man's vision to use parts leftover from U.S. Army vehicles to build tractors for the agricultural industry. Shortly afterward, Colmar added a...

Spring thaw: hot prices help Northeast recyclers spring out of winter's deep freeze.(Worldwide Fibers LLC formed)
April 1, 2004... There was a big snowball fight in the Northeast this winter... and recycling operations took some heavy hits. The winter of 2003-04 will he remembered as one where Mother Nature beat tip on New England and the Mid-Atlantic region. Recyclers...

Hot topic: North American nonferrous foundries that will survive into the future will need efficiency and a little bit of luck.(Nonferrous Consumers)(Industry Overview)
April 1, 2004... The foundry industry may be one of the segments of the recycling industry that receives very little fanfare. However, while foundries on average may consume smaller amounts of material, taken together these businesses make up a significant...

The seeds of change: a customer-focused philosophy.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Before Genesis ever mulled a design or milled a single part, we surveyed a wide range of equipment owners and operators. We listened as they told us about real problems and shortfalls with existing equipment, and we asked them how--in a perfect...

Genesis Xcavator Package Program: taking the headache out of buying a used excavator.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Purchasing a good, used excavator can be a terrific cost-saving alternative to buying new. But finding the right unit may take days, weeks even--months. Locating and inspecting the various prospects is a tedious process. And even once the right...

Technical services: Genesis Technical Service Training School.
April 1, 2004... At Genesis we believe familiarity breeds success, which is why we offer Genesis Technical Service Training School free to all Genesis shear owners, operators and technicians. We know we've supplied our customers with the best shears on the...

Tapping the breaks? Parties debate whether the United States should impose export controls on ferrous scrap.(International Market Report)
April 1, 2004... You can't escape the talk about the Chinese market, with discussion surrounding the growing appetite for scrap from Chinese buyers. China's growth as a consumer of ferrous scrap has largely caused the price of the material to soar. For some...

High yield: quality, not quantity, often vexes secondary fiber users seeking a high pulping yield.
April 1, 2004... Ask a dozen paper mill buyers what they need recyclers to do to supply bales and grades of paper that provide good yield and the answer is the same: Give me good stuff. Many of those same buyers are also quick to say recyclers are drifting...

A new kind of software company.(technology application)
April 1, 2004... From experience comes knowledge. For scrap recyclers looking for software customized for their industry, the story of George and David Katie and their creation of 21st Century Programming provides the comfort of knowing these two California...

Law and disorder: California gears up for implementation of the Electronic Waste Recycling Act of 2003 by its July 1 deadline.(Electronics Recycling)
April 1, 2004... The implementation process for California's Electronic Waste Recycling Act of 2003 is underway. While the state hopes to stick closely to the timeline established for the implementation process, the realities of the situation may not allow...

Lead-based paint picture: crushing and recycling concrete that contains lead-based paint may pose few real hazards.(C&D Series)
April 1, 2004... A recent study by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers suggests that the lead content in construction and demolition (C&D) concrete to be crushed and recycled is well below safe limits set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). These...

Lone star stampede: solid waste and recycling industry managers will have much to see and do at WasteExpo in Dallas.(Convention Previews)
April 1, 2004... WasteExpo, billed by its organizers as the largest trade show serving the solid waste and recycling industries, is May 17-20 in Dallas. More than 440 exhibitors are expected to show off their products and services at the Dallas Convention...

Big issues in Berlin.(Convention Previews; Bureau of International Recycling )(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Members of the Bureau of International Recycling (BIR) will travel to Berlin in May for the BIR's Spring Convention and Exhibition. The Spring Convention is May 24-26 at the Maritim proArte hotel and features its usual schedule of BIR...

Odds-on favorite: strong leadership and new equipment help Silver Dollar Recycling play a winning hand in Las Vegas.(Company Profile)
April 1, 2004... Those familiar with the industry will attest that scrap metal recycling is, by nature, an extremely challenging undertaking. The number of variables that can come into play--pricing, changing markets, mechanical issues, personnel matters,...

End of the relay race: the long reach of the Fuchs MHL 380 serves A. Tenenbaum Co. Inc.
April 1, 2004... Metals shredders are best supplied with a steady feed, which puts constant pressure oil yard managers to keep material close at hand. At the A. Tenenbaum Co. Inc. facility in North Little Rock, Ark., this formerly involved two scrap handlers...

Wear and tear: cost is not the only factor to consider when buying auto shredder wear parts.(Auto Shredder Wear Parts)
April 1, 2004... "Time is money." This is a familiar adage to processors of scrap metals, and it is particularly true when the market is sizzling as it is now. When the market is this hot, scrap processors cannot afford to have a shredder down for an extended...

Swept up: furor over plastic bags tumbling across the landscape sweeps South Africa.(International Update)
April 1, 2004... Murphy's Law hit the South African recycling industry in the summer of 2003: Shortly after everyone--government, producers and consumers--thought they had a deal in place to reduce the use of and encourage the recycling of plastic bags, the...

Starting over: Ohio scrap firm rebuilds its business after losing traditional supply source.(Company Profile)(Ashtabula Iron & Metal Co.)(Company Profile)
April 1, 2004... Some 100 years ago, Brett Muckle's great grandfather started in the scrap business with one employee and a cart. Today, Muckle is president of Ashtabula Iron & Metal Co. in the northeastern Ohio port city with the same name. The 22-acre site...

Future shock: the center of the recyclable commodities universe appears to have shifted to China.(Future Market Report)
April 1, 2004... Throughout 2003 and into 2004, scrap recyclers have shipped out materials at lofty per-ton prices, particularly for ferrous scrap and copper-bearing scrap. While the secondary commodity markets have always been cyclical, observers and...