Recycling Today articles from August 2003

Recycling Today archives from August 2003

Safe and sound.(Editor's Focus; work safety)
August 1, 2003... Business owners routinely pay significant insurance premiums as a hedge against a catastrophic one-time occurrence. For most business owners, annual, quarterly or monthly insurance payments are a given part of the budget (and in some cases,...

Melting the most.(Scrap Industry News)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2003... Alcan Inc., Cleveland, has announced a new aluminum used beverage container (UBC) recycling record. The company says that in 2002 its facilities melted 24 billion UBCs--an increase of 2 billion aluminum cans from the prior year. Alcan,...

PSI updates circular.(Scrap Industry News; Paper Stock Institute )(Brief Article)
August 1, 2003... The Paper Stock Institute (PSI) chapter of ISRI has announced the release of its 2003 scrap paper specifications. According to PSI chapter president Marry Davis, there were two changes included in the document, known officially as the "PS-03...

Noranda reorganizes recycling units.(Scrap Industry News)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2003... Noranda Inc., Toronto, has reorganized its wholly-owned, U.S.-based recycling operations into a new company called Noranda Recycling Inc. Noranda Recycling, based in San Jose, Calif., is pert of Noranda's Canadian Copper and Recycling business...

Colorado honors recyclers.(Municipal Recycling awards)
August 1, 2003... Denver-based Colorado Recycles, the statewide recycling education organization, has named the winners of its annual Recycler of the Year awards. The awards recognize innovation and community involvement in recycling promotion. The notable...

NYC to resume plastic recycling.(Municipal Recycling)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2003... Plastic packaging once again joins paper and metals in New York City residents' recycling bins. The New York Times reports that Mayor Bloomberg and City Council speaker Gifford Miller agreed on the city's budget June 25, ensuring the...

Riding the wave.(Ferrous scrap)
August 1, 2003... The price of ferrous scrap drifted slightly downward in June, according to the American Metal Market index, but if early July is any indication, the three-month downward trend is now reversing. Dealers on both coasts as well as inland are...

An uncanny problem.(Nonferrous metal recycling)
August 1, 2003... The aluminum industry continues to be dismayed that the recycling rate for aluminum used beverage containers (UBCs) is falling in the U.S. and would be happy to see more scrap companies get involved with the commodity. Last year in the...

Ocean watching.(Paper recycling)
August 1, 2003... Recent figures from the American Forest and Paper Association (AFPA), Washington, highlight the differing directions of the domestic and offshore markets for recovered fiber. While domestic mills continue to struggle with soft demand, the...

Workshop details merits of rubberized pavement.(Tires/Rubber)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2003... The Rubberized Pavements Association (RPA), Tempe, Ariz., and the Northern and Southern California Rubberized Asphalt Concrete Technology Centers are co-sponsoring a workshop for public works personnel on the us of scrap tire rubber in...

Alabama passes scrap tire legislation.(Tires/Rubber)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2003... Alabama has passed a law in the hopes that it will rid the state of some of the largest scrap tire piles in the nation. The Rubber Manufacturers Association (RMA), Washington, has worked closely with the Alabama Scrap Tire Study Commission...

AERT opens third facility.(Plastics; Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies Inc.)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2003... Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies Inc. (AERT) has announced the start-up of operations at a plastic recycling facility in Alexandria, La. The 50,000-square-foot Alexandria plant is AERT's third plastic recycling operation. ...

Mayors see brownfields boom.(C & D News)
August 1, 2003... A new survey by the U.S. Conference of Mayors, Washington, concludes that redeveloping "brownfields"--parcels of land whose reuse may be hindered by real or perceived environmental contamination--could generate more than 575,000 new jobs and as...

California E-scrap bill advances.(Electronics Recycling)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2003... A California bill that would require electronics manufacturers to accept cradle-to-grave responsibility for their obsolete and toxic products has passed two legislative committees and is headed to the Assembly Appropriations Committee. SB...

E-recycling operations receive certification.(Electronics Recycling)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2003... The electronics recycling activities of Recycle America Alliance LLC (RAA), a subsidiary of Houston-based Waste Management Inc., have received certifications for quality and environmental management standards. The ISO 9001 and 14001...

Dell announces product recovery partners.(Electronics Recycling)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2003... Dell, Round Rock, Texas, will work with Dallas-based Resource Concepts Inc. (RCI) and California-based Image Microsystems Inc., with locations in Los Angeles and Austin, to support its environmental programs for obsolete computer equipment. ...

Hustler oversees single-stream installation.(Equipment Report; Hustler Conveyor Co.)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2003... Hustler Conveyor Co., St. Charles, Mo. has installed a new single-stream recycling system located in the heart of wine country in St. Helena, Calif. The new system at Upper Valley Disposal processes 10 tons per hour of fiber and commingled...

IPS makes series of sales.(Equipment Report; IPS Balers Inc.)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2003... Several balers made by IPS Balers Inc., Baxley, Ga., have recently been installed at high-volume plants in California. The two ram TR-1388-200 balers include IPS's innovative pre-compression lid and are producing record tonnages automatically...

Wendt offers stainless recovery technology.(Equipment Report)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2003... Wendt Corp., Tonawanda, N.Y., is the exclusive North American distributor for a new line of equipment that recovers stainless steel and other metals that some recyclers are allowing to head to the landfill. According to Wendt Corp.,...

East Texas home to new CM Chip Shredders.(Equipment Report; Columbus McKinnon Corp. )(Brief Article)
August 1, 2003... Columbus McKinnon Corp. (CM), Sarasota, Fla., has sold two CM Chip Shredders to Merrick Construction Co., Cottonport, La. The two new Chip Shredders will be used as part of a tire pile clean up effort in east Texas. The Chip Shredders mark the...

TSI shredder installed in Colorado.(Equipment Report)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2003... ALL Recycling, Englewood, Colo., has purchased a new shredder system from Texas Shredder Inc. (TSI), San Antonio. The 80/104 NG model incorporates the latest front-wall assembly design and what TSI bills as a longer-lasting bottom grate...

20 Largest Paperstock Dealers: collecting, baling and shipping the continent's scrap paper has become a major enterprise for these companies.
August 1, 2003... Many paper recycling companies have modest origins, with several hearkening back to the "rag collector" era of a century ago or solid waste cartage services that started. with one pick-up truck. But the industry has grown in a point where...

ebb & flow: increasing Asian paper production influences the North American market in several ways.(Commodity Focus)
August 1, 2003... There are causes for concern in the North American paper and paper recycling industries, but opportunities still exist in the market. A variety or factors affect the supply, demand and pricing of recovered fiber, including the economics of...

Boosting profits: productivity gains and metals recovery remain the focus of auto shredder improvements.(Shredding Equipment Focus)
August 1, 2003... Auto shredders are well established as important processing systems for the recycling of automobiles, large appliances and other obsolete metallic scrap. Although the basic technology has now been around for several decades, recyclers and...

Pluck of the Irish: entrepreneur uses U.S. equipment to boost document destruction start-up in Ireland.(Shredding Equipment Focus)
August 1, 2003... After returning from the Middle East, where he worked for a number of years as an accountant, David Walsh became a financial director for a large waste disposal company in the United Kingdom. While with the company in firsthand the growing need...

A diverse stream: shredding equipment now handles just about anything.(Shredding Equipment Focus)
August 1, 2003... Whether known as shredders, hammer mills, grinders, granulators or some other variation, size reduction equipment is now present within every recycling industry segment. From the document destruction trucks that pick up office paper to...

Multiple choice: recyclers have several options when choosing equipment to shred wood and mixed C&D materials.(Shredding Equipment Focus)
August 1, 2003... If shredders and grinders were sold in the supermarket, the number of choices available is enough to take up far more than just one aisle. Ranging from large-volume tub grinders in smaller shear-shredders, manufacturers are offering a host of...

Issues & answers: attendees of the 2003 Paper Recyling Conference & Trade Show in Chicago had no shortage of topics to discuss.(Paper Recycling Conference Wrap Up)
August 1, 2003... As has become a tradition each June, paper recyclers and mill consumers gathered at the Paper Recycling Conference & Trade Show to discuss the latest trends and issues affecting their industry. This year's conference, hosted by the Recycling...

Marathon Equipment Co.(Poeple)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2003... Marathon Equipment Co., Vernon, Ala., has announced the addition of Joe Szany as Director of Horizontal Baling Systerns Sales. Szany's primary job at Marathon will be to develop the next generation of baling equipment based on market trends and...

Nijkerk wins Ducth Recycling Awards.(People; Fred Nijkerk )(Brief Article)
August 1, 2003... Fred Nijkerk and Wijnand Dalmijn, co-authors of the Handbook of Recycling Techniques, have been honored as co-recipients of the first Dutch Re-cycling Award. Nijkerk--a long-time scrap industry executive, association official an...

Calendar.(recycling conferences)(Brief Article)(Calendar)
August 1, 2003... AUG. 28 Turning Old Tires into Pavements Workshop, San Diego, Rubber Pavements Association, (480) 517-9944 SEPT. 14-17 NRC Annual Congress & Expo, Baltimore, National Recycling Coalition, (202) 347-0450 SEPT. 14-17 SMART...

Victor Bulldog Cutting Torches.(Product)(Advertisement)
August 1, 2003... * Bulldog HC 1100C Series Torches available in four models * Designed for scrap recycling, demo lition markets * Lightweight, maneuverable designs are durable and quick * Heavy-duty brass tube supports provide rigidity despite the...

Veco plan rotary grinder.(Products)
August 1, 2003... * Model RG98/125 * Designed for high-volume grinding of paper and cardboard * Approved for use in highest level security applications * Infeed opening of 98 inches by 58 inches * Features a 125 hp drive motor and a 98-inch long...

BHS glass breaking screen.(Products)(Advertisement)
August 1, 2003... * From Bulk Handling Systems Inc. * Designed to break glass containers present in curbside recyclables * Releases broken glass along with fines, while carrying plastic, alumi num and tin containers forward for sorting * Can be...

Thermo electron multiple-purpose survey meter.(Products)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2003... * FH- 40G series of advanced digital survey meters * Designed for multiple radiation protection measurements * Can be used in dependently or net worked * Rugged, lightweight and easy to operate with large keys * Suitable for...

Grace industries gems/T-Pass[TM] system.(products)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2003... * Wireless "Man Down alarm system consists of T-Pass[TM] (Transmitting Personal Alert Safety System) transmitting alarms and GEMS (Grace Employee Monitoring System Base Reciever * T-Pass[TM] units are powered by a nine-volt alkaline battery...

American baler updates for safety.(Products)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2003... * Wide mouth 8043 baler re-engineered to increase operator control and safety * Pressure transducer allows operators to monitor and adjust tension pressure and shuts down the baler system pressure reaches dangerous levels * Standard...

Sounds good for the environment.(Back Page; Nashville Sounds; recycling )(Brief Article)
August 1, 2003... This summer, the Nashville Sounds are bringing something new to the game of baseball--recycling. For the last three months, Sounds fans have been able to recycle their plastic soft drink and beer bottles, as well as other recyclable items, at...

Subways cars sink to new depths.(Back Page)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2003... The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection has deployed the first of 50 subway cars from a groupof 250 decommissioned by the New York Transit Authority (NYTA) for use in the state's artificial reef program. Since 2001 the NYTA's...

Jimmy's says, "recycle".(Back Page; Jimmy Neutron)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2003... The Aluminum Association and Nickelodeon have joined together to encourage Americans to recycle their aluminum cans. The partnership began with the "Pitch in to Make a Difference!" national public service announcement. In the animated PSA,...