Recycling Today articles from August 2006

Recycling Today archives from August 2006

On being a road warrior.(EDITOR'S FOCUS)(Editorial)
August 1, 2006... As I sit at my desk the middle of July and look at the mountain of projects I have to get to before the week is done, I will offer one meager excuse for why my "To Do" pile is far higher than my "Finished" pile: The staff of Recycling Today has...

MARAD signs contracts.(SCRAP INDUSTRY NEWS)(U.S. Department of Transportation's Maritime Administration, Marine Metal Inc., All Star Metals Inc.)(Brief article)
August 1, 2006... The U.S. Department of Transportation's Maritime Administration (MARAD) has signed contracts for the disposal of four ships from the Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet at Benicia, Calif., bringing the number of ships that have left the facility for...

Tube City issues IPO.(SCRAP INDUSTRY NEWS)
August 1, 2006... Scrap recycling company Tube City IMS, based in Glassport, Pa., is looking to raise $172.5 million in an initial public stock offering on the Nasdaq market under the symbol "TCMS." According to a report in the Pittsburgh Tribune Review, in...

ISRI celebrates formation of congressional recycling caucuses.(SCRAP INDUSTRY NEWS)(Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries, Senate Recycling Caucus)
August 1, 2006... The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries Inc. (ISRI), based in Washington, D.C., has claimed success with the formation of the Senate Recycling Caucus. In early June, co-chairs Olympia J. Snowe (R-Maine) and Thomas R. Carper...

OneSteel to buy Smorgon.(SCRAP INDUSTRY NEWS)(Smorgon Steel Group Ltd.)
August 1, 2006... Australian electric are furnace (EAF) steelmaker Smorgon Steel Group Ltd. is being purchased by steel products maker OneSteel Ltd., also an Australia-based company. According to a Bloomberg report, OneSteel has agreed to pay more than $1.5...

Pacific Steel & Recycling updates logo.(SCRAP INDUSTRY NEWS)
August 1, 2006... Pacific Steel & Recycling, a steel service center and scrap metal recycler, has introduced a new logo. According to a press release from the company, "The launch of the new logo and signage will position Pacific Steel & Recycling as the...

Nucor to build bar mill in south.(SCRAP INDUSTRY NEWS)
August 1, 2006... Nucor Corp., Charlotte, N.C., has announced plans to construct a special bar quality (SBQ) products steel mill in the Southern United States with an estimated capacity of 850,000 tons. The facility will produce high-quality carbon and alloy...

Delaware awards grants.(MUNICIPAL RECYCLING)(Brief article)
August 1, 2006... The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control and the Governor's Recycling Public Advisory Council have awarded a total of $50,000 in Recycling Assistance Grants for fiscal year 2006. The city of Wilmington...

Philadelphia streamlines recycling program.(MUNICIPAL RECYCLING)(Brief article)
August 1, 2006... Beginning in July, the city of Philadelphia launched its single-stream curbside recycling program. Approximately 125,000 residents of Northeast Philadelphia are now commingling their recyclables in one container. Additionally, old...

Ohio awards $3 million in grants.(MUNICIPAL RECYCLING)
August 1, 2006... Ohio's Department of Natural Resources has announced the recipients of nearly $3 million in grant money earmarked for communities and businesses to boost recycling and support litter collection. The grants, awarded annually, are given by...

Flat top.(FERROUS)(prices of ferrous scrap)
August 1, 2006... Mill prices for ferrous scrap remained relatively flat in July, but the plateau is lofty, as dealers and mills continue to trade in a per-ton price range that is far above the historic average. Mills were able to pay a few dollars-per-ton...

MSA/RMDAS[TM] monthly ferrous scrap price index.(FERROUS)(Management Science Associates, Raw Material Data Aggregation Service)(Brief article)
August 1, 2006... RMDAS PRICING LEVELS OFF IN JULY Steel mills have been able to pay a few dollars-per-ton less for ferrous scrap in July, but prices remain high by historic standards for all grades tracked by the RMDAS. In most cases, the drop was so small...

Partnering for success: Riverside Engineering and Riverside Products join forces to serve the auto recycling industry.(RIVERSIDE ENGINEERING & RIVERSIDE PRODUCTS)(Company overview)
August 1, 2006... A NEW DIRECTION. Change drives innovation, and with that philosophy in mind, Riverside Engineering has reinvented itself to Defter serve its customers The company has embarked on a new management path--creating two distinct, independent...

Gulf Coast shredding market heats up.(FERROUS)(Brief article)
August 1, 2006... Mobile, Ala., may soon be home to two new auto shredding plants, adding significant capacity to the Gulf Coast region. In mid-July, the city's planning commission approved an agreement between David's Auto Shredding and an environmental...

Uncharted territory.(NONFERROUS)
August 1, 2006... There may be a correction taking place with some nonferrous metals, but don't tell that to handlers of nickel and stainless steel scrap. With the expectations that the summer slowdown would result in an easing back of prices, a number of...

Wise metals reports for quarter.(NONFERROUS)
August 1, 2006... Wise Metals, based in Baltimore, has posted net income for the first quarter of 2006 of $3.5 million, which includes a favorable impact for FAS 133 (Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities). This compares to a net loss of...

Alcan to sell recycling plant in France.(NONFERROUS)(RecovCo)(Brief article)
August 1, 2006... Alcan has begun discussions with unions and employee representatives for a proposed sale of selected assets at the company's Affimet aluminum recycling plant in Compiegne, France. "After thoroughly exploring and examining various...

Reliance steel & aluminum acquires Yarde metals.(NONFERROUS)
August 1, 2006... Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co., Los Angeles, has reached an agreement to acquire Yarde Metals, Inc., a metals service center based in Southington, Conn. Yarde specializes in the processing and distribution of stainless steel and aluminum...

Recycling in a smaller world.(PAPER)(2006 Paper Recycling Conference & Trade Show)
August 1, 2006... An increasingly global economy is changing the face of the recovered fiber market, according to Bill Moore of the Atlanta-based consulting firm Moore & Associates. Moore moderated the keynote session on the global nature of today's paper...

International paper to sell kraft papers business.(PAPER)(Stone Arcade Acquisition Corp.)
August 1, 2006... International Paper (IP), headquartered in Stamford, Conn., has signed a definitive agreement to sell its kraft papers business to Stone Arcade Acquisition Corp., Northfield, Ill., for about $155 million in cash, subject to certain closing and...

UK paper company goes into receivership.(PAPER)(Smith Anderson and Company Ltd. )(Brief article)
August 1, 2006... Smith, Anderson & Co. Ltd. has announced that its papermaking facility in Fife, Scotland, has gone into receivership. The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Smith Anderson Group, one of Scotland's oldest manufacturing companies....

Linpac looks to sell us paper operations.(PAPER)(Brief article)
August 1, 2006... Packaging giant Linpac, based in the United Kingdom, has put its U.S. business on the block amid speculation that its private equity owners are considering selling the UK group for 1 billion [pounds sterling]. According to the Daily...

Arizona community adds shredded paper.(PAPER)(Brief article)
August 1, 2006... Residents of Gilbert, Ariz., can now recycle their shredded paper through the city's curbside recycling program. According to a report in the Arizona Star, residents must place their shredded paper in a clear plastic bag, which they then...

Industrious approach.(PLASTICS)(Plastics Recycling Conference & Trade Show)
August 1, 2006... Panelists at Recycling Todays Plastics Recycling Conference & Trade Show presented attendees with their suggestions for collecting and marketing plastics from industrial accounts at a session titled "The Industrial Revolution in Resins." ...

Wrap-funded research project concludes.(PLASTICS)(Brief article)
August 1, 2006... Coca-Cola Enterprises Ltd. (CCE), Marks & Spencer and Boots have all completed year-long trials, funded by the Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP), that explored the potential to close the recycling loop for PET plastic in the United...

Wrap tire program publishes new information.(TIRES)
August 1, 2006... A number of reports commissioned by the UK's Waste & Resources Action Programme to collate information and guidance on the state of the tire recycling industry have now reached completion and have been published on the organization's Web site...

ISRI convenes tire recycling summit.(TIRES)(Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries Inc.)(Brief article)
August 1, 2006... The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries Inc. (ISRI) holds its third-annual Tire Recycling Business Summit Sept. 12-13 at the Hyatt Regency O'Hare in suburban Chicago. According to ISRI, the program focuses on important business topics...

Wisconsin tire recycler to pay settlement.(TIRES)(Watertown Tire Recyclers LLC)(Brief article)
August 1, 2006... The state of Wisconsin's Attorney General Peg Lautenschlager has announced that her office has filed a complaint and settlement in an environmental protection enforcement lawsuit against Watertown Tire Recyclers LLC for violations of the...

Plastics recycler receives honor.(PLASTICS)(Adirondack Plastic & Recycling Inc., U.S. Small Business Administration, New York Business Development Corp)(Brief article)
August 1, 2006... Adirondack Plastic & Recycling in Argyle, N.Y., has received an Excellence Award from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and the New York Business Development Corp. Glens Falls National Bank nominated the company, which was among...

Company acquires us plastic lumber.(PLASTICS)
August 1, 2006... American Pacific Financial Corp. (AMPAC), based in San Bernardino, Calif., has acquired the assets of US Plastic Lumber Inc., Chicago, forming Trimax Building Products. According to a press release from Trimax, the acquisition makes the...

Maser installs We3 software.(ELECTRONICS RECYCLING)(Green Oak Solutions)(Brief article)
August 1, 2006... MaSeR Corp., based in Marblehead, Mass., has announced the installation of We3 Recycler electronic scrap management software from Green Oak Solutions at its Barrie, Ontario, processing facility. According to MaSeR, its advanced separation...

Metech international opens recycling facility in Malaysia.(ELECTRONICS RECYCLING)
August 1, 2006... Metech International, a Worcester, Mass.-based electronics recycler and asset recovery firm, has announced the opening of a new recycling facility in Penang, Malaysia. The 25,000-square-foot facility is designed for the secure...

Dell, Goodwill reconnect in San Diego.(ELECTRONICS RECYCLING)(Goodwill Industries)
August 1, 2006... Goodwill Industries of San Diego County and Dell, based in Round Rock, Texas, have partnered to introduce Reconnect San Diego, a free drop-off program for unwanted computers. "Reconnect San Diego takes advantage of the existing donation...

Germany hosts electronics recyclers.(ELECTRONICS RECYCLING)(International Congress & Marketing, International Electronics Recycling Congress)(Brief article)
August 1, 2006... International Congress & Marketing (ICM), a Swiss company, has announced the dates for the Sixth International Electronics Recycling Congress. The event will be in Hamburg, Germany, Jan. 17-19, 2007. More than 300 delegates from...

Sims Mirec relocates.(ELECTRONICS RECYCLING)(Brief article)
August 1, 2006... Sims Mirec, the Sims Group company dedicated to electronics recycling, is moving its operation in Sweden to Norrkoping's northern port area. "We are implementing an extensive investment program, and a part of that is moving into larger...

Apple takes it back.(ELECTRONICS RECYCLING)(Apple Computer Inc.)(Brief article)
August 1, 2006... Apple has launched a free take-back program that offers customers in the 48 contiguous United States the opportunity to recycle their obsolete computers, regardless of the manufacturer, when they purchase a new Mac. When customers choose...

Pennsylvania borough seeks zoning change.(C&D NEWS)(Brief article)
August 1, 2006... The borough of State College, Pa., is seeking a zoning change to permit the recycling of concrete and asphalt at the former site of the borough dump, according to a report in the Centre Daily (State College, Pa.). Patton Township plans to...

CMRA backs ADC demonstration project.(C&D NEWS)(Construction Materials Recycling Association, alternate daily cover, Green Seal Environmental)(Brief article)
August 1, 2006... The Construction Materials Recycling Association (CMRA) is supporting a proposal to perform a hydrogen sulfide gas demonstration project in New England. The project, which was designed by Green Seal Environmental, Sandwich, Mass., manager...

Wrecking Corp. Lands D.C. demo contract.(C&D NEWS)
August 1, 2006... Wrecking Corp. of America (WCA), Alexandria, Va., has been awarded a contract for the demolition of a six-level garage, building excavation and site preparation for a new commercial building in Washington, D.C. The site is adjacent to the...

Recycler pulls application in New Jersey.(C&D NEWS)(Red Bank Recycling)(Brief article)
August 1, 2006... Red Bank Recycling, Red Bank, N.J., has withdrawn its application to build a transfer station following mounting pressure from public officials and residents, according to a report in the Hub (Red Bank, N.J.). The company had applied to...

San Francisco C&D recycling law takes effect.(C&D NEWS)(Construction and Demolition Debris Recovery Ordinance)(Brief article)
August 1, 2006... A city ordinance that requires construction and demolition debris recycling has gone into effect in San Francisco, according to a report from CBS5 in San Francisco. The Construction and Demolition Debris Recovery Ordinance was introduced...

Asphalt prices on the rise.(C&D NEWS)(Brief article)
August 1, 2006... The impact of high oil prices is being felt beyond the pump in Ohio. The rising cost of asphalt because of high oil prices has put the brakes on many paving projects, according to a report in Cleveland's Plain Dealer. In the past...

California mandates recycled carpet usage for state buildings.(C&D NEWS)
August 1, 2006... Starting Sept. 1, 2006, any carpet purchased by any California state government office must contain at least 10 percent recycled materials. The recycled portion can come either from old carpets or other materials that would normally be headed...

Well-funded demand.(BIR REPORT)(2006 Bureau of International Recycling World Recycling Conference)
August 1, 2006... Market fundamentals are strong in the aluminum sector, but industry analyst Jim Southwood of Commodity Metals Management Co., Wexford, Pa., also sees a danger of over-investing by fund managers that could be leading to "price exaggeration" that...

Next stop: Brussels.
August 1, 2006... The Bureau of International Recycling (BIR) will hold its fall convention Oct. 29-31 in Brussels, Belgium, which is where the organization has its headquarters. The Sheraton Brussels Hotel and Towers will host the convention, which begins...

Lollini announces installations.(EQUIPMENT REPORT)(Lollini R&M, A to Z Metals, Kitagawa Towing)(Brief article)
August 1, 2006... Lollini R&M, with U.S. offices in Ontario, Calif., and Boston, has announced the sale and installation of three pieces of equipment: a shear, logger/baler and shear/baler. A to Z Metals in Compton, Calif., has installed its second Lollini...

Van Dyk installs Drum Feeder.(EQUIPMENT REPORT)(Van Dyk Baler Corp.)(Brief article)
August 1, 2006... Rivergate Recycling, Nashville, Tenn., has purchased a Bollegraaf Drum Feeder to complement its Bollegraaf Single Stream system. Installed in the spring of 2005, Rivergate's single-stream system processes 15 tons of material per hour. ...

AirBorn Balers introduces vertical baler.(EQUIPMENT REPORT)(Brief article)
August 1, 2006... AirBorn Balers, Mount Holly, N.C., has introduced a new vertical baler. According to AirBorn, the model XHD-160 vertical baler can produce bales of OCC and of nonferrous metals weighing up to 1,500 pounds and 1,300 pounds, respectively....

Genesis introduces new shear line.(EQUIPMENT REPORT)(Genesis Attachments)(Brief article)
August 1, 2006... Superior, Wisc.-based Genesis Attachments has introduced the XP MAXX line of mobile shears in response to customer demand for a shear that provides large-scale results on a smaller-class machine, according to the company. Shane Kuhlmey,...

US Shredder nets installation contract.(EQUIPMENT REPORT)
August 1, 2006... The US Shredder and Castings Group has announced that it has been awarded an installation and consulting contract from Cimco Recycling of Sterling, Ill., Cimco Recycling will be installing an 80104 complete shredding system. John...

NexGen adds distributor.(EQUIPMENT REPORT)(Varsek Trading Group Inc.)(Brief article)
August 1, 2006... Varsek Trading Group Inc., Richmond, B.C., Canada, has been named an authorized distributor for NexGen Baling Systems, a division on Marathon Equipment Co., Vernon, Ala. The company will serve British Columbia. Peter Varsek, owner of...

Karl W. Schmidt offers automatic debaling system.(EQUIPMENT REPORT)(Karl W. Schmidt and Associates Inc.)(Brief article)
August 1, 2006... Karl W. Schmidt and Associates Inc. (KWS) of Commerce City, Colo., has introduced an Automatic Debaling System that is designed to "de-densify" and meter baled materials with or without size reduction as required by the application. In a...

American Baler unveils new high-speed baler.(EQUIPMENT REPOR)(Brief article)
August 1, 2006... American Baler has introduced a new single-ram baler that has a rated production capacity in excess of 50 tons and 46,000 cubic feet per hour. The HS8543 baler is well suited to single-stream operations, according to American Baler...

Sennebogen introduces Multihandler.(EQUIPMENT REPORT)(Brief article)
August 1, 2006... Sennebogen has added the 305 Multihanlder C Series telehandler to its line of material handlers. The machine features a hydraulic hi-rise operator's cab with an eye level of 13.3 feet and a maximum lifting height of 24 feet. The...

An energized outlook: a global energy squeeze may continue to make secondary commodities valuable ones.(Cover story)
August 1, 2006... Recycling advocates have long presented the notion that using secondary commodities in the manufacturing process is an energy-saving endeavor. In some cases, there are frequently cited statistics offered to help back up this claim, such as that...

Ship shape: Eager consuming markets have allowed large MRF operators to keep upgrading their operations.(LARGEST MRFS)(material recovery facilities)
August 1, 2006... Since Recycling Today last published its list of largest material recovery facilities (MRFs) in 2004, none of the trends that have led to larger MRFs have faded. To the contrary, solid recycling markets--particularly for metals and...

Thin is in: from limited profit margins to narrower trading ranges, paper producers and recyclers are working in tighter quarters.(COMMODITY FOCUS)
August 1, 2006... The collection of newspapers and corrugated boxes is often the first thing people think of when recycling comes to mind, but unfortunately this popularity contest does not necessarily result in profits. Although recovered fiber makes up a...

Catching the wave: aluminum appears poised for a solid performance.(ALUMINUM INDUSTRY REPORT)
August 1, 2006... Lost in all the talk about surging copper markets has been the sharp improvement in the aluminum market. Both primary and secondary aluminum markets have held up fairly well. And, going forward, more analysts forecast that aluminum markets...

Think ahead: installing a shredder to fit expected volume can require considerable research.(SHREDDING EQUIPMENT FOCUS)
August 1, 2006... Metals recyclers have become more convinced than ever in the past few years of the wisdom of operating a shredding plant to process the diverse obsolete scrap stream. During the metals price spike of the past several years, recyclers have...

Second time around: with enough know-how, a shredding plant can be re-built to last.(SHREDDING EQUIPMENT FOCUS)
August 1, 2006... Many smaller scrap yards across the United States are putting in shredders for the first time using second-hand equipment. This can be done profitably, provided certain considerations are taken, but the cost of deploying used equipment can well...

Fit for duty: document destruction firms face choices including truck and shred sizes.(SHREDDING EQUIPMENT FOCUS)
August 1, 2006... Many paper recyclers who enter the document destruction business are familiar with aspects of plant layout and matching production equipment (balers and screens) to anticipated volume. But the information destruction industry also brings...

New values: a Utah tire processor is finding better markets for shredded scrap tire products.(SHREDDING EQUIPMENT FOCUS)( Utah Tire Recyclers Inc.)(Company overview)
August 1, 2006... To look at it today, one would be hard-pressed to recognize the scrap tire industry as the same one that, as recently as 15 years ago, was shredding tires and throwing the resultant material into the ground. At that time, size reduction for...

Ready to shred? What role should shredding play in the recycling of electronic scrap?(SHREDDING EQUIPMENT FOCUS)
August 1, 2006... Electronic scrap encompasses a wide range of products that are composed of a number of different materials. For some electronics recyclers, electronic scrap starts and ends with computers and computer related equipment, such as CPU units,...

On the horizon: Horizontal grinders are a popular choice for scrap wood and C&D recycling.(SHREDDING EQUIPMENT FOCUS)(construction and demolition)
August 1, 2006... Whether reducing the volume of material for landfill or recycling debris into a usable end product, horizontal grinders are gaining in popularity among C&D recyclers. The ability to work in confined spaces and a general reputation for safe...

For sale? How have unprecedented metals prices affected the value of your company?(BUSINESS CONCERNS)
August 1, 2006... As I write this article, many base metal prices have hit or are nearing new multi-year, if not all-time, highs. For most companies, revenue growth has been driven more by price increases than by volume. Business owners have to ask themselves if...

The hex: New regulations for hexavalent chromium go into effect in late November.(HEALTH & SAFETY REGULATIONS)
August 1, 2006... For years, hexavalent chromium compounds have been regulated in many different ways. For the construction (29 CFR 1926) and shipyard (29 CFR 1915) industries, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) required that employee...

Rate of recovery: Attendees gather in the Chicago area for conferences that address paper and plastic recycling.(CONFERENCE WRAP-UP)(Paper Recycling Conference & Trade Show)
August 1, 2006... by recycling today staff Recycling Today Media Group sponsored its seventh annual Paper Recycling Conference & Trade Show in late June at the Hyatt Regency O'Hare in suburban Chicago. In addition to a number of educational sessions on...

Graves joins US Shredder and Castings.(PEOPLE)(Troy Graves, US Shredder and Castings Group)(Brief article)
August 1, 2006... The US Shredder and Castings Group, Brookhaven, Miss., has hired Troy Graves as the company's aftermarket specialist. In his new role, Graves will focus on expanding US Shredder's casting and wear parts business, which serves all makes of...

Richard Gertler joins brother's company.(PEOPLE)(Scrap Metal Services LLC)(Brief article)
August 1, 2006... Richard Gertler, a 26-year veteran of the scrap recycling industry, has joined his brother Jeffry Gertler as a partner and principle of Scrap Metal Services LLC (SMS), Flossmoor, III. Richard has previously worked as manager of national...

Contech makes appointments.(PEOPLE)(Contech Stormwater Solutions Inc.)(Brief article)
August 1, 2006... Contech Stormwater Solutions Inc., based in West Chester, Ohio, has made a number of staff appointments. Maryjane Mac Leod joins Contech as the stormwater consultant supporting San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara and Ventura counties in...

Weima America adds two to staff.(PEOPLE)(Brief article)
August 1, 2006... Fort Mill, S.C.-based Weima America, a provider of size-reduction equipment, has added two sales managers to its staff. Dan Sanford and Ben Buchsieb have joined the company as sales managers. Sanford, who resides in Minnesota, is the...

Calendar.(Calendar)
August 1, 2006... Aug. 14-15 Kentucky Developmental Recycling Conference, Lexington, Ky., Bluegrass Regional Recycling Corp., (859) 626-9117 or www.thebrrc.com Aug. 26-30 9th Annual Texas Recycling and Sustainability Summit, Corpus Christi, Texas, Recycling...

Harris TG balers.(PRODUCTS)
August 1, 2006... * Line of ferrous balers featuring a three-compression baling system * Can process slitter coils, wire, industrial clips and skeletons, steel mill sheet, autos and railroad boxcar sides and roofs * Available in six models with press...

Balemaster 6200 fat boy series balers.(PRODUCTS)
August 1, 2006... * Auto, heavy-duty balers produce extra large, high-density bales * Extra-large feed chute, oversize feed hopper and extra-large charging chamber and hydraulic cylinder included * Suitable for processing OCC, ONP, mixed paper, UBCs and...

Viesa truck cab cooler.(PRODUCTS)
August 1, 2006... * Economical and virtually maintenance-free Viesa cab coolers eliminate truck idling costs and expensive air conditioning repairs * Roof-mounted cab cooler delivers cool air to the truck's cabin without running the truck's engine *...

American baler HS8543 baler.(PRODUCTS)
August 1, 2006... * Single-ram baler features a rated production capacity greater than 50 tons per hour * Well suited to single-stream operations * Features a large feed opening and twin motors that are optimized to produce dense bales quickly without...

Powerscreen Phoenix 2100 Trommel.(PRODUCTS)
August 1, 2006... * Provides high capacity with low maintenance and long service life * Sets up in about five minutes Drum is comprised of four panels with five meshes per panel and features Powerscreen's quick-change mesh system * Four-wheel friction...

Recycle to call.(BACK PAGE)(recycling cell phones)(Brief article)
August 1, 2006... Xero Mobile, a Los Angeles-based mobile virtual network operator and media sales organization, has announced that it will provide its users with airtime in return for recycling their old handsets as part of its partnership with The Wireless...

Igniting recycling.(BACK PAGE)(America Recycles Day Inc.)(Brief article)
August 1, 2006... Myrna Gittler of Plainview, N.Y., has won a Ford Escape Hybrid from America Recycles Day Inc. Gittler's pledge to recycle more was drawn from more than 100,000 pledges entered in the national drawing during last year's America Recycles...

Recycling gets the green light.(BACK PAGE)(Brief article)
August 1, 2006... The Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corp. (RBRC), Atlanta, has introduced a new modular exhibit and display that it is featuring at various speedways throughout the summer and fall. As part of its "Green Means Go... Recycle" campaign, RBRC...