Recycling Today articles from August 2007

Recycling Today archives from August 2007

The good, the bad and the ugly.(EDITOR'S FOCUS)
August 1, 2007... The recycling industry used to be such a quiet business. Scrap recyclers operated in out-of-the-way places. Although they have always provided a valuable service, until recently, they were most likely not used to getting any coverage from the...

ISRI applauds rise act introduction.(SCRAP INDUSTRY NEWS)
August 1, 2007... The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries Inc. (ISRI) has applauded Sen. Olympia Snow (R-ME) and Sen. Tom Carper (D-DE) for introducing S. 1587, the Recycling Investment Saves Energy (RISE) Act. According to ISRI, the RISE Act will help...

Sims, Adams agree to merge assets.(Sims Group Ltd. merges with Adams Steel LLC to form SA Recycling LLC)
August 1, 2007... Sims Group Ltd. has entered into an agreement to merge its Southern Californian metal recycling assets with Adams Steel LLC to create a new entity called SA Recycling LLC. SA Recycling, which will be owned equally by Simsmetal West LLC and...

River Metals Recycling purchases Ohio Scrap Company.(SCRAP INDUSTRY NEWS)
August 1, 2007... River Metals Recycling (RMR) has purchased the assets and business of Xenia Iron & Metal. The acquired company, founded 90 years ago, is near Cincinnati. Xenia also operates Greensburg Recycling Inc., a scrap yard in Indiana. RMR will...

Metalico to acquire two scrap facilities.(SCRAP INDUSTRY NEWS)
August 1, 2007... Metalico Inc., based in Cranford, N.J., has entered into separate agreements to purchase substantially all of the operating assets of Annaco Inc., an Akron, Ohio-based scrap metal recycler, and most of the outstanding capital stock of Totalcat...

PSC makes acquisition.(PSC Metals Services acquires Midwest Sales LLC)(Brief article)
August 1, 2007... PSC Metals, based in Mayfield Heights, Ohio, has acquired the assets of Midwest Sales LLC, its second acquisition this year. Midwest Sales is a six-acre ferrous and nonferrous recycling facility in Cuba, Mo. PSC Metals will use the site as...

Omnisource seeks to locate a facility in Kentucky.(SCRAP INDUSTRY NEWS)
August 1, 2007... Fort Wayne, Ind.-based OmniSource Corp., one of the largest scrap metal recycling firms in the United States, is close to building a new facility. The company is seeking a land-use permit to convert a nearly 60-acre plot of land from...

California exceeds diversion goal.(MUNICIPAL RECYCLING)
August 1, 2007... The California Integrated Waste Management Board has reported that the statewide diversion rate for 2006 was 54 percent, 2 percent higher than the estimates for the previous year. As a result, the state has surpassed the 50 percent statewide...

Oregon expands bottle bill.(MUNICIPAL RECYCLING)(Brief article)
August 1, 2007... Oregon Gov. Ted Kulongoski has signed Senate Bill 707, which expands the state's bottle bill to include plastic water bottles, into law. Senate Bill 707 expands Oregon's landmark 1972 bottle bill for the first time since its inception to...

Zozzaro Bros. Inc. announces recycling agreement.(MUNICIPAL RECYCLING)
August 1, 2007... Zozzaro Bros. Inc. (ZBI), Clifton, N.J., has signed a three-year recycling agreement to market recyclables within the borough of Carteret, N.J. During the Carteret Council meeting in late June, Zozzaro Bros. President Thomas San Giacomo,...

Delaware house rejects bill.(MUNICIPAL RECYCLING)
August 1, 2007... The Delaware House of Representatives has rejected a bill that aimed to make curbside recycling mandatory in the state. House Bill 146, sponsored by Rep. Pamela S. Maier, failed by a June 28 vote of 21-15, with four lawmakers not voting and...

Arizona agency awards more than $500K to boost recycling.(MUNICIPAL RECYCLING)
August 1, 2007... The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) has awarded more than $500,000 in funds to various municipal and public sector entities to boost recycling. The money is from ADEQ's Waste Reduction Assistance grants program, which...

Kentucky awards grants.(Governor Ernie Fletcher announces grants to 26 recycling programs in Kentucky)(Brief article)
August 1, 2007... Kentucky Gov. Ernie Fletcher has announced that 26 recycling programs across the state have received $2.3 million in state grants. The Environmental and Public Protection Cabinet's Division of Waste Management issued the funds. The grants...

Lethargic feeling.(FERROUS)
August 1, 2007... The dog days of summer seem to have set in on the ferrous scrap market, as recyclers both report and anticipate a sideways drifting market. Stable pricing offers welcome predictability on the one hand, but it can also cause apathy on the...

Market flatness remains.(MSA/RMDAS[TM] MONTHLY FERROUS SCRAP PRICE INDEX)(Brief article)
August 1, 2007... For the third consecutive month, per-ton pricing has remained relatively flat for all grades across all regions. The biggest Jump In average pricing took place In the South, where mill buyers paid $12-per-ton more for prompt industrial...

Arcelor-mittal tops tonnage leaderboard.(FERROUS)
August 1, 2007... The 2007 edition of the International Iron and Steel Institute's World Steel in Figures, covering 2006, is now available online. World Steel in Figures, compiled by the Brussels-based IISI, contains statistical facts about the world steel...

Volatile situation.(NONFERROUS)
August 1, 2007... The late spring and early summer volatility in the nickel and stainless steel market has caused problems of its own--and concerns that other metals could follow a similar path. The sudden change of course in stainless steel production and...

Calling all wire choppers.(NONFERROUS)
August 1, 2007... The staff of Recycling Today is updating its list of North American Wire Chopping facilities for publication in the October 2007 edition of the magazine. If you use automated processing equipment to chop and separate wire and cable, we...

Aleris buys Wabash Alloys.(NONFERROUS)
August 1, 2007... Aleris International Inc., Beachwood, Ohio, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Wabash Alloys from Connell Limited Partnership. Indiana-based Wabash Alloys uses aluminum scrap to produce aluminum casting alloys and molten...

Rio Tinto ahead in Alcan stakes.(NONFERROUS)
August 1, 2007... Rio Tinto and Alcan have reached an agreement for London-based Rio Tinto to make an offer to acquire all of Alcan for $38.1 billion. The offer represents a premium of 65.5 percent to Alcan's all time high closing share price. The combined...

Ohio man electrocuted near power line.(NONFERROUS)
August 1, 2007... A 22-year-old Ohio man allegedly attempting to steal a power line for the scrap copper value was found dead in New Miami, Ohio. Brandon Reed, of nearby Hamilton, Ohio, was found by detectives "tangled in lines" after the police department...

UBC recycling rate holds steady.(NONFERROUS)
August 1, 2007... The Aluminum Association, Can Manufacturers Institute and the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries have jointly announced that a total of 51.9 billion aluminum cans were recycled last year, an increase of 500,000 cans from the prior year....

Feeling the heat.(steadfast growth of fiber market)(Brief article)
August 1, 2007... After a steady start to the summer, the recovered fiber market is heating up. July saw an unexpected upturn in published pricing, which packers and processors welcomed. "The market is looking active, pretty hot," says one Southwestern...

German company builds recycled newsprint mill in U.K.(PAPER)
August 1, 2007... Palm Paper Ltd., a U.K.-based subsidiary of the German company The Palm Group, has announced plans to build a newsprint mill in the U.K. The mill will cost approximately $665 million and be able to produce 400,000 metric tons of 100 percent...

Export uncertainty.(PLASTICS)
August 1, 2007... Export markets for plastic scrap may have US. plastics dealers scratching their heads these days. According to a source based in the Southeast, Chinese tariffs on imports of plastic scrap have served to cool down that market during the...

Saudi company buys GE Plastics.(PLASTICS)
August 1, 2007... GE, Fairfield, Conn., has announced a definitive agreement to sell its GE Plastics division to Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) for an announced value of $11.6 billion in cash, plus the assumption of liabilities. Closing of the deal...

Energetic plastic.(PLASTICS)
August 1, 2007... Petroleum, natural gas and alternative energy all play a role in plastics pricing, availability and disposition. In a session at Recycling Todays Plastics Recycling Conference entitled "Energy: The Double-Edged Sword," Rudy Underwood of...

California approves grants for tire recycling.(TIRES)
August 1, 2007... The California Integrated Waste Management Board has approved $1.7 million in grants to increase end markets for scrap tires. Fourteen grants from the state's Tire Recycling Management Fund were approved by the board to help firms purchase...

Intechra lands $30 million in equity capital.(Intechra Holding Corp. receives 30 million dollars in new equity funding from Richland Ventures )(Brief article)
August 1, 2007... Intechra Holding Corp., Jackson, Miss., has secured $30 million in new equity funding from Richland Ventures of Nashville, Oxford Bioscience Partners of Boston and First Avenue Partners of Nashville. Intechra says it plans to use the funds...

Werecycle! receives large grant.(ELECTRONICS RECYCLING)
August 1, 2007... The New York State's Empire State Development Agency has awarded a grant of $500,000 to WeRecycle!, an electronics recycling company based in Wallingford, Conn. The company will use the money to open a new electronics recycling facility in...

Round2 Technologies adds Houston branch.(ELECTRONICS RECYCLING)
August 1, 2007... Austin, Texas-based Round2 Technologies Inc., a provider of technology recycling, remarketing and refurbishing services, has announced the opening of a branch office in Houston. The Houston branch provides warehouse space for its clients'...

Connecticut Governor signs electronics recycling bill.(ELECTRONICS RECYCLING)
August 1, 2007... Connecticut Gov. M. Jodi Rell has signed into law a bill that establishes a mandatory recycling program for certain major electronic devices, including computers and televisions, generated within the state. The law, substitute House Bill...

British Columbia offers drop-off locations.(ELECTRONICS RECYCLING)(Electronics Stewardship Association of British Columbia )(Brief article)
August 1, 2007... The Electronics Stewardship Association of British Columbia (ESABC) has introduced a drop-off collection program for electronics that will be available throughout the province beginning Aug.1, 2007. The program is available to residents and...

Aggregate machinery adds crushing plant.(C&D NEWS)
August 1, 2007... Aggregate Machinery Inc. has announced the sale of a large portable asphalt and concrete crushing plant to Raisch Products, a California-based company that specializes in road construction. While focusing on construction, the company also has...

New Hampshire bans burning of C&D debris.(C&D NEWS)(Brief article)
August 1, 2007... New Hampshire Gov. John Lynch has signed a bill into law permanently banning the burning of wood from construction and demolition debris streams as a fuel source in the state. The ban takes effect Jan. 1, 2008, effectively replacing a...

C&D recycling rules take effect in Alberta town.(C&D NEWS)
August 1, 2007... A mandatory construction and demolition debris management policy has taken effect in Canmore, Alberta, Canada, according to a report in the Rocky Mountain Outlook (Canmore). The policy took effect June 1 and is mandatory for any...

Third Asphalt Shingle Recycling Forum set for November.(C&D NEWS)
August 1, 2007... The third Asphalt Shingle Recycling Forum will be Nov. 1-2 in downtown Chicago. The event will offer an opportunity to learn the latest recycling techniques and markets for asphalt shingles, and organizers say the event will build upon the...

Vermont district finds recycling affordable.(C&D NEWS)
August 1, 2007... The Chittenden (Vermont) Solid Waste District has reported that it neither saved nor spent extra money during a recent renovation project that focused on recycling construction material, according to a report in the Burlington Free Press...

North Carolina generates more C&D debris.(C&D NEWS)(construction and demolition wastes)(Report)(Brief article)
August 1, 2007... Trash volumes have risen statewide in North Carolina, and counties in the northeastern part of the state generated more trash per person than the state average in 2005 and 2006, with much of that material coming from construction debris,...

Wendt Corp. announces Finder 2400 installations.(EQUIPMENT REPORT)(Brief article)
August 1, 2007... Wendt Corp., Tonawanda, N.Y., has announced the sale of Wendt Finder 2400 systems to Commercial Metals' Jacksonville, Fla., yard and to Morristown Iron & Metal, Morristown, Tenn. The Wendt Finder 2400 is designed to pick up where eddy...

Shred-Tech opens facility in North Carolina.(EQUIPMENT REPORT)(Brief article)
August 1, 2007... Shred-Tech Corp., a Cambridge, Ontario, Canada-based designer and manufacturer of mobile and plant-based document destruction and recycling systems, has announced the opening of its Southeast Regional Service Center. Located in Apex, N.C.,...

Sierra, IPS terminate deal.(Sierra International Machinery Inc. terminates plan o invest in IPS Balers Inc. )(Brief article)
August 1, 2007... Sierra International Machinery, Bakersfield, Calif., has announced that it has terminated its proposed plan to invest in an equity position with IPS Balers Inc., a Baxley, Ga.-based baling system supplier. The two companies have also...

Metso supplies shredder to Russian scrap recycler.(EQUIPMENT REPORT)
August 1, 2007... Metso Minerals has announced that it will supply a metal shredder to Russia-based Uralvtorchermet. The shredder will be installed at the company's metal recycling facility in Beriosovsky, in the Sverdlovsk region of Russia, and will be used to...

Vecoplan introduces VNZ re-shredders.(EQUIPMENT REPORT)
August 1, 2007... Vecoplan LLC, Archdale, N.C., has introduced the VNZ Line of dual-shaft re-shredders. Designed for secondary reduction of pre-shredded feedstock, the VNZ Line can also be used as primary reducers or pre-shredders in many applications,...

U.S. Shredder, Toratec offer new EcoSort Metal Separator.(EQUIPMENT REPORT)
August 1, 2007... The U.S. Shredder & Castings Group, Brookhaven, Miss., and Toratec Recycling Solutions, Bremen, Germany, have introduced a new 120-inch model to the EcoSort Metal Separator line. The machine can process stainless steel and nonferrous metals...

At the source: Oakleaf Waste Management brings an outsourcing model to retailers and other large waste and scrap generators.(Cover story)(Company overview)
August 1, 2007... From its office in East Hartford, Conn., Oakleaf Waste Management helps oversee the fate of tons of solid waste and scrap materials, all without deploying a single truck, baler or compactor. Instead, the company has established its own...

Curb your enthusiasm: single-stream collection programs have helped some municipalities expand the material they collect from their residents.(20 LARGEST CURBSIDE PROGRAMS)
August 1, 2007... The fits and starts suffered by municipal residential recyclables collection programs seem to have ebbed. While a few of the largest cities have abandoned their recycling programs, an overwhelming majority of the top cities in the United States...

The new world order: developing countries help to fuel the demand for recovered paper.(COMMODITY FOCUS)
August 1, 2007... As our keynote speaker (Don Reynolds of 21st Century Forecasting) told us, 3 billion new capitalists have been added to the world during the last 15 years. These new capitalists are from populations that historically were primarily socialist...

Aluminum advances: aluminum passes iron among automotive materials in use worldwide; what lies ahead?(ALUMINUM INDUSTRY REPORT)(Report)
August 1, 2007... In 2006, a mere five years after surpassing plastic's usage among cars and light trucks worldwide, aluminum moved past iron to take second place among automotive materials. According to the Ducker Worldwide report released in 2006--Aluminum...

Turning gray: recyclers have noticed a shift in the sourcing of white goods.(SHREDDING EQUIPMENT FOCUS)
August 1, 2007... Like many a head of hair, the color of white goods might slowly change to silver or gray in the coming years. The trend has already started. But whatever the color of the refrigerators, washers and other appliances coming into the recycling...

The purge job: purge jobs represent a healthy portion of a startup document destruction firm's revenue, but established companies also find such jobs lucrative.(SHREDDING EQUIPMENT FOCUS)
August 1, 2007... While the ultimate goal of most shredding companies is to land recurring business in the form of route customers that have signed service contracts, purge jobs can also be a lucrative source of income. For fledgling document destruction...

Keep it clean: size reduction of plastics can introduce contamination, unless you take preventive measures.(SHREDDING EQUIPMENT FOCUS)
August 1, 2007... When processing plastics, either the post-industrial variety or those from post-consumer programs, size reduction plays an integral part of the process. However, this necessary step is also a vulnerable one, as it has the potential to introduce...

Aftermath: C&D recyclers play an important role in storm cleanup.(SHREDDING EQUIPMENT FOCUS)
August 1, 2007... There is a Pennsylvania Dutch saying, "The hurrieder I go, the behinder I get." That is especially true when it comes to removing debris after a disaster. Everyone is in an understandable hurry to get the mess out of the way. But, efforts to...

Three's company: recycling today's co-located conferences draw attendees form the paper, plastics and electronics recycling industries.(CONFERENCE WRAP-UP)
August 1, 2007... Recyclers from three segments of the industry converged on Orlando early this summer to take part in the Recycling Today Media Group's annual trade show and conference events. This year, the Paper Recycling Conference & Trade Show and second...

River Metals Recycling names new president.(PEOPLE)
August 1, 2007... River Metals Recycling LLC, headquartered in Fort Mitchell, Ky., has appointed James Becker as president. Becker succeeds Alan Crouch, who becomes vice president of operations for The David J. Joseph Co. Crouch assumes responsibilities for...

ECO2 Plastics announces appointments.(PEOPLE)
August 1, 2007... ECO2 Plastics Inc., formerly ITEC Environmental Group, has appointed Roy Herberger to its board of directors. "Roy's experience in marketing, management and corporate strategy, combined with his international business expertise, will help...

Sadoff & Rudoy appoints new president.(PEOPLE)
August 1, 2007... Sadoff & Rudoy Industries LLP (SRI) has promoted Mark Lasky to president. Lasky becomes the firm's third-generation of leadership, following his father Sheldon and grandfather Edward Rudoy. Under a transition plan developed in 2004 Lasky,...

Gibson Machinery announces appointments.(Gibson Machinery LLC appoints John Fleming and Michael Moore)(Brief article)
August 1, 2007... Gibson Machinery LLC, Cleveland, has announced the appointment of two sales and applications specialists. John Fleming has joined Gibson Machinery as manager of business development, western Pennsylvania. Fleming focuses on the development...

Calendar.(Brief article)(Calendar)
August 1, 2007... Aug.13-15 Kentucky Recycler's Invitational Conference, Lexington, Ky., Bluegrass Regional Recycling Corp. (859) 626-9117 or www.thebrrc.com Aug. 26-29 Georgia Recycling Coalition Annual Conference & Trade Show, St. Simons Island,...

Sem 22 HDD hard drive destruction system.(PRODUCTS)
August 1, 2007... * Prevents information theft by shredding used computer hard drives using a rotary knife mill into irregularly shaped fragments * Destroys standard drives of up to 3 1/2 inches at a rate of approximately 20 per hour * Also suitable for...

Terex Fuchs MHL 350 material handler.(Terex Equipment Ltd. introduces Terex Fuchs MHL 350 material handler)(Brief article)
August 1, 2007... * Boom design with optimized kinematics enables higher lifting capacities across the full operating range * The force of the MHL 350's swinging torque increased by nearly 20 percent, which allows the operator to bring the machine up to...

North lockout/tagout stations.(PRODUCTS)(Brief article)
August 1, 2007... * Highly visible lockout/tagout centers that make your locks, tags, lockout hasps and lockout devices (V-SAFE, B-SAFE, C-SAFE,and E-SAFE and M-SAFE Hasps) easy to find and to use * Built for the toughest conditions of polystyrene with...

Niton XL3 800 series alloy analyzers.(PRODUCTS)
August 1, 2007... * The third generation of Niton handheld analyzers * Enables typical routine positive grade identification in less than two seconds, according to the company * Features a 50 kilovolt, 2-watt X-ray tube and advanced electronics *...

Networkfleet by Networkcar.(PRODUCTS)(Brief article)
August 1, 2007... * Enables GPS tracking and remote diagnostics of a company's fleet through a Web-based interface * Offers plug-and-play installation, nationwide coverage, two-minute GPS location updates, vehicle track history, landmarking, engine problem...

Rockland car body forks.(Rockland Corp. introduces Rockland car body forks)(Brief article)
August 1, 2007... * Custom-built to match loader capacity and the needs of specific salvage operations * Feature tapered tines and beveled tips to prevent load wedging and to ensure separation * High-strength, heat-treated alloy steel tines offer...

McLaren nu-air tires.(PRODUCTS)
August 1, 2007... * Technology is designed to eliminate unexpected flat tires and to integrate the durability of solid tires with the cushioned ride of pneumatic tires * Designed for use with skid steers and backhoes * Strategically placed holes...

Boneyard view.(BACK PAGE)
August 1, 2007... The History Channel has introduced a new series that delves into the hereafter of obsolete vehicles and equipment. "Boneyard," which airs on the network Thursday nights at 9 p.m. Eastern Time, "follows the dismantling of our largest...

Benlee donates to Woodward Dream Cruise.(BACK PAGE)
August 1, 2007... Benlee Inc., owned by Detroit industrialist Gregory W. Brown since 2005, has donated $50,000 to the Woodward Dream Cruise. The Woodward Dream Cruise, which is Aug. 18, 2007, claims to be the world's largest one-day celebration of car...

Astros, Waste Management team up to boost recycling.(BACK PAGE)
August 1, 2007... Major League baseball's the Houston Astros are teaming up with Waste Management (WM) to help promote recycling in Houston. WM, working with ARAMARK Facility Services, will place 125 recycling containers throughout Minute Maid Park, the...