Recycling Today articles from February 2003

Recycling Today archives from February 2003

New ideas, old economy. (Editor's Focus).(Editorial)
February 1, 2003... After a couple years of layoffs, bankruptcies and revelations that standard accounting practices do indeed serve a purpose, the phrase "new economy" is not thrown around as much as it was four or five years ago. Even so, the U.S. economy...

Orlando will host ISRI 2003. (Scrap Industry News).(2003 Annual Convention of the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries Inc. ()(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... "Exploring New Horizons" is the theme of the 2003 Annual Convention of the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries Inc. (ISRI), taking place at the World Center Marriott resort in Orlando, Fla., April 8-12. Nearly 2,500 attendees,...

Mill buyer award created. (Paper Recyling Conference & Trade Show).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... The Recycling Today Media Group, in coordination with its Paper Recycling Conference & Trade Show, will be presenting a "Buyer of the Year" award to a selected mill buyer of recovered paper. The award's criteria, nomination process and...

A bigger, better bottle bill for New York? (Municipal Recycling).
February 1, 2003... The Bigger, Better Bottle Bill Coalition (BBBBC) believes changes to New York's current bottle bill would make the law more effective. The changes proposed by the BBBBC include expanding the law to include non-carbonated beverage...

Diversity may be key to waste diversion. (Municipal Recycling).(Minority Communities and the Waste Stream report was commissioned by California Integrated Waste Management Board)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... California State University, Sacramento, Professor Dennis H. Tootelian, Ph.D., has completed a study titled Minority Communities and the Waste Stream commissioned by the California Integrated Waste Management Board. It examines the relationship...

Fort Worth considers pay-as-you-throw. (Municipal Recycling).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... The City Council of Fort Worth, Texas, has tentatively approved a new pay-as-you-throw fee schedule. According to the Forth Worth Star Telegram, beginning this summer residents will pay for weekly collection based on the size of the...

High tide. (Ferrous).(Scrap prices)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... It is not often that the scrap market gets coverage from the wider business press, but recent price increases have caught the attention of the Reuters news service. Export demand is cited as the key reason for prices in the $144 per ton...

Supply line. (Nonferrous).(Some scrap supplies are hard to find)
February 1, 2003... Prices for most nonferrous commodities are stable and, in some cases, rising, but that hasn't made life easier for everyone in the secondary metals business. Scrap supplies can still be hard to find for many grades of aluminum, copper and...

Taking a breather. (Paper).(News on various paper markets)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... The first several months of the year are usually slow for many paper stock dealers. After strong demand leading up to the holiday season, production declines while supplies grow. This year markets have taken the decline earlier than...

NPE names official plastics recyler. (Plastics).(Society of Plastics Industry chooses Maine Plastics Inc as "Official Recycler of NPE 2003")(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... The Society of the Plastics Industry has selected Maine Plastics Inc., North Chicago, Ill., as "Official Recycler of NPE 2003," the major plastics industry trade show taking place June 23-27 at Chicago's McCormick Place. The processor and...

From beer bottle to Terazzo flooring. (Glass).(American Terrazzo Co accepts Plano, Texas' challenge to use abundance of post-consumer recycled glass from Melissa, Texas)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... American Terrazzo Company, Garland, Texas, has accepted the City of Piano, Texas's challenge to use the abundance of post-consumer recycled glass from Melissa, Texas. Currently, more than 40 tons of post-consumer glass are processed each...

C&D recycler debuts Web site, e-newsletter. (C&D News).(Recycling Today Media Group)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... The Recycling Today Media Group, Cleveland, has introduced a Web site and e-newsletter for readers of Recycling Today's sister publication C&D Recycler. The e-newsletter and Web site--www.cdrecycler.com--help the magazine's staff stay in...

Flat highway ahead. (C&D News).(There may be a projected highway spending decrease of 0.2% in 2003)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... Highway spending is not likely to increase in 2003, according to a forecast from David Czechowski of the Portland Cement Association (PCA), Skokie, III. Czechowski addressed attendees of the C&D World conference, sponsored by the Construction...

Sennebogen handler wins award. (Equipment Report).(Sennebogen North America's materials handling equipment )(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... The Green Line of material handling machines from Sennebogen North America, Charlotte, N.C., has been recognized as a top new product for 2002. The line of material handlers was recognized by Construction Equipment magazine with a Top 100...

Metso adds personnel. (Equipment Report).(Metso Minerals Metal Recycling)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... Metso Minerals Metal Recycling, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, has added a number of positions to its staff. The North American operation, which supplies a range of recycling equipment and parts to the scrap industry, cites "remarkable grow over the...

TSI upgrades shredder plants. (Equipment Report).(Smart" Water Injection System offered by Texas Shredder Inc. is installed at shredder facilities )(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... The "Smart" Water Injection System (WIS) offered by Texas Shredder Inc. (TSI), San Antonio, Texas, continues to be installed at shredder facilities throughout North America. Twelve installations in 10 different states are operating the...

Genesis offers rotating grapples. (Equipment Report).(Genesis Equipment & Manufacturing Inc. )(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... Genesis Equipment & Manufacturing Inc., Superior, Wisc., is making and marketing a line of Genesis Rotating Grapples (GRG). According to Genesis, the GRG line offers the "positive grabbing force of a grapple, its inherent ability to sort and...

Full circle: Omni Source Corp. bridges a closed-loop recycling program between a Ford Plant and an Alcan mill. (Cover Story).
February 1, 2003... Prompt industrial scrap is handled in many different ways, but seldom is it sent on a 1,000-mile closed-loop journey from the place it is generated back to where the original metal came from, remelted, re-rolled and shipped back as useable...

Top billing: acquisitions and alliances have helped push Metro Waste Paper Recovery Inc., Toronto, to the top in Canada. (Company Profile.
February 1, 2003... Almost 25 years ago, when Al and Anthony Metauro first dreamed of going into the garbage and scrap paper collection business, they found the cost of admission to be too much for their wallets. Today, thanks to an entrepreneurial spirit, a...

Point of purchase: harvesting a clean grade of OCC often begins at retail locations. (Baler Focus).
February 1, 2003... Printing plants, large industrial facilities and office buildings may attract the most attention when it comes to procuring commercial scrap paper, but retail stores are not being left behind. Recyclers have long known that a large...

Durability is Excel's signature.(Excel Manufacturing makes balers)
February 1, 2003... Tom and Tim DeVivo were among the earliest customers of Excel Manufacturing, and the brothers have only become bigger fans since purchasing one of the company's high-volume Signature series balers. The duo, principals of Willimantic Waste...

Fit to be tied: the right wire-tying system conserves costs while keeping bales in ship shape. (Baler Focus).
February 1, 2003... The powerful hydraulic cylinders that do the compressing get a lot of the attention when recyclers shop for balers, but they should also make sure the wire tying system they buy is the right one for them, manufacturers say. The design of...

Super size it: cost per ton considerations are leading to high-volume baler purchases. (Baler Focus).
February 1, 2003... The concept of economies of scale has not been lost on recyclers, many of whom continue to focus on large-volume processing. Corporate consolidation among solid waste and recycling companies has been one impetus toward larger volume plants, but...

Safe & sound: Reclamere, Tyrone, Pa., sees security services as vital to growing its electronics recycling business. (Electronics Recycling).
February 1, 2003... Electronics recycling can be approached as a disposal option, an environmental solution or a recycling opportunity, depending on a company's point of view. An additional viewpoint regards electronics recycling as a security issue--and that is...

Music city showdown: a Nashville project studies the benefits of re-using segregated and salvaged materials. (Demolition Trends).
February 1, 2003... When the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County (Metro Nashville) hired a consultant to lead the bidding process for a major construction and demolition project, it expressed a desire to make sure the project was in harmony...

Integrated Recycling Services Co. (People).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... Integrated Recycling Services Co. (IRSC), Lancaster, N.Y., has named Dennis W. Zink to lead its new Surplus Capital Asset Sales and Disposition division. Zink, a vice president with IRSC, joined the firm in 2000 after a 30-year career in...

Karl W. Schmidt & Associates. (People).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... Karl W. Schmidt & Associates Inc. (KWS), Commerce City, Colo., has named Jeffrey Van Galder as its new sales manager. Van Galder, previously employed by Excel Manufacturing Inc., brings sales, marketing and management experience to KWS Inc....

Alter Trading Corp. (People).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... Robert Stein, a veteran of the scrap metal industry, has joined Alter Trading Corp. He was previously with Louis Padnos Iron & Metal Co., Holland, Mich. Stein will become vice president of nonferrous marketing for St. Louis-based Alter...

In memoriam. (People).(Brief Article)(Obituary)
February 1, 2003... Christopher J. Goettsch, son of Charles R. Goettsch, CEO of Goettsch International Inc. and CEGCO Enterprises Inc., passed away on January 14, 2003, at the age of 27 years. Goettsch International Inc. and CEGCO Enterprises Inc. supply machinery...

Calendar.(Calendar)
February 1, 2003... FEB. 20-22 Upper Midwest Auto & Truck Recyclers Convention & Trade Show, Chicago, Auto & Truck Recyclers of Illinois, (877) 880-2874 FEB. 23-26 International Zinc Conference, Indian Wells, Calif., American Zinc Association, (202)...

American baler wide-mouth baler. (Products).
February 1, 2003... * Designed to provide low operating costs and high productivity * Handles paper, fibers, light metals and HDPE and PET plastics * "Pathfinder" Color Touch Screen and five-tier automatic wire tier standard * Self-adjusting material...

Ameri-shred top-load shredder. (Products).
February 1, 2003... * "Magnum" AMS-15000 model with 150 hp is hopper fed * Available as a primary shredder that can be used for Double Shred Systems * "Replaceable" cutter hooks rip and tear paper prior to shredding Programmable Logic Controller (PLC)...

Terex wheel loader. (Products).
February 1, 2003... * Model SKL873 SP * Operating weight of 29,767 pounds, with 25,247-pounds of breakout force * Turning radius of 18 feet 9 inches * Standard 2.87-cubic yard bucket * Removable, rubber insulated full-vision steel cab Visit...

Sai version 4.0 software. (Products).
February 1, 2003... * Available to commercial recyclers, brokers, consumers and metal service centers * Migrates existing features and extensive functionality of Systems Alternatives International's software line * Delivers easy-to-use, powerful...

Stanley Labounty MPG series grapples. (Products).
February 1, 2003... * Increased roll plate thickness * Roll plates cover side plates to protect welds from wear * A pivot kit enables the grapple to be fitted into several excavators within the same model class * Priced lower than the HDR line *...

Coming to a vending machine near you? (Back Page).(Dairy Farmers of America partners with Coca-Cola to offer canned chocolate milk drinks with longer shelf life)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... According to a report in Aluminum Now, the Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) and Coca-Cola are now offering canned chocolate milk drinks with longer shelf lives. DFA's National brand chocolate milk and Choglit, a chocolate-flavored dairy...

NRC partners with Nike. (Back Page).(expands Reuse-A-Shoe program to 25 communities in US)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... The National Recycling Coalition (NRC), Washington, has announced a partnership with Nike that expands the Reuse-A-Shoe program to 25 communities across the United States. Community recycling centers will be able to add used athletic...