Recycling Today articles from January 2002

Recycling Today archives from January 2002

Bold moves in tough markets. (Publisher's Focus).(recycling industry)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... This issue contains the second in a two-part series entitled "Bold Moves in Tough Times." The motivation behind this story is two-fold: 1. For more than a year, the recycling and scrap industries have seen difficult, highly volatile commodity...

Scrap directory available. (Scrap Industry News).(2002 North American Scrap Metals Directory )(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... The 2002 North American Scrap Metals Directory is now available. The annual directory includes listing information on companies handling both ferrous and nonferrous metals. The publication includes more than 8,500 company listings. The...

Wabash to close Syracuse smelter. (Scrap Industry News).(Wabash Alloys)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... Wabash Alloys has announced plans to close its secondary aluminum smelter in East Syracuse, N.Y. According to a spokesperson for Wabash, the company expects to mothball the facility by the end of February. According to published reports,...

Cleveland scrap dealer pleads to anti-trust charges. (Scrap Industry News).(Howard B. Bahm, former president of Harry Rock & Co.)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... An ongoing federal Justice Department anti-trust investigation in the Cleveland area has resulted in a substantial fine for another northern Ohio scrap dealer. Howard B. Bahm, former president of Harry Rock & Co., will pay a $1 million...

Airport keeps its eye on recycling. (Municipal Recycling).(Port Columbus International Airport in Columbus, Ohio)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... Port Columbus International Airport in Columbus, Ohio, is expecting to recycle some 200 tons of material in 2002 thanks to a program being set up in cooperation with the Solid Waste Authority of Central Ohio (SWACO). "With more than 13...

Recycling funds tabled in New York. (Municipal Recycling).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... Municipal recyclers in the state of New York have not received budgeted recycling education funds from state legislators for fiscal year 2001. In an open letter to media outlets in late December, Cindy Livingston, president of the New York...

Recycling survey has positive findings. (Municipal Recycling).(South Carolina)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2002... According to a statewide telephone survey of more than 1,000 South Carolina residents, four out of five people say they recycle at least occasionally, and most say they do because of their commitment to environmental protection. Of the 81%...

NAPA awards apartment complexes. (Municipal Recycling).(City of Napa awards apartment recycling systems)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... The City of Napa, Calif., has awarded two apartment complex owners for their impressive recycling rates with credits toward garbage collection costs. The Woodland Apartments and the Mayacamas Village complex in Napa were credited with...

Web site directory updated. (Municipal Recycling).(Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has updated the Wisconsin Recycling Markets Directory Web site, found at www.dnr.state.wi.us. Users can search for one of 115 types of material by city, ZIP code or all results. Results can be...

Below market. (Ferrous).(ferrous scrap dealers)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2002... Holiday season retailers who marked down merchandise before and after Christmas have nothing on ferrous scrap dealers, who have been forced to mark down their own prices once again. After American Metal Market's monthly average for November...

Second holiday break. (Nonferrous).(nonferrous scrap metal prices)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2002... The seasonal industrial slowdown in North America centered around Christmas and New Year's may be over, but a second one is on the horizon. Most smelters and mills in China will be taking time off in February for the Chinese New Year...

Breaking away. (Paper).(recycled paper prices)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2002... Old corrugated containers (OCC) and old newspapers (ONP) ended the year with a thud. Downtime that has swept across the country during the second half of this year continues to be a key factor for handlers of ONP and OCC. As the year came to an...

United Group offers EPA compliance package. (Equipment Report).(for sweat furnaces)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... United Group Inc., Topeka, Kan., has created an EPA compliance package to help sweat furnace owners comply with new EPA regulations. The new regulations say the sweat furnace afterburner must be operated at 1,600 degrees. To show that a sweat...

Dealers join MFTA. (Equipment Report).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... MFTA Inc., Mississsagua, Ontario, has signed three new dealers to service Canada. Neil MacKinnon Mechanical Services Ltd. will provide Mitsubishi Fuso trucks to the Medicine Hat, Alberta, area. Central Alberta Diesel & Equipment Repairs Ltd.,...

Allegheny upgrades Web site. (Equipment Report).(Allegheny Paper Shredders Corp.)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... Allegheny Paper Shredders Corp., Delmont, Pa., has upgraded its Web site, which users can find at www.alleghenyshredders.com. The site now offers visitors more information on Allegheny as a company and the product line it offers, including...

GBB picked by Philadelphia. (Equipment Report).(Gershman, Brickner and Bratton)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... Gershman, Brickner & Bratton Inc. (GBB), Fairfax, Va., has been retained by the City of Philadelphia to identify and implement changes to its solid waste services. According to a GBB news release, the company will review the current...

Bollegraaf sorting system installed. (Installations).(at Angelus Western)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... A Bollegraaf paper sorting system, including screens, an air system, feed conveyors and a Bollegraaf HBC 100F baler, has been installed at Angelus Western in Los Angeles by Van Dyk Baler Co., Stamford, Conn. According to Van Dyk, the new...

Norwegian recycler chooses Presona. (Installations).(Presona LP 140CH baler)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... Norsk Gjenvinning, one of Norway's largest recycling companies, is installing a Presona LP 140CH baler. The machine can handle cardboard, paper, PET and HDPE plastic, plastic film, aluminum and other recyclable commodities, and can bale up to...

Texas shredder is commissioned. (Installations).(by Consolidated Scrap Resources)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... Consolidated Scrap Resources, Harrisburg, Pa., is commissioning its new Texas Shredder in January. The 98/104 plant, made by Texas Shredder Inc., San Antonio, features a Smart Water Injection System, a 4,000 hp Alstom electric motor, dual...

Columbus-Mckinnon primary shredder. (Installations).(shipped to Energy Power Resources)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... Columbus McKinnon Corp., Sarasota, Fla., has sold its first Primary Shredder to a power company in the U.K. The new machine can process steel-belted car, truck and smaller off-road vehicle tires. It was shipped to Energy Power Resources in...

Heating up a new scrap wood market. (C&D News).(Biomass Combustion Systems Inc.)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... Mixed C&D processors and other recyclers who handle sizable amounts of scrap wood are almost always eager to have additional end markets for the commodity they produce. Charlie Cary, president of Biomass Combustion Systems Inc., Princeton,...

Bold moves in tough times: in part two of our feature, recyclers give their rationals behind investing for the next upswing.(Cover Story)
January 1, 2002... But veterans of the recycling industry--whether recyclers of metal, paper or other materials--cite the same axiom: We've seen low prices before, and they always go back up eventually. For those recyclers who have prepared their businesses...

Regaining altitude: demand for specialty metals has been muted for some time, but hope for an improved 2002 is widespread. (Commodity Focus).
January 1, 2002... Going into 2002, the specialty metals market is pancake flat. The market was battered for months. It is little exaggeration to say one can cut the gloom in the nickel, titanium and ferro-titanium scrap markets with a knife. Most dealers hope...

Trial by fire: a damaging fire did not stop Universal Metal Corp., Worcester, Mass., from serving its titanium and specialty alloy customers.(Company Profile)
January 1, 2002... The worst-case fire scenario for a business owner is not much different than that for a typical homeowner. A fire sweeping through a property can destroy keepsakes, vital records and the furniture and equipment that is necessary to function...

Rising above the plastics plateau: if MRF operators can respond effectively to processing "all bottles," will plastics recycling rates rise? (MRF Series).(materials recovery facilities)
January 1, 2002... Recycling rates, in most communities, have reached a plateau. To the general public, the curbside and drop off recycling programs that were started in the last decade have proven sufficient to solve the landfill crisis. In their eyes,...

Dresta Co. Ltd.(Tom McGonigle named director of Dressta North America)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... Dressta Co. Ltd. has appointed Tom McGonigle as director of Dressta North America Ltd., Buffalo Grove, Ill. McGonigle will be in charge of marketing and distribution in the North American market for Dressta crawler dozers, wheel loaders and...

Creekwood Metals Trading.(formed by Jerry Goldblatt)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... Jerry Goldblatt, formerly with Hagersville Recycling, has started a metals trading company called Creekwood Metals Trading Ltd., Dundas, Ontario, Canada. The new company will specialize in the brokerage and trading of all types of...

Sondheimer retires from Hugo Neu Corp.(Manfred Sondheimer)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... Nonferrous scrap industry veteran Manfred Sondheimer is retiring from Hugo Neu Corp. after working for more than 50 years for the Neu organization. Sondheimer, 87, is stepping down from his position as vice president-nonferrous, where he...

IMCO Recycling Inc.(Joseph Byers named senior vice president)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... Joseph Byers has been named senior vice president, commercial, specification alloys, for IMCO Recycling Inc., Irving, Texas. In his new position, he will manage operations of the IMCO division that provides specification aluminum alloys to...

Eriez Magnetics Cd-Rom. (Products).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... * Vibratory Selection Guide CD-Rom * Two software programs to calculate feeder tray capacities, size bin vibrators * Provides log and composes printable reports * Details Eriez feeders, conveyors, bin vibrators * Direct link...

Fleco FL653-4C Orange Peel Grapples. (Products).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... * For backhoes, excavators up to 24,000 pounds * Water-resistant steel on gripper arms, shells, center section * Compact design * Fully closing tine for sand, soil, gravel * Hal-closing tine for scrap, garbage, bubble *...

Oxford Instruments Horizon 600 Analyzer. (Products).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... * Rugged design * Digital electronics deliver speed, high resolution * High-power Li-ion batteries * Touch screen palm technology * For sorting Fe, Ni, Co alloys * For field or factor environment * Available this...

Steinert ISS all metal separator. (Products).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... * Stainless steel recovery from fluff * Induction sorting system * High-frequency multi-channel detection coils * Widths from 20 to 80 inches * Capacities of 2 to 20 tons per hour * Recovers up to 1,000 metal pieces per...

Omnitrac Dante Loader. (Products).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... * Rubber-tracked undercarriage * 16# wide track, 63" wheel base * Ground pressure footprint of 3.8 PSI * Variety of horsepower configurations. CONTACT OMNITRACT AT 541-963-0139 [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

Remcon Plastics reuseable plastic bin. (Products).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... * Reusable, heavy-duty bins * For use with glass, metals * Support up to 2 1/2 tons * Stack two high when fully loaded. CONTACT REMCON AT 800-360-3636 [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

In the meantime. (Welcome ...).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... Ferrous scrap dealers are certain that markets will pick up again. Most of them have been in the business long enough to know that there are up cycles and down cycles, and that one is always followed by the other. For many of them,...

Still no rebound: although its woes are well established, the steel industry is still looking for solutions that will revive the industry.
January 1, 2002... Will the dawn of a new year bring assistance to the beleaguered North American steel industry? Although there is hope that Section 201 conditions established by the Bush Administration could allow American steelmakers to raise their prices, the...

A murky market.(steel, ferrous scrap)(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2002... Domestic ferrous scrap markets continue to see prices not seen in years. Bankruptcy filings continue to filter through the domestic steel industry, with more than 20 filed over the past three years. A number of these struggling steel companies,...

Ferrous scrap flow map.(Brief Article)(Illustration)(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2002... LEADING DESTINATIONS FOR U.S. FERROUS SCRAP EXPORTS (METRIC TONS) JAN.-SEPT. 2001 China 1,990,000 South Korea 838,000 Canada 830,000 Mexico 603,000 Taiwan 244,000 Malaysia 213,000...

A second home for dust: steelmakers and their suppliers continue to experiment with ways to extract useful materials from their waste by-products.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... Steel producers in North America have been using mini-mills with electric arc furnaces (EAFs) to make steel for a number of years. Since 1980, the use of EAFs has grown from about 28% of steel production to more than 40%. However, when steel is...

A better idea: the decline in quality of number two auto bundles spurred the thought process that led to today's auto shredders.
January 1, 2002... For the past several years, ferrous shred has been taken for granted as a benchmark scrap grade, but ferrous scrap veterans are aware that the prominence and even existence of the grade is a relatively recent development. In terms of...