Recycling Today articles from January 2006

Recycling Today archives from January 2006

A brave new world.(Trade publishing)(Editorial)
January 1, 2006... Many futurists and visionaries have expressed excitement about a media world where the established "guardians of information" can be side-stepped. In theory, a new generation of freelancers and ad hoc reporters can provide a chorus of news and...

SDI acquires Roanoke Electric Steel.(SCRAP INDUSTRY NEWS)
January 1, 2006... Steel Dynamics Inc. (SDI), based in Fort Wayne, Ind., is in the process of acquiring Roanoke Electric Steel Corp., Roanoke, Va. "This combination further diversifies SDI's product offering, provides additional penetration of the joist,...

Ohio ASR-exemption bill awaits governor's signature.(SCRAP INDUSTRY NEWS)
January 1, 2006... Ohio's State Senate and House have approved a bill that seeks to exempt automotive shredder residue from generation fees. House Bill 100 was passed overwhelmingly by both houses, according to the bill's chief sponsor Rep. Mary Taylor. The...

Scrap recycler opening Michigan port facility.(SCRAP INDUSTRY NEWS)
January 1, 2006... Monroe Recycling LLC, part of Sturgis Iron & Metal, will open a scrap facility at the Port of Monroe, Monroe, Mich. The port sits on the River Raisin, which feeds into Lake Erie. The location will allow Monroe Recycling to take advantage of...

China to cut copper scrap import duty.(SCRAP INDUSTRY NEWS)
January 1, 2006... China will reduce the import duty on copper scrap in 2006. According to a report in Asia Pulse, the import-duty reduction aims to promote the development of the metal recycling industry and to safeguard the nonferrous metal sector in the...

Delaware announces grant availability for fiscal year 2006.(MUNICIPAL RECYCLING)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2006... The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC), in cooperation with the Governor's Recycling Public Advisory Council (RPAC), is accepting applications for the fiscal year 2006 Recycling Assistance Grant Program....

Recycling facility opens in North Carolina.(MUNICIPAL RECYCLING)
January 1, 2006... Charlotte County, N.C., has opened its second transfer and recycling facility. The first county-owned and operated facility opened approximately three years ago. The plant, which cost around $1.8 million, will give county residents an...

Organizations seek to boost recycling in Ga.(Zoo Atlanta recycling program)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2006... Four organizations have combined their efforts in a pilot recycling collection program at Zoo Atlanta intended to increase recycling in the city. SP Recycling Corp. (a subsidiary of SP Newsprint), aluminum producer Novelis Inc., the...

Hawaii program posts increase.(MUNICIPAL RECYCLING)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2006... According to Hawaii's Health Department, the state's bottle bill redemption has hit an all-time high since beginning Jan. 1, 2005. The program reached an 85 percent redemption rate in September. Officials estimate that more than 50 million...

No time to worry.(scrap metal trade)
January 1, 2006... Ferrous scrap pricing that has been this lofty for this long could reasonably be considered a source of worry for many in the trade, who know that what goes up must come down. But as 2006 begins, most ferrous scrap processors find...

Atlanta to host ISRI Operations Forum.(Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries Inc)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2006... The Marriott Atlanta Marquis hotel in downtown Atlanta will serve as the site for the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries Inc. (ISRI) Operations Forum, a conference designed to assist in the safe and efficient operation of scrap recycling...

Quick, call the police.(copper scrap market conditions)
January 1, 2006... Throughout the past several months, as copper prices continued to climb, many handlers of scrap said that a correction was inevitable. However, prices continued to climb, past $1.50 per pound, $1.60 per pound, until prices topped $2 per pound....

Winter blues.(Old corrugated containers market conditions)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2006... The scrap paper industry doesn't have much reason to celebrate this holiday season. Old corrugated containers (OCC) have seen four straight months of falling prices and will most likely end the year on a very weak note, sources say. While...

HDPE continues climbing.(high-density polyethylene)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2006... PET (polyethylene terephthalate) and HDPE (high-density polyethylene) continue to experience strong demand, though pricing for HDPE is surging ahead of that for PET. Throughout the last few months, recycled HDPE has been enjoying climbing...

Genesis appoints new dealers.(Genesis Attachments)(Hoffman Equipment)(S.E.S. Equipment)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2006... Genesis Attachments, Superior, Wis., has announced that Hoffman Equipment in Piscataway, N.J., and S.E.S. Equipment in Chicago have joined the Genesis dealer network. The appointments are important from a geographic and strategic...

Alter selects MTS shredders.(Metso Texas Shredder )(Alter Scrap Processing)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2006... Metso Texas Shredder (MTS) of San Antonio has sold two shredder plants to Alter Scrap Processing. Alter's Mobile, Ala., plant is installing Metso Texas Shredder's 98104 model, which features a 5,000-hp drive, complete with ferrous and...

Well furnished: prices can be volatile, but demand for fiber from North America's largest scrap paper consumers remains steady.
January 1, 2006... Makers of paper, packaging and building products use a variety of materials as furnish for their production plants, with fiber coming from a combination of newly forested sources and recycled sources. Without question, the collection of...

Needing a scorecard.(Ferrous Scrap Flow Map)(Gerdau AmeriSteel mills)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2006... From 1998 to 2004, the editors of this publication put together a Ferrous Scrap Flow Map each year that attempted to list the highest-volume electric arc furnace (EAF) steel mills in North America. Even when updating the list every 12...

Extreme conditions: ferrous markets have been on the type of wild ride sought after by extreme athletes.
January 1, 2006... Commodities markets have often been compared in their search for supply and demand balance to the illustration of two people on a playground seesaw. The device is perpetually shifting from one side to the other--either too much supply or too...

Red hot: red metals pricing continues to defy expectations that it has topped out and is due for a fall.(SCRAP METALS SUPPLEMENT)
January 1, 2006... Those trying to forecast the direction of copper pricing for the past several months have seemed safe in saying that the market is due to head back down at any moment. And in fact, between the time this story is written and the time it makes...

News of the world.(copper market)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2006... The state of the copper market is the center of attention for metals traders throughout the world. According to a late 2005 "World Mirror" newsletter, produced by the Bureau of International Recycling (BIR), soaring demand for copper scrap,...

Suspicious of subsidies.(copper scrap imports drives international market competition )(Brief Article)
January 1, 2006... Norddeutsche, a German-based copper producer, claims that the subsidies some Asian countries are offering to import copper scrap makes it difficult for European scrap copper consumers to compete for material. During a metals and mining...

Fair trade, anyone? A Nucor executive offers his thoughts on the merits of and hindrances to free trade.(SCRAP METALS SUPPLEMENT)
January 1, 2006... A Political pundit friend of mine recently opined that 15 percent of the American population is on the extreme right of issues, 15 percent is on the extreme left and the rest of us are somewhere between. It would appear that similar divisions...

Ferrous scrap EAF facility map: a map of the largest EAF steelmaking facilities in the United States.(SCRAP METALS SUPPLEMENT)(Directory)
January 1, 2006... CANADIAN MILLS Altasteel Ltd. Edmonton, Alberta 375,000 T/yr. Gerdau AmeriSteel Whitby, Ont. 960,000 T/yr. Gerdau AmeriSteel Cambridge, Ont. 360,000 T/yr. Gerdau MRM Steel Selkirk, Manitoba...

White line fever: for shippers of scrap, the transportation market is a mad, mad, mad, mad world.(SCRAP METALS SUPPLEMENT)
January 1, 2006... Throughout the past several years, the movie It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, starring Spencer Tracy, Jim Backus and several comedians, has reflected the transportation issues of today. The comparison makes sense: In today's transportation...

ATA revises diesel fuel costs estimates.(SCRAP METALS SUPPLEMENT)
January 1, 2006... The American Trucking Associations (ATA), based in Alexandria, Va., has revised the trucking industry's 2004 fuel costs and projected an increase in the amount expected to be spent on fuel in 2005. Despite recent dips in diesel and gasoline...

Cruising altitude: spending by commercial airlines and defense departments is creating a strong demand for specialty metals.(SCRAP METALS SUPPLEMENT)
January 1, 2006... Considered together, the commercial airline business, military spending and the titanium markets have a considerable impact on the scrap markets. For companies that process and trade vacuum-prepared scrap high-temperature alloys, titanium...

Perryman boosts melt capacity.(SCRAP METALS SUPPLEMENT)
January 1, 2006... Perryman Co. has begun construction on an integration project that will create melting operations using both electron beam and vacuum-arc remelt technologies. The facility, which is being built in California, Pa., is expected to be...

End of the line: discarded cars are the lifeblood for Schnitzer Steel Industries subsidiary Pick-n-Pull.(SCRAP METALS SUPPLEMENT)
January 1, 2006... Recyclers know well that there is an afterlife for dead cars. Once the last cough of exhaust exits the tailpipe, these vehicles are ready for their second careers. For some vehicles, it begins when a tractor-trailer loaded with eight retired...

Keeping it real: recyclers turn to container tracking systems to improve operational efficiencies.(SCRAP METALS SUPPLEMENT)
January 1, 2006... Like many other industries, some scrap recycling companies are turning to more sophisticated equipment and communication devices to help improve their bottom lines. Because transportation is always a huge wild card for any business, some...

A can-do attitude: the metal can's reputation for recyclability and energy efficiency keeps it a popular choice for food and beverage packaging.(SCRAP METALS SUPPLEMENT)
January 1, 2006... The metal can has long been a standby in our pantries and refrigerators. While many consumers say they feel the containers offer convenience and security, they also recognize the inherent recyclability of steel and aluminum. What consumers may...

Tracking the trends.(PackExpo packaging industry tradeshow)
January 1, 2006... Consumer packaging research from the Aluminum Association and the Can Manufacturers Institute was offered as part of a presentation titled "Innovations and New Markets in Aluminum Beverage Containers" at PackExpo, a packaging industry tradeshow...

Industry terms: glossary of scrap and metals.(SCRAP METALS SUPPLEMENT)(Glossary)
January 1, 2006... Automobile Shredder--A hammermilt-style shredder large enough to shred whole cars into fist-sized chunks in less than a minute. Automotive Shredder Residue (ASR)--The material left over after an automobile has been shredded and the ferrous...

Trade associations: a directory of select metals industry.(SCRAP METALS SUPPLEMENT)(Directory)
January 1, 2006... The Aluminum Association 1525 Wilson Blvd., Suite 600 Arlington, Va. 22209 Ph: (703) 358-2960 Fax: (703) 358-2961 Web Site: www.aluminum.org Aluminum Extruders Council 1000 N Rand Rd., Suite 214 Wauconda, IL 60084 ...

Designs on the future: designing for recycling encourages manufacturers to plan for the end of their products' lives.
January 1, 2006... Smart investors know it's never a bad idea to plan for the future. The smartest seem to know that it's never too early to start. Many manufacturers are starting to take a similar forward-looking attitude toward their products Whether...

Hidden treasures: electronics recyclers strive for profitable and environmentally friendly homes for end-of-life electronics.(ELECTRONICS RECYCLING REPORT)
January 1, 2006... Today's dynamic electronics marketplace has created unique challenges and opportunities involving the reuse, remarketing and recycling of electronic scrap and surplus inventory. With commodity prices at near record highs and innovative...

Calendar.(Calendar)
January 1, 2006... Jan. 15-18 C&D World, Miami, Construction Materials Recycling Association, (800) 456-0707 or www. cdworldshow.com Jan. 22-24 Aluminum Symposium 2006, Miami Lakes, Fla., Platts, (866) 830-5257 or www.aluminum.platts.com Feb....

John Deere wheeled loaders.(PRODUCTS)
January 1, 2006... * Models 544J and 624J have been updated to provide improved productivity in waste and scrap handling applications * Quad-Cool system features side-by-side coolers to allow for easy access when cleaning * Hydraulically driven swing-out fan...

Lukas LSI 400E cutting tool.(PRODUCTS)
January 1, 2006... * Hand-held hydraulic cutting tool designed for the rigors of the recycling field and other industrial applications * Lightweight cutter features an aluminum cylinder body and offers high cutting frequency * Requires minimal maintenance and...

Busch centralized office recycling cart system.(PRODUCTS)
January 1, 2006... * Ergonomic cart system for centralized recycling and waste collection * Ideal for collecting and sorting recyclables * Heavy-duty steel frame with dual handles maneuvers easily through narrow hallways and tight corners *...

Couple tours Italy on Sierra.
January 1, 2006... Marty Rusk of Corrugated Services, Forney, Texas, was the winner of a recent drawing for a trip for two to Italy sponsored by Sierra International Machinery, Bakersfield, Calif., and Macpresse Europa, Milan. Marty and his wife Carla won a...

What a little incentive can yield.(Massachusetts WasteWise Waste Reduction Leadership Awards )(Brief Article)
January 1, 2006... The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have presented the Massachusetts WasteWise Waste Reduction Leadership Awards to Lemuel Shattuck State Hospital and to Raytheon...

Now you're cooking.(California School of Culinary Arts Outstanding Recycler of 2005)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2006... The California School of Culinary Arts (CSCA) has concocted a successful recipe for easing its burden on the environment. The recycling and conservation efforts of the CSCA student body have diverted 35,000 pounds of recyclable materials...