Recycling Today articles from January 2007

Recycling Today archives from January 2007

Second chances.(opportunity to offenders )(Editorial)
January 1, 2007... Recyclers such as Tony McCarthy, whose Florida company was featured in the December 2006 issue of Recycling Today, and Randy Castriota, whose Pennsylvania company is profiled in this issue's Scrap Metals Supplement, have offered second chances...

Correction.(Correction notice)
January 1, 2007... In the feature titled "Aluminum Engine" in the Municipal Recycling Supplement of the December 2006 issue of Recycling Today, the total number of aluminum cans made in the United States in 2005 was misstated as 99.2 million. The number should be...

Houston police crack down on metals theft.(prevent theft of scrap metals)(Brief article)
January 1, 2007... The Houston Police Department has undertaken an operation geared toward reducing scrap metal theft in the city. Like many other large and small cities, Houston has seen scrap metal thefts explode during the past year. According to Vicki...

Onex acquires Tube City IMS.(Onex Corp.)(Brief article)
January 1, 2007... Onex Corp., based in Toronto, has agreed to acquire Tube City IMS Corp., Glassport, Pa., a provider of outsourced services to steel mills, in a transaction valued at about $720 million. Tube City IMS, operating at 66 steel mills throughout...

Smorgon Steel acquires Maine's IMR.(SCRAP INDUSTRY NEWS)
January 1, 2007... Smorgon Steel Group Ltd., headquartered in Australia, is acquiring the operating assets of Industrial Metal Recycling (IMR) for an undisclosed sum. IMR (which was profiled in the July 2003 issue of Recycling Today magazine) operates four...

Maine town chooses mandatory recycling.(MUNICIPAL RECYCLING)(Brief article)
January 1, 2007... Voters in Hollis, Maine, opted for curbside trash collection and mandatory recycling when they went to the polls this November, with 55 percent of residents selecting the option over curbside trash collection with voluntary recycling or a...

Company plans to build recycling plant in Indiana.(MUNICIPAL RECYCLING)
January 1, 2007... Transfer Development Corp. LLC has announced that it will build a recycling facility in Waterloo, Ind., to provide recycling and transfer services. Construction of the facility, which is expected to cost $8.2 million, is scheduled to start...

Kentucky city expands recycling program.(MUNICIPAL RECYCLING)(Brief article)
January 1, 2007... The city of Louisville, Ky., is expanding its citywide recycling program to include plastics No. 3 through No. 7. The material will be accepted through curbside and condominium collections and at various drop-off locations The city also is...

Happier new year.
January 1, 2007... After retreating for two consecutive months, prices paid by mills for ferrous scrap rebounded in early December, providing hope for processors who like to see higher prices that can bring out more scrap. With 2006 pricing concluded, the...

A shiny time for nickel.(NONFERROUS)(Texas Pacific Group acquires Aleris International Inc.)(market for nickel on the rise)
January 1, 2007... Nickel scrap continues to shine in the market, even as some of the other nonferrous grades have slipped throughout the past several months. One East Coast trader notes that demand remains strong as domestic consumers attempt to reduce...

More of the same.(paper recycling)
January 1, 2007... Sources report little change in either direction for the recovered fiber market as 2006 winds down and the industry prepares to begin a new fiscal year. Prices for old corrugated containers (OCC) have remained stable, with minor variances...

Private equity firm acquires paper mill.(PAPER)
January 1, 2007... Private equity firm Palm Beach Capital, through one of its investment entities, has acquired Atlas Paper Mills. The acquisition is the seventh for the company as of November of 2006. Atlas Paper Mills, located in Hialeah, Fla., manufactures...

Sonoco closing Ontario tube and core plant.(PAPER)
January 1, 2007... Sonoco will close its Brantford, Ontario, tube and core plant by the end of 2006. The company's paper mill and corporate offices in Brantford will not be affected by this closure. The closing is part of Sonoco's plans to reduce its cost...

Off key.(PLASTICS)(recycled plastics market)
January 1, 2007... Secondary plastics enjoyed good markets on balance in 2006, though the year ended on a somewhat sour note for a few grades. Pricing for plastic film, or LDPE, has declined slightly during the last several months. According to a source based...

NCER, Amandi Services receive grant.(ELECTRONICS RECYCLING)(The National Center for Electronics Recycling and Amandi Services get finance from West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection)(Brief article)
January 1, 2007... The National Center for Electronics Recycling (NCER), Davisville, W. Va., and Amandi Services, based in Hallstead, Pa., have announced that they were awarded $56,200 through the Rehabilitation Environmental Action Plan (REAP) of the West...

Bond supports C&D recycling facility project.(C & D NEWS)(MassDevelopment, Devens Recycling Center LLC, construction and demolition)(Brief article)
January 1, 2007... MassDevelopment has announced the closing of a $12 million tax-exempt bond issue for Devens Recycling Center LLC (DRC) at a groundbreaking ceremony. DRC, state and elected officials joined local business leaders at the 11-acre site in...

Karl Schmidt announces partnerships.(EQUIPMENT REPORT)
January 1, 2007... Karl W. Schmidt & Associates Inc. (KWS), Commerce City, Colo., has announced its new sales and service partnership with Redwave, a division of Austria-based BT-Wolfgang Binder GmbH, and Redox Technologies of The Netherlands. Redwave is a...

US shredder and castings assists in Rifkin upgrade.(Rifkin Scrap Iron and Metal Co.)(US Shredder and Castings Group)(Brief article)
January 1, 2007... Rifkin Scrap Iron and Metal Co. of Saginaw, Mich., has selected US Shredder and Castings Group, Brookhaven, Miss., to supply the conveyors for its new nonferrous cleaning system. The system, which is designed to greatly increase the...

Metal management installs Wendt Heavy shredder.(Wendt Corp.'s shredder installed at Metal Management Inc.)(Brief article)
January 1, 2007... Wendt Corp., Tonawanda, N.Y., has announced that Metal Management Inc., headquartered in Chicago, has selected a Wendt Heavy shredder for its Newark, N.J., yard. The installation will feature a Wendt 130 Heavy shredder with disc rotor and...

Accountable for success: a new leadership team and robust demand for recovered fiber add up to a bright future for Weyerhaeuser Co.(Cover story)
January 1, 2007... With today's technology, communication should be simple. Business people in the 21st century have access to more personal communication devices than ever before, from cell phones and Blackberrys to laptop computers, all designed to keep the...

Roaring skyward: military aircraft spending provides the boost to surging aerospace alloy values.(COMMODITY FOCUS)(Statistical data)
January 1, 2007... Today the world is in the midst of a major military spending spree caused by terrorist attacks and each country's need for security and defense. The United States, which is currently waging major military campaigns in Afghanistan and Iraq,...

Substitution patterns.(2007 SCRAP METALS SUPPLEMENT)(Brief article)
January 1, 2007... Coaches of basketball, ice hockey and several other team sports must put some of their strategic thinking into substitution patterns--when to put new players in and when to let the starters return. Manufacturers and designers of products...

Nimble players: EAF steel producers are exploring a number of options to remain nimble players in the worldwide steel industry.(electric arc furnace)(Industry overview)
January 1, 2007... Whether they join the consolidation craze or focus on niche markets, many of the electric arc furnace operations in the United States are facing growing pressure from consolidators. When Mittal Steel announced its plans to acquire Arcelor...

New perspective: General Motors has discovered a strategic metal mine: its scrap.(2007 SCRAP METALS SUPPLEMENT)
January 1, 2007... In spite of the concern about General Motors recently caused by the very public breakdown in the Kirk Kerkorian-sponsored "alliance negotiations" with Renault-Nissan and the potential for a brutal proxy battle over it down the road, I am...

Open valve: red metals scrap flows to destinations within the United States as well as to overseas consumers.(2007 SCRAP METALS SUPPLEMENT)(copper and bronze scrap)
January 1, 2007... Copper and brass scrap has continued to flow to some of its traditional homes in North America, such as brass mills and foundries, but it has also been flowing in record amounts to overseas consuming destinations. Domestically, the copper...

Lessons learned: Randy Castriota shows a willingness to learn as he establishes a first-generation scrap company.(2007 SCRAP METALS SUPPLEMENT)(Castriota Metals & Recycling)(Biography)
January 1, 2007... Many of the established scrap-recycling companies operating this decade have roots that trace back three or even four generations. However, the industry has by no means closed itself off to entrepreneurs, as the story of Randy Castriota and...

Cashing in: the Cans for Cash City Recycling Challenge is helping bring attention, and funding, to aluminum can recycling.(2007 SCRAP METALS SUPPLEMENT)(Alcan, United States Conference of Mayors)
January 1, 2007... Despite the inherent value of aluminum cans, a significant number are lost to the landfill each year. This represents nearly $1 billion in buried value. In an effort to address this loss, Alcan began the Cans for Cash program in 2004 in...

Winning effort: in St. Louis, Cash's Scrap Metal helped clear the way for the new stadium that hosted a championship season.(2007 SCRAP METALS SUPPLEMENT)(Cash's Scrap Metal & Iron)
January 1, 2007... Everyone likes to take part in a winning effort, especially one that is followed by millions of people around the world. Although their role was most often behind the scenes, Stuart Block and the employees of Cash's Scrap Metal & Iron, St....

Shredder switch: a number of shredder operators are switching from diesel engines to electric motors.
January 1, 2007... Natural gas and diesel engines are utilized on many small to medium shredders, typically on 60-inch to 80-inch size mills. There are also some installed with 98-inch mills. Companies chose gas engines because they were cost effective, based...

Taking the lead: Art Kroot of The Kroot Corp. prefers to be proactive when it comes to environmental compliance.(2007 SCRAP METALS SUPPLEMENT)(August Mack Environmental Inc. helps in following environmental regulations)(Company overview)
January 1, 2007... In June of 2005, USA Today named Columbus, Ind., one of "10 Great Places to Discover Midwest Charm." The city is nationally recognized by the American Institute for Architects for its architectural innovation and contemporary structures. In...

Bottled-up tension: bio-based plastics could potentially reduce petroleum consumption, but recyclers fear the effects such bottles could have on the PET recycling infrastructure.(NatureWorks LLC)
January 1, 2007... Innovation is seldom without controversy, and the recycling industry has definitely seen its share of both in recent years, from single-stream recycling to polylactide acid (PLA) plastic, a new bio-based polymer made from corn dextrose,...

The gold standard: a hidden gold rush is taking place within the electronics recycling sector.
January 1, 2007... In September 2006, an interesting meeting took place in Bentonville, Ark., near the headquarters of the world's largest retailer of jewelry. What was interesting was that the meeting was between competitors, adversaries and opportunists....

In Memoriam: Martin L. Wilhelm.(passed away)(Obituary)(Brief article)
January 1, 2007... Marty Wilhelm, an owner of Youngstown (Ohio) Iron & Metal Inc. and Atlas Recycling Inc. died suddenly in a car accident in mid-November. Wilhelm, who was 47 when he died, was in the Caribbean nation of Trinidad & Tobago on a scrap buying trip...

Atlas Copco CC1700 hydraulic attachment.(PRODUCTS)
January 1, 2007... * Provides 220 tons of cutting force at the jaw tip * Features a single-pin jaw retention design that improves tool visibility for operators, decreases total unit weight and reduces the time to switch between sets of cutting jaws *...

Toratec Ecosort MSS.(PRODUCTS)
January 1, 2007... * Select induction sensors scan material, detecting metals and sorting them out * Compact design features the latest processors and fast valve technology * Available in different widths * Simple integration into existing systems...

PC scale monitoring module.(PRODUCTS)
January 1, 2007... * Scale Monitoring Module facilitates audit scale activity by logging ticketed and non-ticketed weighments * Customized reports are available in addition to the standard Scale Log, Ticket-to-Scale-Log-Comparision and...

FlipScreen.(PRODUCTS)
January 1, 2007... * Portable screening attachment designed for earthmoving, construction, demolition, public works, recycling and mining industries * The Australian-made attachment is a two-part bucket similar in size and shape to an earthmoving bucket with...

Genesis Versi Pro.(PRODUCTS)
January 1, 2007... * Designed to be used with 65- to 80-hp skid steers and compact excavators from 10,000 to 15,000-pound range * Comes with a choice of three jaw sets--grapple, shear and concrete cracking jaws, with additional jaw sets to be added * Jaw...

Superior signals straight shot rear vision system.(PRODUCTS)
January 1, 2007... * Available in color or black and white and in one- or two-camera systems * Includes a 5.6-inch stationary monitor * Cameras provide 130-degree-wide angle live view of side and rear blind spots * High-resolution allows visibility...

Recycling program drops anchor.(Brief article)
January 1, 2007... The U.S. Navy base in Philadelphia, consisting of Naval Support Activity Philadelphia and the Philadelphia Naval Business Center (PNBC) has launched a new desk-side recycling program. Beginning in early October, the Qualified Recycling...

Greener acres.(BACK PAGE)(Ed Begley Jr. and Rachelle Carson star in Living with Ed)(Brief article)
January 1, 2007... It's not easy being green, as environmentalist and actor Ed Begley Jr.'s wife Rachelle Carson can attest. The couple is featured in a new series on HGTV titled "Living with Ed," which documents the conflicts that can arise when two people...

Cataloging change at Limited Brands.(forest protection policy)(Brief article)
January 1, 2007... Limited Brands, the parent company of Victoria's Secret, has revealed a new forest protection policy for its paper sourcing that includes several environmental measures and ensures that the pulp for the company's catalog paper will not come...