Recycling Today articles from July 2006

Recycling Today archives from July 2006

A remarkable journey.(editor's focus)(recycling industry)(Editorial)(Personal account)
July 1, 2006... It's increasingly difficult to find a recycler who has not shipped a load of material to China. Whether it's ferrous or nonferrous metal or paper and plastic, Chinese buyers are some of the most active in the market. Even if you are one of the...

Metal Mgmt. acquires omnisource plant.(SCRAP INDUSTRY NEWS)
July 1, 2006... Chicago-based Metal Management Inc. has announced the acquisition of a recycling facility in East Chicago, Ind., from OmniSource Corp. The financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. Under the terms of the agreement, Metal...

MSA comments on Nucor departure from RMDAS.(SCRAP INDUSTRY NEWS)
July 1, 2006... Charlotte, N.C.-based Nucor Steel's decision to withdraw from Management Science Associates' (MSA) Raw Material Data Aggregation Service (RMDAS) scrap pricing service has not changed MSA's development of the program, according to two executives...

Which Arcelor merger is in the works?(SCRAP INDUSTRY NEWS)
July 1, 2006... As of press time, shares of Luxembourg-based Arcelor have been suspended for trading while the company's board sorts out its merger options. A surprise announcement that Arcelor is working with Russia-based Severstal on a merger followed...

Dallas thinks single stream.(municipal recycling)(Brief article)
July 1, 2006... A recent Dallas City Council discussion focused on an idea that might allow the city to become a municipal recycling leader. According to the plan presented to the city council, recyclables would be commingled into a single container and...

Maine opts for single-stream program.(municipal recycling)(Brief article)
July 1, 2006... The 21 owner-municipalities of Regional Waste Systems (RWS) have voted to bring single-stream recycling to Maine after studying the prospect for nearly two years. RWS Chairman Jeffrey Jordan of South Portland, Maine, says, "This is an...

Pennsylvania awards grant funds.(Brief article)
July 1, 2006... Pennsylvania has awarded 116 grants totaling $20 million to municipal recycling programs in the state. The projects will contribute significantly to the state's economic growth and provide access to recycling services for some 10 million...

Summer balancing act.(recycling industry)
July 1, 2006... Scrap recyclers are sensing a bit of a summer swoon setting in, but it may be an even-handed swoon among scrap generators, buyers and sellers that will ultimately have little impact on pricing. A Texas recycler describes flow into his yard...

RMDAS index shows price gains.(monthly scrap price index)(Raw Material Data Aggregation Service)
July 1, 2006... June purchasing by steel mills, based on RMDAS data, shows that mills in all regions of the country paid several dollars more per ton for ferrous scrap, with Prompt Industrial Grades leading the way. Mills paid an average of $31 per ton more...

Anybody's guess.(nonferrous market)
July 1, 2006... Markets for nonferrous grades continue to defy prognosticators, analysts and scrap dealers. Even as prices have increased sharply during the past several months, the direction of the market is still uncertain. In contacting several larger...

OCC shows strength.(old corrugated containers)
July 1, 2006... The recovered paper market in general is picking up steam, lead by old corrugated containers (OCC). Demand for the grade is strong domestically and overseas, with a general $5 per ton increase in the Midwest. Export prices for OCC are hovering...

Feeding the paper dragon.(PAPER)
July 1, 2006... As the manufacturing sector continues to boom in China, record amounts of recovered fiber are being exported there to help produce boxboard and other paper. A presentation by Ranjit Baxi of J&H Sales International Ltd., London, at the...

Off its peak.(evaluation of plastic market)
July 1, 2006... While secondary plastics are still enjoying healthy demand, pricing for post-consumer resins continues to decline, while post-industrial material remains steady. "The market is still good; there is a lot of material being traded," a...

China's hunger.(demand for plastic scrap )(Brief article)
July 1, 2006... China's demand for plastic scrap will continue to increase according to a speaker at the BIR Plastics Committee meeting during the organization's May conference in Beijing. David Wong of CB Holdings, Hong Kong, said that China imported more...

Itec plant prepares to ramp up production.(Itec Environmental Group Inc.)(Brief article)
July 1, 2006... Itec Environmental Group Inc., based in Oakdale, Calif., has announced that it has begun recycling operations at its Riverbank, Calif., plant. According to a press release from the company, the Riverbank plant has begun operating one...

Pennsylvania conducts scrap tire demonstration projects.(Brief article)
July 1, 2006... Pennsylvania has invested $700,000 in scrap-tire-reuse demonstration projects that could rid the state of 500,000 discarded tires while rehabilitating rural roads. Penn State University's Center for Dirt and Gravel Road Studies is using...

Redemtech opens Amsterdam plant.(Brief article)
July 1, 2006... Redemtech, a Columbus, Ohio-based provider of IT asset management services, has announced the opening of a new "Technology Change Management Center" (TOM) in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The 7,200-square-foot plant employs 50 people and serves...

Noranda recycling receives ISO certification.(Noranda Recycling Inc.)(International Standards Organization )(Brief article)
July 1, 2006... Noranda Recycling Inc. has announced that its Brampton, Ontario, Canada, electronics recycling facility has been ISO 14001 certified, joining four of the company's other ISO 14001-certified North American facilities. "We are extremely...

Clark realty recognized for demo recycling Achievements.(Clark Realty Builders)(Brief article)
July 1, 2006... Clark Realty Builders, a real estate company based in Bethesda, Md., with a West Coast regional office in San Diego, has been honored by the San Diego Environmental Services Department as 2006 Waste Reduction & Diversion Recycler of the Year....

Maine BEP approves tighter biomass controls.(Board of Environmental Protection)(Brief article)
July 1, 2006... The Maine Board of Environmental Protection (BEP) has approved tighter restrictions on the use of wood construction and demolition debris in biomass energy plants, according to the Bangor Daily News (Bangor, Maine). The board has enacted...

Hearings resume on Serota proposal.(construction and demolition debris recycling facility in Oceanside)(Brief article)
July 1, 2006... Hearings on Serota Properties' proposed construction and demolition debris recycling facility in Oceanside, N.Y., have resumed after being postponed in February, according to a report in the Oceanside/Island Park Herald (Oceanside, N.Y.). ...

Karl W. Schmidt introduces shear take-away system.(Karl W. Schmidt and Associates Inc.)(Brief article)
July 1, 2006... Karl W. Schmidt and Associates Inc. (KWS), Commerce City, Colo., has installed its Shear Take-Away System at Rocky Mountain Recycling in Denver. The new system includes a vibratory conveyor, an inspection conveyor and a 60-foot radial...

Metso veteran starts new company.(Metso Lindemann)(Metso Texas Shredder)(US Shredder and Castings Group)(Brief article)
July 1, 2006... Bill Tigner, former vice president and general manager of Metso Lindemann of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and then vice president of sales and marketing for Metso Texas Shredder, has launched US Shredder and Castings Group. The company provides...

Al-jon announces installations.(Al-Jon Inc.)(Brief article)
July 1, 2006... Al-jon Inc., Ottumwa, Iowa, has announced a number of recent equipment installations. Knoxville Metals of Knoxville, Tenn., and Second Chance Salvage of Fort Pierce, Fla., recently installed AI-jon 5800L car loggers. These portable loggers...

Van Dyk places single-stream system with TFC recycling.(Van Dyk Baler Corp)(Tidewater Fibre Corp)(Brief article)
July 1, 2006... Van Dyk Baler Corp., Stamford, Conn., has announced that TFC Recycling, formerly Tidewater Fibre Corp., Chesapeake, Va., has purchased its third Bollegraaf Single Stream Sorting System. The automated system includes seven TiTech optical...

Harris adds distributor.(Harris Waste Management Group)(Norton Equipment Co.)(Brief article)
July 1, 2006... Harris Waste Management Group, Peachtree City, Ga., has named Norton Equipment Co., Byhalia, Miss., as its new distributor serving Mississippi, Louisiana and western Tennessee. The distributorship includes sales and service for all...

Heating things up: Shanghai Sigma Metals has quickly become a leading American aluminum scrap.(Company overview)
July 1, 2006... The bales of siding and aluminum sheet sit row after row, stacked four high and surrounding buildings and even the three-hole golf course at the Shanghai Sigma Metals Inc. manufacturing complex in China's largest city. Sigma Metals...

Coming full circle: finally, the business case for plastic film recycling is overwhelming. So why isn't it more prevalent?(commodity focus)
July 1, 2006... Today, too few companies are aware that their plastic film scrap is not only an economic resource but a strategic one. The key to acceptance will be a shift in the mindset of executives to understand that this material is not garbage, not just...

Winds of change.(Electronics recycling industry)
July 1, 2006... The electronics recycling industry continues to evolve, adapting to challenging market conditions. The federal legislature has yet to adopt comprehensive legislation governing the disposal of obsolete electronics, so state legislatures continue...

Reliable reputation: the Taggart brothers have made ECS Recycling and United Datatech Distributors respected names in the electronics recycling industry.(Company overview)
July 1, 2006... Much has changed since Jim and Ken Taggart established ECS Refining and United Datatech Distributors in California's Silicon Valley to serve the destruction and remarketing needs of the areas high-tech manufacturers. While manufacturing in the...

Realizing our best intentions: an electronics recycler offers his thoughts on the importance of life cycle management.
July 1, 2006... In today's technology-driven business landscape, life cycle management is as critical to productivity as paying the electric bill. Deploying the right equipment to the right place at the right time is less than half the challenge; confidential...

Audit prep 101: an electronics recycling company provides suggestions for preparing for a third-party audit.
July 1, 2006... As competition in the electronics recycling industry increases, so does the need for clear and open environmental health and safety practices. In a segment with such low barriers to entry, top-tier companies must make vigilant efforts to...

On the upswing: has the domestic steel industry learned its lessons?(steel industry report)
July 1, 2006... For anyone looking at the stock market throughout the past year, it may come as a surprise, but US Steel has been one of the big gainers. Throughout the past five years, Pittsburgh-based US Steel has posted a return of around 200 percent, far...

Thrown away: a Georgia waste study reveals opportunities for public-private sector partnerships to recover recyclable commodities before they go to landfills.(municipal recycling update)(Statistical table)
July 1, 2006... Since the inception of the first municipal recycling programs, environmentalists have touted the ecological benefits of recycling. Recycling program managers have spent decades bouncing catch phrases like "sustainability" and the rallying cry...

Taking flight: recyclers take to the air to attend this spring's numerous industry conferences.(recycling industry conferences)
July 1, 2006... Robust markets led to a busy travel season for many recyclers this spring, with many conferences and trade shows boasting strong attendance. WasteExpo took place in Las Vegas in early April, with more than 11,000 in attendance. Also in...

Atlas Copco announces staff appointments.(Atlas Copco is a international industrial group )(Brief article)
July 1, 2006... Atlas Copco Construction Tools Inc. has appointed Rich Elliott, Richie Rose and Tim Hesskew to new regional sales territories. The company has also hired Todd Francis as regional sales manager. Elliott is regional sales manager for...

Metso Texas shredder promotes Lawrence.(Metso Texas Shredder Inc)(Brief article)
July 1, 2006... Metso Texas Shredder Inc., San Antonio, has promoted Denny Lawrence, previously regional sales manager for the industrial Midwest, to general sales manager of shredders. He replaces Denny Schreck, who has left Metso Texas Shredder to join...

Calendar.(Conferences and conventions)(Calendar)
July 1, 2006... Aug. 26-30 9th Annual Texas Recycling and Sustainability Summit, Corpus Christi, Texas, Recycling Alliance of Texas, www.recycletx.com, cister@sbcglobal.net or (512) 473-3217 Sept. 8-10 PARTS 2006 Annual Convention & Trade Expo,...

Allied-gator MT SERIES Mag Extension.(PRODUCTS)
July 1, 2006... * Enables an excavator to perform the functions of a dedicated material handler equipped with a magnet * Allows the magnet to achieve a unique range of motion * Uses a patent-pending UCS Technology found in the MT Series Multi-Tool...

GEHL 7810E skid loader.(PRODUCTS)
July 1, 2006... * Powered by a Cummins 99-hp, turbo-charged diesel engine with high torque * Load capacity rated at 3,850 pounds * Lift capacity of nearly 12 feet * Features vertical-lift linkage to provide consistent forward reach throughout the...

Nexgen RAZ-R mobile shears.(PRODUCTS)
July 1, 2006... * Six models available, providing from 600 to 1,800 tons of cutting force * No need for foundations * Continuous loading and automatic cutting * Gravity fed for high throughout * No shear operator required * Adjustable...

Precision air convey acoustical 90.(PRODUCTS)
July 1, 2006... * 90-degree radius elbow engineered as a sound attenuation device * Reduces sound pressure levels created during the cutting and evacuating of film, foil and paper as well as other material * Can be custom engineered or retrofitted on...

Link-belt 600 LX material handler.(PRODUCTS)
July 1, 2006... * Purpose-built machine designed for scrap and barge customers * Features turntable bearings designed to withstand torsional stresses encountered in heavy loading and high-duty-cycle operations * X-pattern undercarriage and oversized...

Paper Retriever fetches car for recycling coordinator.(Retriever Customer Recycling Coordinators Sweepstakes)(Brief article)
July 1, 2006... Paper recycler Abitibi-Consolidated, headquartered in Montreal, has awarded John Wade of Walpole, Mass., with a 2006 Honda Civic hybrid. He is the grand prize winner in the first Abitibi Paper Retriever Customer Recycling Coordinators...

OfficeMax launches ink initiative.(OfficeMax Ink program)(Brief article)
July 1, 2006... OfficeMax, based in Itasca, Ill., has announced the launch of its company-wide Ink Initiative. The OfficeMax Ink program involves installing Ink Filling Station kiosks in nearly 900 of its stores by the fall of 2006, enabling customers to...

Kitchen appliance aims to help users recycle at home.(Recycling Machine)(Brief article)
July 1, 2006... InventHelp, an inventor service company located in Pittsburgh, has announced that one of its clients, an inventor from Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, has designed a patented "Recycling Machine" that stores recyclables in homes. Consisting of a...

More power, less plastic.(BACK PAGE)
July 1, 2006... Unilever United States has introduced a new laundry detergent that promises to fight stains while being kind to the environment. All Small & Mighty "3X" concentrated detergent uses less than half of the plastic of a typical 100-ounce bottle...