Recycling Today articles from March 2003

Recycling Today archives from March 2003

In with the new. (Editor's Focus).(Recycling Today redesigns magazine )(Editorial)
March 1, 2003... Makeovers are all the rage, if cable television programming is any indication. Weekly programs detailing interior remodeling tasks, landscaping projects and complete wardrobe overhauls are among the prime time cable choices gaining public...

The nation's landfill? (Letters).
March 1, 2003... As it stands right now, Ohio as a whole, has 17 years of sited landfill space available. While citizens and businesses continue to do a good job in recycling and finding new uses for what was once thought of as "throw-aways," our available...

Designing for recycling. (Scrap Industry News).(Len Shaw addresses Canadian Association of Recycling Industries session)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... Scrap recyclers have been making a living for centuries, notes Len Shaw, executive director of the Canadian Association of Recycling Industries (CARI), but product designers can make the process more difficult when unwelcome materials are used....

Costs of consolidation. (Scrap Industry News).
March 1, 2003... Consolidation is proposed as the solution to the steel industry's problems. But Phillip Casey, CEO of Gerdau AmeriSteel Corp., Tampa, Fla., says there is nothing easy about the process of consolidation. "I can assure you, there is all...

Advanced recycling to add fourth location. (Scrap Industry News).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... Advanced Recycling, Concord, N.H., has announced the construction of a greenfield site in Claremont, N.H., that will serve as the company's fourth scrap recycling location. Advanced, part of Max Cohen & Sons Inc., is constructing a...

Scrap and steel's common ground. (Scrap Industry News).(Monty Parker Sr. addresses Steel Scrap 101 conference)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... If the organizers of scrap and steel industry dialog events were to appoint a spokesperson, it just might be Monty Parker Sr., vice president of procurement and rail transportation with the CMC Steel Group, Seguin, Texas. Parker, who was...

Councilman proposes ambitious recycling program. (Municipal Recycling).(Kansas City Councilman James Rowland)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... Kansas City Councilman James Rowland has proposed a new program that may help the city's 500,000 residents reach greater recycling levels and reduce the amount of solid waste by 25 percent. Rowland hopes the city will adopt the RecycleFIRST...

NYC to resume recycling of plastics. (Municipal Recycling).(New York City)
March 1, 2003... New York City is in the process of finalizing a contract with Hugo Neu Schnitzer East that will bring plastic recycling back to the city after the Bloomberg administration suspended it in July 2002 because of budgetary reasons. According...

Quarry Tile Co. joins LinkUp. (Municipal Recycling).(joins King County LinkUp program)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... Quarry Tile Company, Spokane, has joined the King County LinkUp program. Quarry Tile manufactures EcoTile, a ceramic tile made of roughly 70 percent recycled materials. Eco-Tile is made using a combination of recycled glass, recycled...

Recycling thrives in downtown boise. (Municipal Recycling).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... The recycling program in downtown Boise, Idaho, diverted more than two tons of recyclables from the Ada County landfill in 2002, according to a report in the Idaho Statesman. The downtown recycling program has eight permanent recycling...

Honolulu mayor seeks to implement curbside recycling. (Municipal Recycling).(Jeremy Harris)
March 1, 2003... Honolulu, Hawaii, Mayor Jeremy Harris is seeking to combat the island of O'ahu's waste problem with monthly residential recycling collections and automated collection of green waste. According to a news item in the Honolulu Advertiser,...

Shipping out. (Ferrous).(ferrous scrap export and price data)
March 1, 2003... Export markets continue to grab the attention of ferrous scrap dealers. Demand from China in particular has been credited with providing strength to the ferrous markets, although mills at other overseas destinations are also part of the mix....

EAF productivity reported. (Ferrous).(electric arc furnace steel mills, Steel Scrap 101 Seminar )
March 1, 2003... Europe and Asia operate more of the world's larger electric arc furnace (EAF) steel mills, but North America fares well in the productivity it squeezes from its capacity. That was one finding that Jerry Goodwald, a vice president with...

Chemistry class. (Ferrous).(Dick Jaffre addresses Steel Scrap 101 Seminar )
March 1, 2003... "Keep nonferrous scrap out of the ferrous loads" is probably the most important rule for shippers of ferrous scrap who want to avoid downgrades and rejections based on scrap chemistry. While there are some general rules that apply to all...

Ready to rumble? (Nonferrous).(copper scrap prices)
March 1, 2003... Throughout the ferrous scrap pricing downturn, veterans remained certain that the price would eventually rebound, and many certainly changed their buying and selling patterns predicated upon that idea. Certainly, many of those same...

Ormet goes back to work. (Nonferrous).(Ormet Aluminum Corp. ends strike)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... Workers at the Friendly, W.Va., Ormet Aluminum Corp. scrap aluminum melting plant have ended a strike that temporarily disrupted production. The three-week strike ended after a new labor agreement was reached between managers and union...

Metal management makes stainless move. (Nonferrous).(Metal Management Inc. announces plans to double locations)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... Metal Management Inc., Chicago, has announced plans to more than double the number of its company locations that buy, process and sell stainless steel scrap. Albert Cozzi, the company's chairman and CEO says, "The company has historically...

Noranda looks at scrap copper supply. (Nonferrous).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... A spokesperson for Noranda Inc., Toronto, says the company is planning to invest in a new recycling facility in Canada that will be dedicated to providing its Home, Quebec, smelter with a new source of recycling-derived material. The...

Is lead's loss silver's gain? (Nonferrous).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... The large-screen flat panel displays featured in many newer television sets compete with traditional televisions that use cathode ray tubes (CRTs), objects that make up an important end market for lead. If the screens gain in popularity at...

Spring renewal. (Paper).
March 1, 2003... Uncertainty over geopolitical issues may be the issue du jour, but most paperstock dealers feel that old corrugated containers (OCC) should show some solid improvements moving into the spring. Strong orders from offshore have helped fuel...

Waste management and Peltz forge alliance. (Paper).
March 1, 2003... Waste Management Inc., Houston, has re-organized part of its recycling division, forming the Recycle America Alliance. The newly formed company has affiliated its business with one of the largest privately owned paper recycling companies in the...

PA. Dep announces tire collection grants. (Nonmetallics).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Secretary David E. Hess has announced the availability of $250,000 in grant funding for the operation of scrap tire collection programs throughout the state. The grants are available to...

Minnesota study to determine scrap tire use. (Nonmetallics).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... The Minnesota Department of Transportation (DOT) and the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency are sponsoring a two-year, $150,000 study to determine if tire shreds can be used as lightweight fill for construction projects below the water table....

Greenman to establish Tennessee plant. (Nonmetallics).(GreenMan Technologies Inc.)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... GreenMan Technologies Inc., Lynnfield, Mass., has announced its intention to open a new high-volume tire processing plant in LaVergne, Tenn., southeast of Nashville. GreenMan Technologies of Tennessee Inc., a new wholly-owned subsidiary,...

Oil recycler leases California site. (Nonmetallics).(ITec Environmental Systems)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... ITec Environmental Systems, a division of ITec Environmental Group has signed a lease for a 6,900 square foot building in Oakdale, Calif. ITec corporate offices have relocated to the plant. "ITecES's new facility will provide us with the...

Owens-Illinois to build Colorado plant. (Nonmetallics).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... Owens-Illinois Inc. (O-I), headquartered in Toledo, Ohio, has announced that as part of a new expanded contract with Anheuser-Busch Inc., it will build a new glass container manufacturing plant to be the primary supplier to the Anheuser-Busch...

CCA seen as crucial issue. (C&D News).(chromated copper arsenate)
March 1, 2003... Wood treated with chromated copper arsenate (CCA) will present potential recycled wood products contamination, a regulator from the State of Florida told attendees of the C&D World conference in Fort Lauderdale. Laws are being passed in...

Critical mass. (C&D News).
March 1, 2003... Regulators, contractors and recyclers in Massachusetts now have less than 12 months to figure out how to recycle every bit of asphalt, brick, concrete and wood generated by C&D activities. A Bay State regulation banning the diposal of those...

HP rewards responsible electronics recycling. (Electronics Recycling).(Hewlett Packard)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... Hewlett Packard, Palo Alto, Calif., has introduced the HP Planet Partners e-Coupon program to encourage and reward the recycling of unwanted computer equipment. The program rewards consumers who recycle computer hardware from any...

Massachusetts politician re-introduces e-waste bill. (Electronics Recycling).(Massachusetts House member Mark Carron)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... Massachusetts House member Mark Carron has re-introduced a slightly modified electronics waste take back bill for the current session. According to a report in the Recycling Policy NewsBriefs E-mail Bulletin from Raymond Communications,...

Electronics summit coming to Boston. (Electronics Recycling).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... The International Association of Electronics Recyclers (IAER) and the Computer Society Technical Committee on Electronics and the Environment of the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.) presents the fourth Electronics...

Epson introduces recycling program. (Electronics Recycling).(Epson America Inc.)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... Epson America Inc., Long Beach, Calif., has launched a hardware recycling program it says will make electronics recycling easy and affordable for customers. The Web-based Epson Recycle Program is geared toward people without convenient...

EPA plugs in. (Electronics Recycling).(Environmental Protection Agency launches recycling campaign)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has kicked off a campaign called Plug-In To Recycling designed to encourage Americans to reuse or recycle used electronics. In addition to the EPA, companies such as Best Buy, AT&T Wireless,...

Duranti chosen as president. (BIR News).(Fernando Duranti)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... The BIR Nominations Committee has officially recommended Fernando Duranti of Leghe & Metalli, Italy, as its candidate for the next BIR presidency. The recommendation was made to the Executive Committee. The nomination will also need to be...

BIR adds aluminum symposium. (BIR News).(Bureau of International Recycling)
March 1, 2003... The Bureau of International Recycling (BIR), Brussels, has scheduled a one-day symposium examining the aluminium industry and its recycling sector, to be held in coordination with the group's Spring Convention. "Aluminum Sustainability:...

BIR cooperates with UN on trade. (BIR News).(Bureau of International Recycling)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... The Bureau of International Recycling (BIR), Brussels, is continuing to represent the recycling industry on international trade regulation issues overseen by the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention (COP-6) and the United Nations...

BHS installs single-stream systems. (Equipment Report).
March 1, 2003... Bulk Handling Systems Inc. (BHS), Eugene, Ore., has manufactured and installed single-stream processing facilities at two West Coast locations recently. Oregon Recycling Systems, Portland, Ore., and West County Resource Recovery, Richmond,...

Fuchs adds seven new dealers. (Equipment Report).
March 1, 2003... Fuchs-Terex Inc., Wilmington, N.C., has added seven new dealers to its roster serving the scrap, recycling, logging and port shipping industries in North America. The new dealers are: * Continental Equipment Co., Dallas, with five...

XP series is newest Genesis line. (Equipment Report).
March 1, 2003... A new line of mobile shears from Genesis Equipment & Manufacturing Inc., Superior, Wisc., is designed to allow mobile shear owners to perform complete piercing tip maintenance on their shears and return to work in less than half an hour. ...

American Pulverizer, Huron Valley strike alliance. (Equipment Report).
March 1, 2003... American Pulverizer Co. and Hustler Conveyor Co., St. Louis, are now manufacturing eddy current separators incorporating the patented rotors of the Huron Valley Magnetics Division, Trenton, Mich. "The exclusive license agreement allows...

Surviving in a Nimby world: while most people favor recycling as a practice, recycling operations are considered unwelcome neighbors by many. (Cover Story).
March 1, 2003... In the mindset of many Americans, recycling has moved from the bastion of ardent environmentalists to one that is almost on a par with flag-waving patriotism. The image that often is shown is of smiling school children surrounded by bottles and...

Top 20: nonferrous scrap processors. (Top 20).
March 1, 2003... Many of the images most commonly associated with scrap recycling involve the handling of ferrous scrap, including the processing of auto bodies and structural beams. But nearly all of the same companies that move large amounts of scrap...

Up & away: paperstock markets could show some positive signs this year, although geopolitical events cast some uncertainty over the situation. (Commodity Focus).
March 1, 2003... After fits and starts, the paper stock industry is primed to strengthen this year. A confluence of better export orders and stronger prices for some grades of finished paper and pulp could drive markets and prices this year. The volatile...

A recycling Mosiac the U.S. Southeast has some turbulent recycling issues to weather but a sound manufacturing base to come home to. (Regional Report).
March 1, 2003... Those ice storms and blizzards that battered the Southeast this past winter were not the only chilling effect being felt in the region. A lackluster economy has recycling efforts throughout the region under storm warnings, as well. However,...

New heights: a handful of integrated steel companies seek to reach higher fiscal ground. (Ferrous Consumer Focus).
March 1, 2003... After being written off as an industry in decline in the U.S., the integrated steel mill industry is battling back. Will it survive to flourish again? And if it does, what will it look like? The last decade has not been kind to the domestic...

Production plus: Fuchs machines prove their worth to Maine recycler.
March 1, 2003... When scrap recyclers buy new material handlers, they need to know they will be rewarded with increased productivity and efficiency to justify their purchases. Peter McAvoy of Industrial Metals Recycling in Maine is convinced that is...

A passage to India: India is a growing market for secondary commodities. (International report).
March 1, 2003... Beginning ill 1991, the Republic of India initiated a string of economic reforms that included tariff reductions, liberalization of foreign investment and exchange regimes, financial sector modernization and changes to monetary and fiscal...

Some batteries excluded: while rechargeable battery recycling is on the increase, alkaline battery recycling remains rare. (Battery recycling).
March 1, 2003... Ever since Congress enacted the Mercury-Containing and Rechargeable Battery Management Act in 1996, the recycling of rechargeable batteries has increased. According to the Atlanta-based Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corporation (RBRC),...

Can it be raised? Alcan Aluminum explores how to reverse the declining UBC recycling rate. (UBC Recycling Report).
March 1, 2003... Recycling advocates have expressed concern that one of the genuine recycling success stories of recent years--the closed loop for the aluminum used beverage container (UBC)--is beginning to reveal some weak links. Statistics compiled by a...

In one place: The C&D World expo allowed recyclers from throughout the nation to gather and discuss common issues. (C&D World Wrap-Up).
March 1, 2003... Some 200 recyclers and their suppliers from all segments of the C&D recycling industry attended the 10th Annual C&D World expo in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., in late January. The forum, which serves as the Annual Meeting of the Construction...

Less filling: Balcones resources helps a diaper manufacturer avoid sending manufacturing waste to the landfill. (Facility Profile).
March 1, 2003... The American shopping public absorbs a significant number of disposable diapers each year, including those intended for infants as well as for incontinent adults. Kimberly-Clark Corp., Dallas, is one of the leading manufacturers of disposable...

IMCO Recycling Inc. (People).
March 1, 2003... IMCO Recycling Inc., Irving, Texas, has announced that Edward C. Wingenbach has been promoted to vice president in its specialty alloys operations with responsibility for all sales activities. Wingenbach, who has extensive experience in the...

Wittke Inc. and Leach Co. (People).
March 1, 2003... Leach Co., an Oshkosh, Wis.-based maker of rear loader refuse bodies, has promoted Bruce Yakley to vice president and general manager. Leach is part of Federal Signal Corp., Oak Brook, Ill., operating under Federal Signal's Environmental...

Gunn Phillips Sales & Consulting. (People).
March 1, 2003... Long-time recycling equipment sales professional Gunn Phillips has announced the formation of his new business, Gunn Phillips Sales & Consulting Inc., Dade City, Fla. The new business will offer new and used scrap processing and recycling...

Calendar.
March 1, 2003... MARCH 25 Copper Price Outlook, Cleveland, Refco LLC, (800) 764-2398 MARCH 30-APRIL 2 NADC Annual Convention, Orlando, Fla., National Association of Demolition Contractors, (215) 348-4949 APRIL 6-9 Southeast...

Mayfran fastpac. (Products).
March 1, 2003... * Briquetter series with horse power ranging from 15 to 50 * Processing capacities range from 110-pounds to 6,614 pounds per hour * Increases scrap values by compressing loose metal chips and turnings into small, dense briquettes ...

Doppstadt drum screening machine. (Products).
March 1, 2003... * Model SM 818 PROFI * Built on a two-axle semi trailer * Screens wood chips, C&D debris, gravel and municipal waste into three grades * Processes large quantities * Optimal screen surface achieved through load-dependent...

Bimid-145 Lindemann American baler. (Products).
March 1, 2003... * Infeed opening of 78 inches allows for easy handling of many materials * Choose from 16 grade settings * Enables proportional control of the channel cylinder to provide consistent, high-density bales * Compression forces of up...

Deere's J-series loaders. (Products).
March 1, 2003... * Models 724J, 744J and 824J * Provide stability, maneuverability and a smoother ride, as well as faster cycle times, lower operating costs and improved lifetime ownership charges * Built to deliver optimal performance for their bucket...

Komatsu hydraulic excavator. (Products).
March 1, 2003... * Model PC1250-7 * This 251,000-pound machine has 651 hp * Hourly production increased by 7 percent as compared to earlier model * Two working modes and a heavy lift circuit allow the operator to match machine speed and power to...

Recycling technologies grinder line. (Products).
March 1, 2003... * Quality line of vertical rotary grinders * High torque of 30,000 feet/pound, 120 revolutions per minute * Complete with industry-high two-year warranty, extra-heavy-duty steel construction and thicker sidewalls * Sensors...

Designers turn trash to treasure. (Environ Design[R]7).
March 1, 2003... Design professionals are invited to salvage discarded items and turn them into works of art for a Trash to Treasure competition to be held at the EnvironDesign7 conference, April 30 to May 2 at the Hilton, Washington. Artwork can be of any...

Rushing to recycle. (Back Page).
March 1, 2003... Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Southwest Assistant Regional Director Joseph Chnupa has presented $1,000 to Carnegie Mellon University for a second place finish in the "Rush to Recycle Challenge." "The Rush to Recycling...

Materialsmart finds use for abandoned paint. (Back Page).
March 1, 2003... An export firm abandoned 35 steel drums, or 2,000 gallons of latex paint at a Portland, Ore., warehouse. At one time, the paint would have been thrown away at considerable cost. Today, the paint is in Toppenish, Wash., awaiting its role in an...