Recycling Today articles from May 2005

Recycling Today archives from May 2005

A less than mercurial pace.(mercury use and its effects)
May 1, 2005... Mercury was the messenger of the gods in Roman mythology, known not only for his winged hat and shoes, but also as the god of commerce and the protector of merchants and travelers. Although the metallic element mercury may have been named for...

SteelCorr searches for location.(SCRAP INDUSTRY NEWS)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... SteelCorr LLC, a company that was created several years ago to build and operate a steel minimill, has taking tentative steps toward building a facility in the South. The company has looked at locations in Louisiana, Arkansas and Mississippi....

Metal Management forms new venture.(Port Albany Ventures LLC, Donjon Marine Inc.)
May 1, 2005... Metal Management Inc. has formed a wholly owned subsidiary and has entered into a joint venture agreement with Donjon Marine Inc. to form Port Albany Ventures LLC. The joint venture has acquired substantially all of the assets of a...

Michigan launches mercury switch recovery program.(SCRAP INDUSTRY NEWS)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... The Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, based in Washington, has joined with the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) to launch a statewide mercury switch collection program for end-of-life vehicles. The voluntary program...

Seattle restricts disposal of recyclables.(MUNICIPAL RECYCLING)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... Seattle began prohibiting the disposal of paper and corrugated containers, aluminum and bimetal cans and bottles from commercial waste streams at the start of this year in an effort to reach a recycling goal of 60 percent. The city has also...

Michigan DEQ outlines solid waste strategy.(Steven E. Chester, Michigan. Department of Environmental Quality)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... Testifying before the Michigan Senate Natural Resources Committee, Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) Director Steven E. Chester has outlined a comprehensive solid waste strategy designed to improve Michigan's recycling programs and to...

Grand jury indicts former mayor.(Albert Robles)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... A federal grand jury has returned a superseding indictment focusing on Albert Robles, former South Gate, Calif., mayor and treasurer, that implicates his associate in a plan to obtain millions from a waste hauler seeking a contract with the...

Stretching the dollars.(FERROUS)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... Mill buyers in North America continue to juggle and blend different scrap grades and scrap alternatives to keep a lid on their supply costs. The high costs of raw materials are about the only clown note in an otherwise upbeat market for...

Copper continues to surge.(market share)
May 1, 2005... Copper markets continue to strengthen, with futures in the middle of April reaching a record-high price on the London Metal Exchange. According to various industry sources, continued purchases from China are propelling stronger copper markets....

EPA, Spectro reach agreement.(United States. Environmental Protection Agency, Spectro Alloys Corp.)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 has reached an agreement with Spectro Alloys Corp. on alleged clean-air violations at the company's aluminum recovery plant in Rosemount, Minn. The EPA has assessed a $49,000 penalty, and...

Strong and steady.(corrugated board demand)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... What one Midwestern broker describes as "screaming demand" from overseas has kept the scrap paper market relatively stable throughout March. The broker says the majority of the demand for OCC is still coming from China and that he's...

Itec enters into sales agreement.(Itec Environmental Group Inc.)
May 1, 2005... Itec Environmental Group Inc., Oakdale, Calif., has announced that it has entered into a three-year agreement with H. Muehlstein & Co. Inc., through which H. Muehlstein will act as Itec's exclusive agent for the annual purchase and sale of up...

NAPCOR expands membership.(National Association for PET Container Resources)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... Air Logic Power Systems Inc. and Americhem Inc. have joined the National Association for PET Container Resources (NAPCOR), the trade association for the PET plastic industry in the United States and Canada, as supplier members. Air Logic...

NextLife co-op adds member.(Advance Polybag)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... Advance Polybag, Metairie, La., has joined NextLife, a recycling cooperative of plastics bag companies. NextLife includes Sun Valley Worldwide, Vanguard Plastics, Sigma Stretch Film and Sweed Machinery. The NextLife program provides...

Envirocycle opens its second California plant.(ELECTRONICS RECYCLING)
May 1, 2005... Envirocycle Inc., Hallstead, Pa., has opened an electronics recycling center in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. The California Integrated Waste Management Board and the Department of Toxic Substances has approved the facility to collect and recycle...

Intechra, SalvageSale announce alliance.(ELECTRONICS RECYCLING)
May 1, 2005... Intechra, a commercial electronics recycler and refurbisher based in Carrolton, Texas, and SalvageSale Inc., an online auction and services provider for worldwide commercial salvage and corporate end-of-life assets, have announced a strategic...

Proposed asphalt plant clears first hurdle.(C & D NEWS)
May 1, 2005... An Escondido, Calif., business owner who plans to open a small-scale, mobile asphalt plant in the city's industrial zone cleared his first hurdle March 16, according to a report in the North County (California) Times. George Weir, owner of...

Long Beach delays recycling project.(C & D NEWS)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... The City Council of Long Beach Calif., has delayed the approval of a proposed asphalt and concrete crushing facility in light of local opposition to the project, according to a report in the Long Beach Press Telegram (Long Beach, Calif.). ...

Stainless maintains growth pattern.(BIR REPORT)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... Asia--led by China--continues to steer increases in world stainless steel production, which reached an estimated 24.3 million metric tons in 2004, an increase of almost 7 percent from 2003. Sandro Giuliani of Giuliani Metalli SAS--Cronimet...

Barcelona bound.(BIR REPORT)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... Recyclers from around the world will be heading to Barcelona in late May to attend the Bureau of International Recycling's (BIR) World Recycling Convention. The convention is at the Hotel Princesa Sofia on the Diagonal Ave. in the heart of...

Alderman-Dow adds Sennebogen machine.(EQUIPMENT REPORT)(Alderman-Dow Iron & Metal Co.)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... Alderman-Dow Iron & Metal Co. has added a Sennebogen 830 R-HD material handler to its 3-acre facility along the New Haven, Conn., harbor front. "When we decided to replace our old machine, I was mostly concerned with having a machine with...

Volvo rental operation appoints GM.(EQUIPMENT REPORT)(Scott R. Place appointed)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... Scott R. Place has joined Volvo Construction Equipment Rents as general manager of the company's rental operations in Atlanta. Volvo Rents has company-owned equipment rental centers in Alpharetta and Kennesaw, Ga., serving the metropolitan...

Link-Belt names NationsRent as distributor in Florida.(EQUIPMENT REPORT)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... LBX Co., makers of Link-Belt earthmoving, forestry and material handling equipment, has appointed NationsRent Co. as the authorized distributor of Link-Belt excavators and material handling equipment in Florida. Jeff Putman, NationsRent...

Rulmeca Corp. adds U.S. plant.(EQUIPMENT REPORT)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... Rulmeca Corp., a manufacturer of motorized pulleys for bulk handling, has announced the addition of a U.S. assembly plant in Wilmington, N.C., slated for start-up in June. The pulleys, which are built specifically for belt conveyors, are...

Toter names new CEO.(EQUIPMENT REPORT)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... John Scott has been promoted to president and chief executive of Toter Inc. of Statesville, N.C. He succeeds Larry Boppe, who is retiring from the plastic container manufacturer. Scott, a 17-year Toter veteran, began as a sales...

JCB announces global expansion.(EQUIPMENT REPORT)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... JCB Inc. has begun construction on its first Chinese factory. The construction equipment manufacturer, with its U.S. headquarters in Pooler, Ga., has acquired land in Pudong, an area south of Shanghai, which will become the company's...

Green thinking: David Knight seeks secondary fiber for SCA's new Barton, Ala., tissue mill.(SCA Tissue North America LLC.)(Cover Story)
May 1, 2005... The statistics have been discouraging in recent years regarding the number of paper mills operating in the U.S. In the late 1990s and so far this decade, paper companies have been slashing capacity, with more than 50 mills in North America...

Rock solid: led by China, demand for ferrous scrap remains on solid footing.(COMMODITY FOCUS)
May 1, 2005... Worrying can be away oflife for scrap dealers, who when the markets are tow can worry whether they'll be ready for when markets finally improve. For most of the past two years it is the flip side of that coin that those with worrying...

Mobility and reliability: Shine Bros. counts on three Fuchs scrap handlers to keep materials moving.
May 1, 2005... Shine Bros. Corp., a 103-year old-company based in Spencer, Iowa, bought its first Fuchs machine--an MHL 320 scrap handler--in 1998. Since then, the company has bought two additional Fuchs MHL 360 scrap handlers the first in 2003 and the second...

Into the mix: driven by market demand, mixed paper is coming into its own in the recovered fiber market.(MIXED PAPER UPDATE)
May 1, 2005... For most of the 1990s, mixed paper languished at the bottom of the scrap paper barrel as a low grade of minimal value. However, recent years have seen a serious turnaround for mixed paper. First of all, generation has increased dramatically....

Keeping time: scrap metal recyclers' super-sized shredders are being outfitted with oversized drum-separators to help assure purity in the high-volume stream.(SORTING EQUIPMENT FOCUS)
May 1, 2005... In with the new, out with the old. A reversal of an old adage is perhaps the best way to describe the increased demand for America's scrap metals. The world's hunger for new cars, appliances and buildings was a boon for steel makers in 2004....

Opting for optical: MRF operators are taking a more serious look at optical sorting technology to improve the quality of their end products and to reduce labor costs.(SORTING EQUIPMENT FOCUS)(material recovery facility)
May 1, 2005... Single-stream recycling is taking hold in municipalities across the country, and consumers of secondary commodities haven't relaxed their standards for quality products, which makes sorting at the material recovery facility (MRF) level an...

Sorting it out: meeting the screening challenges associated with mixed C&D materials requires automation and a few helping hands.(SORTING EQUIPMENT FOCUS)
May 1, 2005... Mixed C&D material, with its everything-and-the-kitchen-sink makeup, can represent a significant challenge for recyclers. That's not to say that it's impossible to arrive at a variety of clean end products, as long as the system employs the...

Road to recovery: recyclers employ a variety of approaches to recover valuable secondary commodities from obsolete electronics.(SORTING EQUIPMENT FOCUS)
May 1, 2005... Electronics recycling is still an emerging industry, which means that many recyclers--and equipment providers to the industry--are still experimenting with the processing methods that can best serve their needs, as well as those of their...

Rolling along: the scrap industry is humming along, but finding railcars and trucks to transport material can sometimes prove difficult.(TRANSPORTATION FOCUS)
May 1, 2005... Demand for scrap materials remains strong. For transportation providers, the demand for vehicles to move this material from PointA to Point B also has grown. However, opinions vary widely on the overall health of the trucking and rail...

Market innovators: Clearline Technologies innovates within the rooftop walkway support system industry by using recycled rubber.(CANADIAN MARKET REPORT)(Murray Krovats Ltd.)
May 1, 2005... Clearline Technologies, a relatively new western Canadian rubber recycler, is finding a tremendous demand for its rooftop walkway support systems. And the company's C-Port products have quickly become so popular with heating, ventilation and...

McCarthy joins California company.(Kevin P. McCarthy)(Tierra Verde Industries)(E-Recycling of California)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... Tierra Verde Industries (TVI) and E-Recycling of California (ERC) have hired Kevin P. McCarthy as business development manager for their recycling operations. He will report directly to Arthur Kazarian, president of TVI and ERC. "We have...

Stellar Industries appointments.(PEOPLE)(James Flatebo appointed)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... Stellar Industries Inc. has appointed James Flatebo to the engineering department. Flatebo comes to Stellar from Iowa State University. He has worked at Stellar the past two summers in production control and as a CNC programmer. His...

Calendar.(Brief Article)(Calendar)
May 1, 2005... MAY 11-14 Waste: The Social Context, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Edmonton Waste Management Centre of Excellence, Hoffmann@ualberta.ca or www.ualberta.ca/ERSC/Waste/index.htm MAY 15-18 FNYSWA Solid Waste/ Recycling Conference &...

Parts Inc. 2005 catalog.(PRODUCTS)
May 1, 2005... * Heil aftermarket parts catalog numbers 190 pages * Includes parts for garbage trucks, roll-offs, tarp systems, cameras and controls by a variety of manufacturers * Features detailed drawings of refuse collection vehicle components...

Busch dual deskslider.(PRODUCTS)
May 1, 2005... * Dual collection design promotes improved separation of recyclables and waste * Lid includes a built-in waste receptacle * Lightweight * Handle system makes it easy to move * Can be custom stamped for educational or advertising...

Sternvent cyclone dust collectors.(PRODUCTS)
May 1, 2005... * For operations producing large volumes of particulate * Provide an airtight seal and constantly discharge particulate the cyclone separates from the air * Airlocks, available in cast iron or welded steel, range from 8 inches to 14...

Thermal dynamics dust covers.(PRODUCTS)
May 1, 2005... * Durable, heavyweight, black nylon canvas dust covers for Cutmaster and PakMaster power supplies * Water resistant * Large outer pocket for storing manuals, spare consumables * Adjustable drawstring for tight fit * Available...

Ohio magnetics magnet controller.(PRODUCTS)
May 1, 2005... * Model MC-1A Ohio Duty-Cycle magnet controller available for custom orders * Features a rugged, coated case with separately enclosed resistor assembly * Lift/drop interlock prevents resistor bank overheating * Provides 230-volt,...

Mod ship shape container.(PRODUCTS)
May 1, 2005... * Heavy duty P-291 bulk container * Features a 44-inch by 44-inch by 33-inch design and a 32-cubic-foot capacity * Maximizes use of space in 55-foot-long box cars * Nest seven high to save space on empty returns * Includes...

Superior signals 2100 series Safe-T-Alert.(PRODUCTS)
May 1, 2005... * Back-up alarm operates from 12 to 24 VDC and features decibel ratings of 97 dB, 102 dB and 107 dB * Available with wire leads only * Conforms to SAE J997 Type B and C and are UL and CE listed * Applications range from light...

Mobile-Scada technology suite.(PRODUCTS)
May 1, 2005... * Provided by Equipment Maintenance Innovators * Enables supervisory control and data acquisition from mobile equipment, whether trucks or construction equipment * Suite encompasses operator and driver management, machine key...

Can it.(BACK PAGE)(America Recycles Day)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... The national America Recycles Day Aluminum Can Challenge competition, a joint effort between the Can Manufacturers Institute and the Aluminum Association, collected nearly 123,000 pounds of aluminum and raised $88,900 for charity. More...

Something's brewing.(BACK PAGE)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... Spring is here, which, for many people, means it's time to do some serious cleaning, un-cluttering their homes of well-worn household items to make room for new stuff. Residents of Seattle and New York City got some help unburdening...

Message center.(BACK PAGE)(household appliance communications)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... With today's hectic lifestyles, steel appliances--whose magnetic quality make them a natural for all types of message postings--have quietly become a lynchpin in household communications. Six out of 10 families with children use their kitchen...