Recycling Today articles from May 2007

Recycling Today archives from May 2007

All in the timing.(EDITOR'S FOCUS)
May 1, 2007... The scrap industry has been on quite the roller-coaster ride these last two years. And, with the volatile movement of many recyclable commodities, it is clear that getting an accurate picture of the market is becoming more daunting in light of...

SDI purchases scrap facilities.(SCRAP INDUSTRY NEWS)
May 1, 2007... Steel Dynamics Inc. has reached an agreement to purchase two metals recycling facilities in the Ohio Valley area. The facilities are Elizabethton Iron & Metal, Elizabethton, Tenn., and Johnson City Iron & Metal, Johnson City, Tenn. Combined...

Newell of Atlanta to add Savannah shredder.(SCRAP INDUSTRY NEWS)
May 1, 2007... Newell Recycling LLC, Atlanta, has announced an agreement to purchase industrial property in the Port of Savannah, where it will build a shredding plant. "This expansion is just part of a larger plan permitted by the recent robust markets...

Mitsui to acquire Hugo Neu portion of Sims Group.(SCRAP INDUSTRY NEWS)
May 1, 2007... Hugo Neu Corp., New York, has entered into an agreement with Japanese trading company Mitsui & Co. to acquire Hugo Neu's 19.9 percent share of Sims Group Ltd. for around $500 million. Mitsui says it recognizes scrap recycling as an...

U.K. looks to improve ship recycling program.(SCRAP INDUSTRY NEWS)
May 1, 2007... A new strategy to improve the process of recycling obsolete vessels has been introduced in the United Kingdom. The goal of the strategy is to ensure that government-owned and commercial ships are recycled to acceptable health, safety and...

Sims Hugo Neu drops bid for facility.(SCRAP INDUSTRY NEWS)(Brief article)
May 1, 2007... After facing opposition and several legislative bills that opposed its plan, Sims Hugo Neu has decided to withdraw its bid to build a facility in Navassa, N.C. In a statement released on April 5, Robert Kelman, president of Sims Hugo Neu,...

Iowa City approves tax credit for Alter.(SCRAP INDUSTRY NEWS)
May 1, 2007... The Waterloo, Iowa, City Council has approved an investment tax credit of $55,000 for Alter Trading Corp. The credit will be spread over five years and is in response to the installation of an auto shredder at Alter's Waterloo yard late last...

Omaha recycling campaign gets results.(MUNICIPAL RECYCLING)(Omaha Public Works Department partners with the Curbside Value Partnership)(Brief article)
May 1, 2007... The city of Omaha, Neb., has announced a 5.6 percent increase in recycling volume following the conclusion of a four-month pilot program with the Curbside Value Partnership (CVP). The city of Omaha Public Works Department partnered with the...

Waste Management opens new single-stream MRF in Oakland.(MUNICIPAL RECYCLING)
May 1, 2007... Waste Management held the grand opening of its new residential single-stream recycling center at its Davis Street Station for Materials Recycling and Transfer April 14. The facility is capable of processing 400 tons of material per day....

Pennsylvania awards $2.2 million in recycling performance grants.(MUNICIPAL RECYCLING)
May 1, 2007... Pennsylvania's Gov. Edward Rendell has announced that 16 Pennsylvania communities will share grants totaling more than $2.2 million because of successful recycling efforts in 2004. "Recycling performance grants offer communities a strong...

Wisconsin Task Force reports findings.(MUNICIPAL RECYCLING)
May 1, 2007... Wisconsin's Blue Ribbon Task Force on Waste Materials Recovery and Disposal, which was formed by Gov. Jim Doyle in June 2005, has issued its recommendations in its final report. The Task Force was assembled to study and make recommendations...

A better balance.(FERROUS)
May 1, 2007... Scrap recyclers in April were reporting a better match between flow into their yards and demand from mills, a situation that was reflected in an easing back of per-ton prices for ferrous scrap. After four straight months of progressively...

A copper conundrum.(NONFERROUS)
May 1, 2007... The copper market continues to surge past expected levels. After a brief period of sharp decline in copper scrap prices earlier this year, prices have again soared to record levels during the first half of April. Now, with a fairly bullish...

Hunters Alloys LLC launched.(NONFERROUS)
May 1, 2007... Stainless steel and alloy scrap veteran Barry Hunter has announced the formation of Hunter Alloys LLC. The company, which Hunter started in March 2007, is based in Boonton, N.J. Hunter Alloys offers marketing services on alloy scrap...

Uncertain times.(PAPER)
May 1, 2007... The uncharacteristically strong recovered fiber markets enjoyed during the first quarter of 2007 have shifted into some uncertainty and pricing conflicts at the beginning of the second quarter. Prices for the recovered fiber market's power...

Visy to go forward with expansion.(PAPER)
May 1, 2007... Visy has announced that it has decided to go ahead with an expansion project at its Tumut New South Wales Pulp and Paper mill in Australia. When completed, the expansion should more than double the mill's current output of kraft paper to...

All signs point upward.(PLASTICS)(Prices and demand propelled plastics markets)(Brief article)
May 1, 2007... Prices and demand continue propelling plastics markets upward. Several of the post-consumer grades, such as HDPE (high density polyethylene) and PET (polyethylene terephthalate), are seeing good markets and strong demand. Prices have noticeably...

West Virginia unveils tire collection program.(TIRES)
May 1, 2007... The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection and the state's Rehabilitation Environmental Action Plan (REAP) program are teaming up with Kanawha County Planning Commission to address the problem with scrap tires in the state. ...

U.K. plant to make recycled food-grade packaging.(PLASTIC)(Brief article)
May 1, 2007... The first plant in the United Kingdom to recycle plastics into material for food packaging has been announced with the signing of a joint private and public sector funding agreement. The plant, operated by Closed Loop London, will transform...

Plastic recycler adds hangers to mix.(NONMETALLICS)
May 1, 2007... Mountain Valley Recycling, a Florida-based plastic film and bag recycler, has reportedly developed a method to recycle plastic hangers. With the introduction of the new process, Mountain Valley has added a recycling line to its facility in...

Newmarket IT changes name, announces recycling servicing program.(ELECTRONICS RECYCLING)
May 1, 2007... Austin, Texas-based Newmarket IT, a provider of electronics recovery, refurbishing and resale services, has changed its name to TechTurn. According to the company, its new name highlights its "emphasis on salvaging all the value from used...

Global Investment Recovery adds Arizona facility.(ELECTRONICS RECYCLING)
May 1, 2007... Global Investment Recovery Inc. (GIR), based in Tampa, Fla., has completed the acquisition of a 44,000-square-foot facility in Tucson, Ariz., from which GIR will provide electronic recycling services to customers in the Southwest region of the...

Electronics Recyclers acquires Massachussetts recycler.(ELECTRONICS RECYCLING)
May 1, 2007... Electronic Recyclers Inc., headquartered in Fresno, Calif., has purchased ElectroniCycle, based in Gardner, Mass. "Our goal to expand our business nationally sees the first of many exciting steps today with the adoption of ElectroniCycle as...

CMRA responds to proposed C&D burning ban.(C & D NEWS)(Construction Materials Recycling Association)(construction and demolition material)
May 1, 2007... The Construction Materials Recycling Association (CMRA), through its Issues and Education Fund, has partnered with the University of New Hampshire (UNH) to address a proposed ban on burning construction and demolition material in New Hampshire....

Wrap launches online Recycled Product Guide for construction industry.(C & D NEWS)
May 1, 2007... U.K.-based Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP) has launched a new online tool intended to help the construction industry increase recycled content in construction work. The searchable Recycled Product Guide documents more than 150...

Bulk Handling Systems and NRT development sign agreement.(EQUIPMENT REPORT)
May 1, 2007... Oregon-based Bulk Handling Systems (BHS), developer and manufacturer of processing systems for the recycling and solid waste industry, and National Recycling Technologies (NRT), developer and manufacturer of optical sorting equipment, have...

Van Dyk announces installations.(EQUIPMENT REPORT)
May 1, 2007... Stamford, Conn.-based Van Dyk Baler Corp., the North and Latin American distributor for Nethertands-based Bollegraaf Recycling Machinery, has announced a number of Bollegraaf sorting system installations as well as a number of TiTech optical...

Metso makes acquisition.(EQUIPMENT REPORT)
May 1, 2007... Metso has announced the $12 million acquisition of Bulk Equipment Systems Technology Inc. (B.E.S.T.), a company based in the Cleveland area that markets equipment for the metals recycling industry. B.E.S.T. is a supplier of shredder...

Circular logic: Germany's Interseroh has grown by offering a full menu of recycling services.(Cover story)(Company overview)
May 1, 2007... While many recyclers in the United States approach the industry with the goal of targeting markets and offering specialized services, the German company Interseroh AG takes a far different tack. Adopting a horizontal approach to recycling and...

Top of the world: ferrous markets have sustained their strength for three years, but anticipation of a sudden drop lingers.(COMMODITY FOCUS)
May 1, 2007... The success of global scrap markets has not been a secret for the past few years. Mainstream media outlets (or mainstream business media outlets, in any event) have reported on escalating metals prices and some of the causes and effects. ...

Getting crowded: more shredders are sprouting up in North America, but improved sorting may allow them to be profitable even when running limited hours.(AUTO SHREDDER CAPACITY REPORT)
May 1, 2007... After (and during) the ferrous market pricing drop of the late 1990s, a pertinent question for many shredder operators was whether there was an over-capacity situation in the auto shredding segment. The answer to that question can certainly...

Magnetic attraction: selecting the right magnets for your application starts with understanding the various options available.(SORTING EQUIPMENT FOCUS)
May 1, 2007... Whether the application is at an automobile shredder yard, a material recovery facility (MRF), a C&D recycler or a slag recovery operation, magnets are capable of performing somewhere within these operations to remove or hold ferrous material....

Eye for quality: the Hanaar System uses optical sorting to sort shredded paper by grade and color.(SORTING EQUIPMENT FOCUS)
May 1, 2007... The focus in the secure document destruction industry is on the front end, providing customers with the security and service they expect from such a vendor. But secure destruction professionals often have an eye toward the back end, as well, as...

Eriez introduces Airless optical sorter.(SORTING EQUIPMENT FOCUS)
May 1, 2007... Eriez Manufacturing Co., Erie. Pa., has introduced ProSort Airless MetaI Recovery Systems which, according to the company offer superior metal recovery at a fraction of the cost of operating an air-driven sorter. The ProSort uses high...

Sorting IT out: creating saleable commodities from diverse streams of electronics requires an emphasis on sorting and separation technology.(SORTING EQUIPMENT FOCUS)
May 1, 2007... Recovering raw materials from obsolete electrical equipment and electronics is similar to panning for gold. It takes patience, sifting and sometimes a keen eye, though in this case, it's in the form of optical sorting equipment. ...

ERI CEO addresses investors.(SORTING EQUIPMENT FOCUS)
May 1, 2007... John S. Shegerian, chairman and CEO of Fresno, Calif.-based Electronics Recyclers Inc. (ERI), discussed electronics recycling and "e-waste" at the Canaccord Adams "Ready, Set, Recycle" Investors Conference in Chicago April 19. Addressing...

End of the line: end products determine the optimum sorting system for tire recyclers.(SORTING EQUIPMENT FOCUS)
May 1, 2007... Conventional wisdom may instruct one to "begin at the beginning," but the beginning isn't always the best place to start, especially when it comes to setting up a tire recycling system. For a tire recycler, the end--or the final saleable...

Indiana County gets grant for rubberized roads.(SORTING EQUIPMENT FOCUS)(from Indiana Department of Environmental Management)(Brief article)
May 1, 2007... More rubberized asphalt is coming to Perry County, Ind., with help from a grant from the Indiana Department of Environmental Management, according to a news item in the Perry County News (Tell City, Ind.) The material will be used to pave...

Michigan DEQ implements changes to tire program.(SORTING EQUIPMENT FOCUS)
May 1, 2007... The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has implemented changes to its scrap tire program that are expected to reduce the burdens in handling, processing and recycling scrap tires. The changes are a result of a package of...

Komei selects ecosystem as U.K. sales agent.(SORTING EQUIPMENT FOCUS)
May 1, 2007... Ecosystem Ltd., Surrey, U.K., has been appointed as the sole agent for the range of tire recycling equipment manufacturered by Komei, based in Padova, Italy. Komei's 16,500 kilogram KG-1R granulator is designed specifically for shredding...

Playing politics: provinces continue to debate levels of government involvement in recycling collection and processing.(CANADIAN MARKET REPORT)
May 1, 2007... Canadian recyclers are seeing the benefit of heightened markets for scrap metals and other secondary commodities, just as other recyclers around the globe are; however, provincial governments in the country continue to debate the level of...

Greener Highways: public-private parternships are promoting environmental stewardships, including recycling and recycled materials.(HIGHWAY RECYCLING REPORT)
May 1, 2007... When building and maintaining a safe and efficient surface transportation system, impacts on the natural and cultural environments are inevitable. But federal, state and local highway agencies are taking steps to integrate environmental...

Change of pace: bond issues can be structured to improve the commercial freight infrastructure, as they were in New York State.(TRANSPORTATION FOCUS)
May 1, 2007... [Editor's Note: The following exclusive interview with a former New York State Department of Transportation commissioner looks at transportation issues affecting commercial shippers, including those handling recyclables and secondary...

Sunny outlook: Recycling Today's Plastics Recycling Conference & Trade Show, set for June 10-12 in Orlando, addresses the growing global demand for plastic scrap.(RECYCLING TODAY EVENT PREVIEW)
May 1, 2007... The Sunshine State will serve as home to the second annual version of Recycling Today's Plastics Recycling Conference & Trade show, taking place in Orlando June 10-12. The conference, organized by the Recycling Today Media Group division...

Redemtech adds advisory practice.(PEOPLE)
May 1, 2007... Columbus, Ohio-based Redemtech, a provider of Technology Change Management (TCM) services, has announced the hiring of Barbara Scott to head its new IT Asset Management consulting practice. Redemtech's consulting practice is deScott signed...

Bylone to lead Board of Directors.(PEOPLE)
May 1, 2007... The Board of Directors of the Pennsylvania Recycling Markets Center (RMC) has announced that Robert J. Bylone Jr. has accepted the position of executive director for RMC, located at the Penn State Harrisburg campus. Most recently, Bylone...

Kaesar compressors precision quality cylinders.(PRODUCTS)
May 1, 2007... * Kaesar Compressors has expanded its line of booster compressors, providing pressures to 650 psi * Units are a convenient, economical way to boost existing plant pressure while eliminating the need for expensive, separate high pressure...

McCloskey international 512 trommel.(PRODUCTS)
May 1, 2007... * Fit to travel with 30 percent less length than previous models * The 5-foot-by-12-foot trommel is developed to meet customer requirements for demanding road restrictions * The McCloskey 512 REGT trommel is equipped with radial...

Calendar.(Calendar)
May 1, 2007... May 18-19 ISRI New Southern Chapter Meeting, Williamsburg, Va., New Southern Chapter of the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries Inc., (803) 775-8383 May 20-23 BIR Spring Convention, Athens, Greece, Bureau of International...

NAPW lunches in New York city.(BACK PAGE)
May 1, 2007... The National Association of Paper Stock Women (NAPW) held a luncheon Monday, March 26, in conjunction with the American Forest & Paper Association's 130th annual Paper Week. The luncheon event featured award as well as a keynote address by Bill...

Greenlighting Green Loan Discounts.(BACK PAGE)(Greenlight Financial Services)(Brief article)
May 1, 2007... Consumer mortgage lender Greenlight Financial Services, based in Irvine, Calif., has launched a program that rewards customers who follow green building principles. The "Green Loan Discount" offers a discount on home loan fees to...

Hoffman Dons green glove.(BACK PAGE)
May 1, 2007... In his debut at the Redstone Golf Club during the 61st annual Shell Houston Open, PGA golfer Charley Hoffman sported a green golf glove to represent Houston-based Waste Management, his new sponsor, and the formation of the Green Glove Charity....