Recycling Today articles from November 2001

Recycling Today archives from November 2001

Editor's focus.(scrap metal, paper recycling industries)(Brief Article)(Column)
November 1, 2001... Self-fulfilling prophecy is a term most often used to describe a negative set of conditions and outcomes. Predicting a disaster while taking steps to prepare for and ultimately help create the disastrous outcome is one definition of the...

Safety video pulls no punches. (Scrap Industry News).(Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries Inc.)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... A new videotape on baler safety is now available from the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries Inc. (ISRI), Washington. "Working Safe and Smart with Balers" offers stark examples of the dangers of balers, and pulls no punches in...

Gershow adds Brooklyn facility. (Scrap Industry News).(re-opens shredding facility after remodeling project)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... Gershow Recycling, Medford, N.Y., has purchased the assets of Brooklyn scrap recycler Lieberman Koren Corp. The acquisition was made earlier this year, but the facility recently re-opened after major renovations. The move is significant...

Making a case. (Scrap Industry News).(International Trade Commission)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... For many U.S. steel companies, it may be too little too late, but help from the Bush Administration may be on its way in the form of Section 201 remedies. The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) began its investigation back in June...

Ferretti no longer leading NRC. (Municipal Recycling).(Will Ferretti; National Recycling Coalition)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... The board of directors of the National Recycling Coalition (NRC), Alexandria, Va., has elected not to retain Will Ferretti as the association's executive director. The NRC board issued an announcement in mid-October that Kate Krebs, former...

Tidewater honored by VRA. (Municipal Recycling).(Tidewater Fibre Corp., Virginia Recycling Association)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... Tidewater Fibre Corp., Chesapeake, Va., has been selected as the top Large Recycling Business by the Virginia Recycling Association (VRA). The company collects and processes curbside recyclables from some of Virginia's largest cities and...

Anheuser-Busch recognizes quality. (Municipal Recycling).(Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corp.)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corp., Johnston, R.I., has been recognized by Anheuser-Busch, St. Louis, for its quality UBC shipments to the beer maker. The award is not something typically given out by Anheuser-Busch, says Beth Bailey,...

Feeling contrary. (Ferrous).(ferrous scrap surviving)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 2001... Borrowing a sentiment from a country and western song, the ferrous market has been down so long it has forgotten what up is. But fatalism is not the prevailing mood among all scrap dealers, many of whom are adopting a determined survivor's...

No bright copper forecast for 2002. (Nonferrous).(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 2001... While copper melting facilities often like their feed-stock bright, the shiny metal may provide the only brightness in the market for the foreseeable future. The economy's impact on the copper markets is not expected to diminish in 2002,...

Expectations melt in aluminum market. (Non Ferrous).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... Several months ago at the ISRI Annual Convention, aluminum industry researcher James Southwood remarked that the shut down of smelters in America's northwest would play a role in strengthening aluminum prices. In his worse case scenario,...

Flattening out. (Paper).(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 2001... Bulk grades look to be holding there own this month. After the sharp decline during the first several quarters of this year there appears to be the semblance of steadier prices. Old corrugated containers (OCC) seem to be holding up in most...

WTSA adjusting freight rates. (Paper).(Westbound Transportation Stabilization Agreement)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... Ocean container shipping lines have agreed to place a floor under freight charges for recovered fiber, while raising existing rates on scrap metal. The two commodities, along with hay, have seen an erosion in rates to levels generally less than...

Proposed recycled newsprint mill one step closer. (Paper).(Besicorp-Empire Development Company L.L.C.)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... Besicorp-Empire Development Co. LLC has submitted its air permit application to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) in connection with its plans to build a cogeneration plant and recycled newsprint manufacturing...

Sealant makes use of crumb. (Tires/Rubber).(Urecoats Industries Inc.)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... A sealant and coating product using crumb rubber as a base ingredient has been awarded a patent by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Urecoats Industries Inc., Pompano Beach, Fla., has received a patent for its Rubber Sealant Membrane...

Planter made with mixed plastic. (Plastics).(by Selectech Inc.)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... East Coast recyclers looking for an end market for mixed plastic scrap are rooting for a Massachusetts company making planters with the recyclable material. Selectech Inc., Taunton, Mass., is marketing EcoPlanters as "high-quality...

IPS installs two-ram balers. (Installations).(IPS Balers Inc.)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... IPS Balers Inc., Baxley, Ga., has sold and installed several high-production two-ram balers in recent months. In the Northeast market, an IPS TR-1388-200 with a pre-compression ram has been installed at All-American Recycling in Jersey...

American baler installs Bimax balers. (Installations).(for Papeles Allende S.L.)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... Papeles Allende s.L. (PASL) has placed an order for two large capacity Bimax horizontal balers from American Baler Co., Bellevue, Ohio. The Spanish recyclers recently evaluated product performance at Van den Born Papier Recycling in Delft,...

Shredder revs up new motor. (Installations).(at A. Tenenbaum Company Inc.)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... A new 4,000 hp engine has been installed for an 80/104 Texas Shredder at A. Tenenbaum Co. Inc., North Little Rock, Ark. The new Alstom 4,000 hp slip-ring motor runs at 500 rpm and powers an 80/104 shredder made by Texas Shredder Inc. (TSI),...

Al-Jon Inc. (Installations).(Municipal Recyclers Ltd. purchases crusher)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... Municipal Recyclers Ltd., Mount Peril, Newfoundland, Canada, has purchased an Impact V Car Crusher from Al-jon, Ottumwa, Iowa. "We researched mobile car crushers throughout the industry and found that Al-jon's crusher would provide the best...

Northshore Manufacturing Inc. (Installations).(introduces material handling system)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... A newly configured material handling system from Northshore Manufacturing has been designed to enhance baler performance for non-ferrous scrap operations, the company says. The Builtrite Model 40S features a 20-foot boom arm which provides...

Sandvik enters U.S. crushing scene. (Installations).(acquires crushing equipment lines from Metso Corp.)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... Concrete and asphalt recyclers will have a new name in crushing equipment to learn about. The Sandvik Group, a Swedish industrial conglomerate, has acquired some of the crushing equipment lines of the former Svedala Industri AB from Metso...

Hanging on: veteran scrap recyclers have seen ups and downs before, so they're holding out through the current slump.(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 2001... The numbers associated with the current steel industry and scrap market slump are grim: * More than two dozen steelmakers have filed for bankruptcy in the past few years * Average prices for ferrous scrap have not risen above $94...

Trading places: known for its commodities trading services, Enron Corp. now also owns mills that consume scrap paper. (Paper Consumer Focus).
November 1, 2001... Enron Corp. might be considered a neophyte when it comes to making paper. But the company, which has purchased mills, intends to make up for its lack of experience by using many of its financial tools to become a force to be reckoned with. ...

Positive identification: whether using X-ray or arc/spark metal analysis, technology promises improvements in speed and accuracy. (Metal Analyzers).
November 1, 2001... Technological progress continually allows for a variety of improvements in metals analyzers, increasing the speed of analysis and the durability and portability of the instruments. But technology cannot change one fundamental thing: The...

Recycling Today Media Group.(hires Diana M. Adipietro)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... The Recycling Today Media Group has added Diana M. Adipietro to the media group sales staff. She has been appointed Regional Sales Manager-Midwest and joins the publishing group from 1 ClickWebSolutions LLC, where she served as National Sales...

Kobelco Construction Machinery America.(promotes Ron Hargrave)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... Ron Hargrave has been promoted to vice president sales and marketing operations for Kobelco Construction Machinery America LLC. His new responsibilities will include directing all sales, marketing and service and parts support for Kobelco....

Superior Aluminum Alloys.(appoints Ron Marchbanks)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... The Superior Aluminum Alloys division of OmniSource Corp., Fort Wayne, Ind., has named Ron Marchbanks as vice president of sales and marketing. He will be responsible for directing the sales and marketing effort for the specification...

Calendar.
November 1, 2001... Nov. 15-16 INARE Congress, Mexico City, Instituto Nacional de Recicladores administrador@gblmkt.com Nov. 19 ISRI Wisconsin Chapter Meeting. Milwaukee, ISRI Wisconsin Chapter, (920) 921-2070 Nov. 21-23 Spanish...

Old friends and new servants. (welcome).(personal attachments to machinery)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... Some people can grow very attached to the machines they own or work with. Logic doesn't dictate it--a machine can never genuinely return the affection bestowed upon it by a person. But nonetheless, thousands (if not millions) of people own...

Worker bees: they aren't as loud and showy as larger equipment, but nimble forklifts and skid steers carry their fair share for recyclers.
November 1, 2001... The beep-beep warning of a moving forklift truck is part of the audio setting at most industrial work sites, with recycling facilities being no exception. Many recyclers of paper, light metals and curbside materials rely almost exclusively...

A real load: as processing equipment has grown, so has the preference for heavier loaders.
November 1, 2001... Balers can now bale paper at outputs once hard to even imagine by recyclers. Likewise, metal processing machines--from shears to shredders to balers--are available in gigantic sizes with ravenous appetites. To feed these recycling raptors,...

Lift off: hydraulic handlers have skyrocketed as the material handling machine of choice at high-output recycling facilities.
November 1, 2001... Within the recycling industry, the heavy iron has always been most at home where iron-bearing scrap is lifted high and in large amounts. While lattice-boom cranes can still be seen in many locations doing the heavy lifting, hydraulic...

Fast forward: sleek styling, remote controls and computerization are likely trends for the heavy equipment of the future.
November 1, 2001... Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, Ill., with its NPI (new product introduction) process, is looking out for your future. We are looking 15 to 25 years into the future and trying to determine what it will be like out there in the various businesses that...