Recycling Today articles from November 2002

Recycling Today archives from November 2002

Vying for sound bites. (Editor's Focus).
November 1, 2002... Recycling activists often sound an alarm that recycling, as an issue of environmental policy, has dropped off the front page. It is difficult to argue this notion, although the past 12 months may have seen a slight re-emergence of recycling as...

ForestExpress touts transaction volume. (Scrap Industry News).(forest products companies)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... ForestExpress, Atlanta, has announced that year-to-date it has registered almost 40,000 transactions worth an estimated $200 million over its network. The company, which bills itself as a transaction processing network for the forest products...

De-zincing operation starts up. (Scrap Industry News).(Meretec)
November 1, 2002... After a prolonged research and start-up phase, a galvanized scrap "de-zincing" operation is ready to start a steady production schedule. Generators and consumers of ferrous scrap will be watching the progress of Meretec, East Chicago, Ind....

Hopes dimming for Utah steelmaker. (Scrap Industry News).(Geneva Steel's financing for electric arc furnace)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... Utah integrated steelmaker Geneva Steel, which was hoping for $250 million in financing to allow it to reconfigure as an electric am furnace steelmaker, has announced that financing negotiations have ended unsuccessfully. According to a...

Santa Clarita launches diaper recycling program. (Municipal Recycling).(California)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... The City of Santa Clarita, Calif., is the first city in the United States to launch a diaper-recycling program. Working in conjunction with Canada-based Knowaste LLC, the city will administer a six-month pilot program. Roughly 500...

Tucson settles barrel dispute. (Municipal Recycling).(Tucson, Arizona to purchase recycling containers from Toter Inc. and Rehrig Pacific Co.)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... The Tucson Recycles program has resumed after Mayor Bob Walkup and City Council took action to resolve legal issues that stalled the citywide expanded recycling initiative in July. Walkup and City Council accepted a proposed settlement...

Lexington implements new recycling system. (Municipal Recycling).(Kentucky)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... Kentucky's Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government's Division of Solid Waste has begun converting to a single-stream-plus-glass recycling system with the distribution of new bins. The new 65-gallon Rosie bins are slightly taller and...

Smurfit recycling contracts with Philadelphia. (Municipal Recycling).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... The Smurfit Recycling Company plant in Philadelphia has received a one-year contract from the City of Philadelphia to purchase and process recyclables collected from the city's 1.4 million residents and various municipal buildings. The...

Margin call. (Ferrous).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... Figuring out who along the supply chain--from auto makers through first tier suppliers, steelmakers and then scrap dealers--has a profit margin to work with can be an intriguing exercise. In the current market, some scrap dealers are...

War jitters. (Nonferrous).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... Like many metallic commodities, copper has spent recent months in oversupply, keeping its price down. But the fundamentals are improving, according to presenters at the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries Inc. (ISRI) Commodity Roundtables,...

Seeking stability. (Paper).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... After the roller coaster ride of this summer and early fall, most paper stock grades are settling into a comfortable price range. Old corrugated containers (OCC) seem near a balanced level, as price declines have eased. Movement still...

Lavergne group expands capacity. (Plastics).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... The Lavergne Group, Ville d'Anjou, Quebec, Canada, has completed installation of additional recycled plastic compounding capacity of 10,000 tons annually. Jean-Luc Lavergne, president of the Lavergne Group, says, "As a part of our...

T.H. Glennon offers tire colorants. (Tires/Rubber).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... T.H. Glennon Co. Inc., Salisbury, Mass., now offers a colorant product designed to work with rubber mulch created from scrap tires. "Right now we have 12 colors for the rubber market, and we can customize to meet requests," says Jim McGinn, the...

Pyrolysis plant to come to Virginia. (Tires/Rubber).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... EarthFirst Technologies Inc. (EFTI), Tampa, has signed a Letter of Intent with Tire Recyclers Inc. (TRI), Richmond, Va., to construct and operate a commercial tire pyrolysis plant at TRI's existing tire recycling facility in Charles City, Va....

EPA awards glass recycling process. (Glass).(Environmental Protection Agency's Evergreen Award got by Sandhill Industries)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... Sandhill Industries, a Boise, Idaho-based manufacturer of decorative tile, received an Evergreen Award from the Environmental Protection Agency's northwest regional office. The award acknowledges Sandhill's energy-efficient production process...

Green waste recycler blooms in California. (C&D News).(Protect All Life Foundation Tree Recycling Yard)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... The non-profit Protect All Life (PAL) Foundation Tree Recycling Yard now is serving the San Francisco Bay Area, taking delivery on whole trees and lumber for recycling. Rather than make chips or mulch, PAL creates veneer, paneling,...

Getting the lead out. (C&D News).(Construction Materials Recycling Association on recycling concrete and asphalt with paint on )(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... The Construction Materials Recycling Association (CMRA), Lisle, Ill., is preparing a document that examines the scientific data available on the subject of recycling concrete and asphalt with paint on it. The group says the paper is in response...

Hempstead shredder line sold. (Equipment Report).(Hempstead Shredder Systems)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... Alexander Machinery Inc. (Alexco), Mauldin, S.C., has purchased Hempstead Shedder Systems of Troy, Mich. The Hempstead product line of plastic shredder machinery will fit within the existing equipment line offered by Alexco, says Alexco...

Manitowoc acquires Grove product line. (Equipment Report).(Grove Investors Inc.)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... Manitowoc Co., a maker of high-capacity lattice-boom crawler cranes and tower cranes, has completed its acquisition of Grove Investors Inc. for $271 million. The Manitowoc, Wisc.-based manufacturer broadens its product line with the acquisition...

CM sells shredder to Wisconsin firm. (Installations).(Columbus McKinnon Corp.'s CM Stationary Tire Shredding System, Watertown Tire Recyclers L.L.C.)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... Watertown Tire Recyclers LLC, Watertown, Wisc., has installed a new CM Stationary Tire Shredding System made by Columbus McKinnon Corp., Sarasota, Fla. The system is used to process steel belted passenger and truck tires to make...

Metso EC shear sold. (Equipment Report).(Metso Lindemann)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... Metso Lindemann, with American headquarters in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, has introduced its latest innovation in scrap shears designed to process scrap more flexibly and profitably. The company, formerly known as Svedala Lindemann, designs and...

Providing a home: MBA Polymers Inc., Richmond, Calif., has been created to give a boost to durable goods plastics recycling.
November 1, 2002... The question from recyclers is a common one: Can a steady market be created to recycle engineering plastic components that make up a growing portion of the automotive, appliance and electronics streams? For the past decade, MBA Polymers...

Hide and seek: dealers who can procure hard-to-find ferrous scrap have sufficient orders to fill. (Commodity Focus).
November 1, 2002... An old adage in the scrap industry holds that "scrap is bought, not sold." In the second half of 2002, ferrous scrap dealers are proclaiming that message loud and clear, as lackluster scrap generation is making for a competitive climate in many...

Pile it on: larger scrap yards with heavier volumes could opt for high-volumes scrap handlers. (Material Handling Equipment Focus).
November 1, 2002... Scrap metal is still collected at small feeder yards, and the processing and gathering of material at job sites has left plenty of room in the market for smaller material handling machines. But as one or two large companies have emerged as...

Movers & shakers: selecting a wheel loader or skid steer is easy with a few basic considerations in mind. (Material Handling Equipment Focus).
November 1, 2002... Assessing a recycler's need for an appropriately sized and accessorized wheel loader or skid steel doesn't have to be difficult. When evaluating a business's material handling needs, a few guidelines can help ensure selection of the right...

Built to last. (Excel).
November 1, 2002... Jake Giesbrecht is a recycling plant manager now, but his work experience includes several years as a millwright working with machinery by building, installing and servicing it. When it came time for Eastman Recycling Services in Steinbach,...

A bigger lift: lift trucks designed for productivity are helping forklifts compete with loaders in the recycling industry. (Material Handling Equipment Focus).
November 1, 2002... The forklift truck is probably the most mass-produced industrial truck in the world, and it can be found in environments ranging from the retail stock room to industrial plants. Recycling applications are clearly among those where forklifts...

Coming to terms: part of learning about material handling equipment includes adding to one's vocabulary. (Material Handling Equipment Focus).
November 1, 2002... Most recycling operations have loaders, material handlers and forklifts of some type at work in the yard or plant. They typically are used to move material around, to load and unload trucks and to feed processing equipment. Some recyclers...

The hard facts: recyclers need to help the U.S. paper industry survive in a competitive world, according to SP Newsprint's Dr. James Burke. (Paper Consumer Focus).
November 1, 2002... Speaking as part of panel called "The Changing Face of Paper Recycling," Dr. James Burke had a sobering message for attendees of the Paper Recycling Conference & Trade Show, held in New Orleans this past June. Burke is CEO and president of...

Checks & balances: metal analyzers can help improve a scrap dealer's profit margin and reputation. (Metal Analyzers).
November 1, 2002... Scrap dealers are turning to metal analyzers to maximize profit margins and to compete in an industry that is becoming increasingly sophisticated. These instruments, available in either XRF (X-ray fluorescence) or OES (optical emissions...

Hunter-BenMet Assoc. (People).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... Long-time scrap metals trader Barry Hunter will be presented with the Phoenix Award by the Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries Inc. (ISRI). Hunter, currently a partner in Hunter-BenMet Associates, New York,...

Universal Engineering. (People).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... Universal Engineering Corp., Cedar Rapids, Iowa, has added Gerald Mangrich to its staff as its new sales manager. Mangrich brings 20 years of experience in the aggregates and mining equipment field to Universal, having most recently worked...

Calendar.(Calendar)
November 1, 2002... NOV. 12-14 Mississippi Recycling Coalition Annual Conference & Trade Show, Jackson, Miss., Mississippi Recycling Coalition and Mississippi Chapter of SWANA, (800) 545-3764 NOV. 14-15 Autumn Precious Metals Seminar,...

Metso Lindemann scrap balers. (Products).
November 1, 2002... * RAS (Rapid Automatic Scrap) baler series * Operates with peak hydraulic pressure of 350 bar * Employs smaller, faster hydraulic cylinders connected in series with a unique oil flow system * Reduces cycle times by 50 percent...

American Pulverizer Hammermill. (Products).
November 1, 2002... * 60x85 heavy-duty Hammermill * Processes automobiles, appliances and miscellaneous scrap * Replaceable three-piece anvil, fully capped spider rotor and reject door featured * Higher productionrates and reduced maintenance costs...

Allied-gator multi-tool. (Products).
November 1, 2002... * MT[TM] Series provides power, versatility and durability * Available in three sizes for 20,000- to 100,000-pound excavators * Rotating and non-rotating configurations * Power link system provides continual increase in power,...