Recycling Today articles from November 2004

Recycling Today archives from November 2004

Reviews for bad acting.(Editor's Focus)(recycling industry)
November 1, 2004... Critics of stage and screen performances can cite different characteristics that, to them, define bad acting and bad actors. Some may point to wooden actors whose ability to emote at all may be in question, while the ham-bone's overacting can...

Heinkele exits CMC's top scrap role.(Scrap Industry News)(Commercial Metals Co.'s Harry Heinkele retires)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Commercial Metals Company (CMC) of Dallas has announced the retirement of Harry Heinkele, president of CMC's Secondary Metals Processing Division, after more than 24 years. Former CMC Chief Operating Officer Alan Postel has now assumed the...

Worthington extends scrap service arrangement.(Scrap Industry News)(Cohen Brothers Inc., OmniSource Corp., Worthington Industries Inc)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... OmniSource Corp., Fort Wayne, Ind., and Cohen Brothers Inc., Middletown, Ohio, have announced an extension of their agreement with Worthington Industries Inc. to fulfill a scrap service contract that allows the two companies to serve...

PSC Metals acquires Alabama yard.(Scrap Industry News)(Gadsden Iron and Metal Co.)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... PSC Metals has purchased Gadsden Iron and Metal Co., a scrap recycling facility located in Gadsden, Ala. The acquisition was completed in mid-September. PSC will use the 10-acre facility as a feeder yard for its yard in Chattanooga, Tenn,...

2005 PRMD available.(Scrap Industry News)(Paper Recycling Markets Directory published by Recycling Today Media Group)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... The 2005 edition of the Paper Recycling Markets Directory is now available. Published by the Recycling Today Media Group, the annual Paper Recycling Markets Directory is a comprehensive reference volume on all aspects of the North American...

Lebanon Valley Aluminum, Consolidated Scrap Resources forge partnership.(Scrap Industry News)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Lebanon Valley Aluminum LLC, Lebanon, Pa., (LVA) has selected Consolidated Scrap Resources Inc. (CSR), with offices in York and Harrisburg, Pa., as its exclusive raw materials buyer. Sam Barnett, a 30-year aluminum industry veteran, will...

Metal Management's Tryon steps down.(Scrap Industry News)(Michael W. Tryon resigns)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Michael W. Tryon has resigned from the positions of president and chief operating officer of Metal Management Inc., Chicago. Tryon had served in his executive capacity with the company since September of 1999. Daniel W. Dienst, chairman...

NYC inks long-term deal with Hugo Neu.(Municipal Recycling)(New York City)(Department of Sanitation)(Economic Development Corporation)
November 1, 2004... New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Department of Sanitation Commissioner John Doherty and Economic Development Corporation President Andrew Alper have announced an agreement with Hugo Neu Corp.(HNC), one of the nation's largest scrap metal...

Hesitation sets in.(Ferrous)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... When central planners on the other side of the world play a role in commodity pricing, volatility can occur with the release of a single government memo. Wall Street traders, reportedly worried about a potential slowdown in the Chinese...

Clipped wings.(Nonferrous)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... After reaching lofty heights in late September and early October, a few cents were clipped off copper pricing after some selling off in mid-October. Both LME (London Metal Exchange) and Comex copper pricing dropped more than 10 percent in...

Domestic strength.(Paper)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... While some of the bulk grades are taking a bit of a breather with mildly softer pricing, several conditions point to a healthier market for the paperboard industry overall. Reflecting the improved market condition, recent figures from the...

Container lines recommend plastic scrap rate adjustment.(Plastics)(Westbound Transpacific Stabilization Agreement )(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Shipping lines in the Westbound Transpacific Stabilization Agreement (WSTA) have agreed on the need to raise freight rates on shipments of plastic scrap from the United States to Asia. Effective Oct. 1, 2004, WTSA has recommended increases...

Plastics Technology Park receives grant.(Plastics)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... The Polymer Alliance Zone's (PAZ) Technology Park has received a check for $4.3 million from West Virginia's Economic Development Grant Commission. The development corporation will use the money, along with $100,000 from the zone itself,...

GreenMan completes acquisition.(Tires)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... GreenMan Technologies Inc., Lynnfield, Mass., has completed its acquisition of all tire collection operations of American Tire Disposal Inc. (ATD), a Southern California company in the business of collecting and marketing scrap tires. GreenMan...

NRC honors electronics recyclers.(Electronics Recycling)
November 1, 2004... The National Recycling Coalition (NRC), Washington, recognized two electronics recyclers with awards at its 23rd Annual Congress & Exposition in San Francisco at Moscone Convention Center. The NRO recognized RetroBox of Columbus, Ohio, an...

Cell Phone Recycling bill signed into law.(Electronics Recycling)(Cell Phone Recycling Act )(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed AB-2901, which requires retailers to take back obsolete cell phones at no cost to consumers, into law in California. California is the first state in the country to pass such legislation. The Cell...

ConExpo announces seminars.(C&D News)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... The seminar program for ConExpo-Con/Agg 2005 has been published and distributed, along with a new registration brochure for the massive construction and aggregates industry event. ConExpo, held every three years in Las Vegas, is March...

Grape stakes of wrath.(C&D News; agricultural waste)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Thousands of tons of chromated-copper-arsenate-treated (CCA) wood stakes that were used for years on acres of California agricultural grape land now sit in heaps, waiting for disposal. According to the Fresno Bee, several mounds of the...

Tennessee Scrap Co. adds Harris baler.(Equipment Report)(CFC Recycling Inc.)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... A new Harris HBL66-16 stationary baler-logger is on the job at CFC Recycling Inc., Tullahoma, Tenn. The baler, made by Harris Waste Management Group Inc., Peachtree City, Ga., produces high-density logs and bales after accepting scrap into a...

Rigby offers Linear Shears.(Equipment Report; recycling equipment)(Rigby Industries)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Rigby Industries, Akron, Ohio, has introduced a line of Linear Scrap Shears. The shears are designed especially for processing linear scrap, such as ACSR cable, wire, tubing, baling wire, banding, bar stock, slitter scrap and scarf, cutting it...

Niton debuts Plastics Analyzer.(Equipment Report)(Niton LLC)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Niton LLC, Billerica, Mass., has announced the release of the portable XLt Plastics Analyzer. The X-ray-tube-based XLt Plastics Analyzer is billed as the first hand-held XRF (X-ray fluorescence) instrument for the plastics industry. Niton...

Border barrier: a proposed blockade of Toronto's trash exports is spurring Ontario's recycling activity.(Cover Story)
November 1, 2004... The trash war between Michigan and Ontario has heated up, with lawsuits, contract disputes, and a new U.S. bill to ban Canadian trash. At issue is whether Ontario cities--Toronto being the largest--can legally send more than 1.3 million tons of...

Strong leadership: Republic Crane & Equipment Company: Republic Crane has provided a quarter century of sales and service leadership with its Liebherr line of scrap handlers.(Advertisement)
November 1, 2004... Demonstrated leadership in sales, service and customer care for 25 years has helped Republic Crane & Equipment Company become a leading provider of scrap handling equipment to the North American market. Republic Crane was formed in 1979 as...

Highest bidders: ferrous scrap dealers will continue to ship their products to the world's hungry scrap-consuming furnaces.(Commodity Focus)
November 1, 2004... If China's government is trying to harness its robust economy, it may be having only modest success. Although the government there has taken steps to slow down economic growth, the hunger of more than 1 billion people for a life with consumer...

Brand loyalty: American Iron & Metal orders a second helping of Steinert equipment.(Advertisement)
November 1, 2004... Operating an automobile shredder plant and its downstream system efficiently takes a combination of capital investment, industry knowledge and dedication to maintenance and systems management. Pierre Paquet of American Iron & Metal Co. Inc....

New and improved: a diverse fleet of vehicles helps Davis Industries process and ship.(Material Handling Equipment Focus)
November 1, 2004... The quest to find better ways to do the myriad of tasks around a scrap yard is never-ending. For a long-time suburban Washington, D.C., operation, that quest involves new, reliable and well-maintained heavy equipment--and some unique uses for...

Protect and serve: maintaining mobile equipment fleets yields minimal downtime.(Material Handling Equipment Focus)
November 1, 2004... Those who think that the Paris-to-Dakar trans-Sahara road rally is a test of man and machine should check out what is happening with skid-steer loaders working in recycling applications. Nearly every recycling company uses skid steers...

Beyond heavy lifting: loaders perform a variety of tasks from material handling to primary demolition.(Material Handling Equipment Focus)
November 1, 2004... The loaders employed at recycling facilities and at construction and demolition recycling sites perform a variety of material handling tasks, but their usefulness goes far beyond loading processing equipment and outbound trucks. It's this...

Terex Fuchs dealer directory.(Terex Fuchs, Inc.)(Directory)
November 1, 2004... ALABAMA Warrior Tractor & Equipment Co. Inc. Northport (HQ): (205) 339-0300 Athens, Montgomery, Monroeville, Oxford, Pelham ARKANSAS Warrior of Arkansas Mabelvale (HQ): (501) 455-2540 Camden, Fort Smith,...

End of the relay race: the long reach of the Fuchs MHL 380 serves A. Tenenbaum Co. Inc.
November 1, 2004... Metals shredders are best supplied with a steady feed, which puts constant pressure on yard managers to keep material close at hand. At the A. Tenenbaum Co. Inc. facility in North Little Rock, Ark., this formerly involved two scrap handlers...

Multiple choice: a Pensacola, Fla., scrap recycler uses its Fuchs MHL 350 for a variety of tasks.
November 1, 2004... When Gene Rosenbaum, president of Southern Scrap Co. Inc., was shopping for a hydraulic scrap handler, he knew he would need a versatile machine. Rosenbaum is glad he selected a Terex Fuchs MHL 350, which has been able to do everything...

Simple connection: CMC's Springfield, Mo., facility benefits from the Fuchs Quick Connect system.(Commercial Metals Co.)
November 1, 2004... Efficiency is measured carefully at Commercial Metals Co. (CMC), which is why managers of the company's Springfield, Mo., scrap recycling facility are glad they own a Fuchs MHL 350 scrap handler with the Quick Connect system. Three Fuchs...

A better view: a Fuchs handler with an elevated cab helps Empire Recycling see better results.(Fuchs Machinery Inc.)
November 1, 2004... With a variety of loading and equipment feeding tasks facing them, hydraulic scrap handlers at Empire Recycling's Utica, N.Y., facility need to be productive. Joe Alberico, general manager of ferrous operations at the central New York facility,...

The right combination: several factors led Gold Metal Recyclers in Dallas to choose Fuchs.
November 1, 2004... When the scrap market began to heat up in 2003, Neil and Ken Goldberg, the co-owners of the Gold Metal Recyclers facility in Dallas, realized that they would need additional mobile material handling capacity to match increased production...

Breaking and moving: attachments are increasingly used to process material as well as move it.(Material Handling Equipment Focus)
November 1, 2004... Rapid inventory turn-around in scrap yards and the controlled demolition trend in that industry are among the factors boosting the sale of mobile shears and other attachments that do more than simply move scrap material. Without question,...

The paper chase: controlling quality as paper recycling expands is a critical challenge.(Commentary)
November 1, 2004... The year 2003 will be remembered as a successful year. Thanks to millions of consumers, thousands of municipal recycling programs, state recycling organizations, corporations, government agencies and schools across the country, we achieved a 50...

Finders keepers: metal analyzing instruments can help recyclers find and separate higher-grade materials.(Metal Analyzing Equipment)
November 1, 2004... "I should have bought one 10 years ago!" That was the reaction of" Bob Weinslein, owner of Bob's Metals Inc., Portland, Ore., when asked to assess the benefits of his metal analyzer. Bill Fisher, director of U.S. Operations for ELG Metals...

China Iron & Steel Association, China Non-ferrous Metals Industry Association and Mettalurgical Council of CCPIT are pleased to announce the 2nd China International Metal Recycling Forum 2005--Policy, Market and Technology: Mar.5-7, 2005 Guangzhou, P.R. China.
November 1, 2004... Host: China Iron & Steel Organization (CISA) China Non-ferrous Metals Industry Association (CNIA) Organizer: Metallurgical Council of China Council for the Promotion of Int'l Trade (MC-CCPIT) Supporter: Bureau of International...

From desktop to dust: electronics recycling involves many stages before secondary commodities are produced.(Electronics Recycling Series)
November 1, 2004... The article that started this series last month looked at many different kinds of "recycling' that can occur with each individual electronics recycler. Unlike the recycling of, say, aluminum cans, which generally move from collection point to...

Market strength: the demand factors for nickel alloys should stay in place, even if China cools down a bit.
November 1, 2004... Economic statistics from China are often considered suspect by American standards, but, no matter who is doing the math, there is little dispute that China's metals industry has been booming for the past five years. Scrap dealers are...

Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries Inc.(People)(John Gilstrap appointed as director of safety)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries Inc. (ISRI), Washington, has added John Gilstrap as director of safety. Gilstrap has more than two decades of experience in OSHA compliance, safety engineering, training and accident prevention....

Flexco.(People)(Thomas S. Wujek and Michael J. Stein joins Flexible Steel Lacing Co.)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Flexible Steel Lacing Co. (Flexco), Downers Grove, Ill., has added new marketing and sales officers to its staff. Thomas S. Wujek has been named vice president of sales and operations. He has been a Flexco employee since 1992 and has served...

Amlon Resources Group LLC.(People)(Tim Cimperman joins as sales manager)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Amlon Resources Group LLC, New York, has named Tim Cimperman as its new sales manager. He was formerly a sales representative with Inmetco (an INCO company) and will work from a Pittsburgh office. Cimperman has worked in the environmental...

Calendar.(Calendar)
November 1, 2004... NOV. 11-13 ISRI Gulf Coast Chapter Fall Meeting, Biloxi, Miss., ISRI Gulf Coast Chapter, (662) 534-3004 NOV. 25-26 INARE Congress, Mexico City, Instituto Nacional de Recicladores, (55) 57-84-12-79 or margarita@inare.org.mx ...

WastePAC Densifier literature.(Products)
November 1, 2004... * Introduces the WastePAC Densifier, a machine that converts plastic film, foil, poly-coated paper, loose scrap and other scrap into bricks * Includes detailed schematics demonstrating how the PAC equipment compresses material...

J&J classiclite tipper trailer.(Products)
November 1, 2004... * Aluminum tipper trailer weighs in at 11,940 pounds, allowing haulers to maximize payloads * Measures 48-feet long with a capacity of 115 cubic yards * Built with a combination of high-strength alloys for durability * Includes...

Inx-systems sortmatic MSW-II.(Products)
November 1, 2004... * An advanced optical sorter for recycling of source-separated municipal solid waste * Sorts into up to six user-selectable material groups, such as aluminum cans and foil, plastic containers, newspaper, yard waste, steel/tin cans and...

Allied-Gator Multi-Tool.(Products)
November 1, 2004... * MT Series Multi-Tool uses the Allied-Gator Power-Link and Guide System to increase its force as the jaws close * Offers precise jaw alignment when shearing, crushing Modular design gives continuous 360-degree rotation as its cylinder...

Thermal Dynamics pakmaster XL Plus series.(Products)
November 1, 2004... * Includes the 1Torch standard * Series features the 50 XLP, 75 XLP and 100 XLP machines with respective output currents of from 15 to 40 amps, 15 to 60 amps and 15 to 80 amps * Cut capacity ranges from .5 inch to 1 inch depending on...

Busch Super Sorter series.(Products)
November 1, 2004... * Series consists of the Super Sorter All-In-One, the Super Sorter Urban Recycler and the Super Sorter Carts * All carts use the Super Sorter openings, which include paper/newspaper, cans/bottles and waste, thereby reducing contamination...

Eriez vibratory feeders.(Products)
November 1, 2004... * Improved line of small vibratory feeders boasting a Hi-Vi magnetic drive circuit that provides a straightforward, powerful solution to complicated material feeding applications * Totally enclosed, dust- and moisture-resistant magnetic...

John Deere's new 300-series skid-steer line.(Products)
November 1, 2004... * The machines' low center of gravity offers more stability, as do the larger tires and the 60/40 weight distribution on the front and rear axles * Patented vertical-lift boom offers a true vertical lift pattern * Dump angle of 45...

Getting wise.(Spartech Corp. received the 2004 Recycling Award)(National Association of Environmental Management)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Spartech Corp. has received the 2004 Recycling Award from the St. Louis Metropolitan Chapter of the National Association of Environmental Management (NAEM). The NAEM Recycling Award is presented annually to a St. Louis company that...

Spirited endeavor.(Department of Treasury has authorized Liquid Resources of Ohio LLC)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau of the U.S. Department of Treasury has authorized Liquid Resources of Ohio LLC to operate a distilled spirits recycling plant in Medina, Ohio. The company removes and destroys non-hazardous...

In the black.(Back Page)(Epson America Inc. continues its partnership with Funding Factory.com)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Epson America has announced that it is continuing its partnership with FundingFactory, which allows schools and non-profits nationwide to return ink cartridges for rewards that can boost fundraising efforts. Educational and non-profit...