Recycling Today articles from November 2007

Recycling Today archives from November 2007

Welcome addition to a new edition.(EDITOR'S FOCUS)
November 1, 2007... The business information industry has as both its greatest blessing and its greatest concern that the world is changing rapidly in numerous ways. The blessing is that as the recycling and scrap industries change, the audience for a steady...

EPA reports progress on mercury switch removal.(SCRAP INDUSTRY NEWS)
November 1, 2007... The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reports more than 635,000 mercury switches representing 1,400 pounds of mercury have been removed during the first year of its voluntary national program to remove the devices from vehicles. Last...

Steel Dynamics to acquire OmniSource.(SCRAP INDUSTRY NEWS)
November 1, 2007... Steel Dynamics Inc. (SDI), Fort Wayne, Ind., and OmniSource Corp. have announced the execution of a definitive agreement whereby Steel Dynamics will acquire OmniSource, a privately held scrap recycling company based in Fort Wayne, Ind. ...

Irish firm enters North American recycling market.(SCRAP INDUSTRY NEWS)
November 1, 2007... The Irish firm NTR has established a new recycling division in North America called Greenstar North America. In addition to the creation of the North American business unit, the company has acquired majority stakes in four U.S.-based...

Sonoco changes name of recovered paper division.(SCRAP INDUSTRY NEWS)
November 1, 2007... Sonoco has renamed its global recovered paper operations Sonoco Recycling and has repositioned the business unit to combine the company's recycling capabilities with new environmentally sustainable services, such as waste management consulting....

Sims, Adams Steel complete merger deal.(SCRAP INDUSTRY NEWS)
November 1, 2007... Australia-based Sims Group Ltd. has announced that the merger of its Southern Californian Metal Recycling assets with Adams Steel LLC was completed Sept. 1. The newly created joint venture company, SA Recycling LLC, will operate within a...

Memphis partners with recycling firms.(MUNICIPAL RECYCLING)
November 1, 2007... The city of Memphis, Tenn., along with International Paper, FOR of Tennessee and Friends of City Beautiful, has started a recycling program called "All Aboard" to target old corrugated containers (COO) and paperboard packaging. In August,...

Seattle aims for zero waste.(MUNICIPAL RECYCLING)
November 1, 2007... The Seattle City Council has approved a zero-waste strategy to increase recycling, reduce waste and upgrade the city's transfer stations. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The plan is the result of more than 18 months of work led by Council...

CVP offers new tool to recycling coordinators.(MUNICIPAL RECYCLING)
November 1, 2007... Recycling coordinators have a new educational tool that is available for free through the Curbside Value Partnership (CVP). The "Recycling Communicators Toolbox," an education toolkit available online and on CD-ROM, was launched during the...

Alpine opens single-stream MRF in Denver.(MUNICIPAL RECYCLING)
November 1, 2007... Alpine Waste & Recycling, based in Commerce City, Colo., has opened its first single-stream recycling plant in Denver. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] With the opening of the new facility, the city and county of Denver now have two recycling...

New Jersey DEP awards money to boost recycling.(MUNICIPAL RECYCLING)
November 1, 2007... The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is providing nearly $4.2 million in grants to support county and municipal recycling programs, Commissioner Lisa Jackson says. DEP recycling grant awards are based on the recycling...

Mid America opens single-stream MRF.(MUNICIPAL RECYCLING)
November 1, 2007... Mid America Recycling Co. (MAR), Des Moines, Iowa, has started up its newest single-stream material recovery facility (MRF) in Garland, Texas. The MRF, operating under the name Vista Fibers, measures 150,000 square feet and includes 33...

California communities offer curbside collection of batteries, cell phones.(MUNICIPAL RECYCLING)
November 1, 2007... The South Bayside Waste Management Authority (SBWMA), a joint powers authority of 12 member agencies in California's San Mateo County, has announced the launch of a curbside recycling program for household batteries and cell phones. ...

Wrinkled brows.(FERROUS)
November 1, 2007... Amounts paid by steel mills in the United States for ferrous scrap in October could be described as flat, but, as plateaus go, this one is fairly high in altitude. According to data collected for the Raw Material Data Aggregation Service...

Ferrous pricing stays lofty.(MSA/RMDAS[TM] MONTHLY FERROUS SCRAP PRICE INDEX)
November 1, 2007... [GRAPHIC OMITTED] Ferrous scrap pricing showed less volatility In October after two months of sizable price hikes. Most grades in most regions declined in the average mill buying price. The biggest mover was a decline of $10 per ton for...

U.S. STEEL acquires Stelco.(FERROUS)
November 1, 2007... United States Steel Corp., Pittsburgh, has entered into an agreement to acquire Stelco Inc., a steelmaker based in Canada, for around $1.1 billion. Shareholders owning more than 76 percent of the shares in Stelco have entered agreements...

Volatility is the name of the game.(NONFERROUS)
November 1, 2007... If anyone was expecting a more subdued market for nonferrous metals in the next year, he or she may be in for a surprise, at least according to a number of speakers at the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries Inc. (ISRI) Commodities...

In demand.(PAPER)
November 1, 2007... Generators and processors of scrap paper in Western Europe are currently enjoying healthy demand from consumers both near and far. At the opening session of the 2007 European Paper Recycling Conference, paper industry consultant Bill Moore,...

Abitibi establishes partnership with Houston, local grocer.(PAPER)
November 1, 2007... Abitibi-Consolidated, headquartered in Montreal, held a press conference Oct. 9 to introduce a new partnership program among Abitibi-Consolidated, the city of Houston, and H-E-B, a Texas-based grocery store chain. Through the program, the...

Trex cuts back production.(PLASTICS)
November 1, 2007... Trex Co. Inc., based in Winchester, Va., has suspended operations at its Olive Branch, Miss., facility for an indeterminate amount of time and will consolidate all manufacturing operations into its other two plants, one in Winchester and the...

GreenMan technologies acquires Welch Products.(TIRES)
November 1, 2007... Tire recycler GreenMan Technologies Inc., Des Moines, Iowa, has announced its acquisition of Welch Products Inc. The Oct. 1,2007, transaction was structured as a share exchange in which 100 percent of Welch Products' common stock was...

ISRI chapter proposes scrap tire specifications.(NONMETALLICS)
November 1, 2007... Outside observers who reason that scrap tires are relatively uniform could learn otherwise from Troy Hess, current president of the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries Inc. (ISRI) Scrap Tire Chapter and vice president of Mahantango...

From the road to the roof.(NONMETALLICS)(research of recycling tires)(Brief article)
November 1, 2007... Research that looks at recycling tires into tiling has been funded by the U.K.-based Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP). The Airport Business Centre (ABC) managed the project, working with Crumb Rubber Ltd. and Queen Mary University....

GEEP, Techway services form joint venture.(ELECTRONICS RECYCLING)(Techway Services Inc.)(GEEP International)(GEEP Texas)(Brief article)
November 1, 2007... Techway Services Inc., Dallas, and GEEP International of Nevada have formed a joint venture company called GEEP Texas. The joint venture is part of Barrie, Ontario-based GEEP's plan to create the largest electronics recycling and end-of-life IT...

Cascade asset management installs Vecoplan RG42.(ELECTRONICS RECYCLING)
November 1, 2007... Cascade Asset Management, Madison, Wis., a provider of IT asset retirement solutions, has announced the installation of a new Vecoplan RG42 shredder. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The purchase, made in conjunction with a Wisconsin Department...

Asset management provider secures financing.(ELECTRONICS RECYCLING)
November 1, 2007... Consolidated Asset Recovery Systems (CARS), a Raleigh, N.C.-based provider of asset management services, has risen $623,000 in Series A funding from Wilmington Investor Network (WIN) of Wilmington, N.C., and from Springboard Capital of...

HP, WeRecycle! Host successful e-scrap event.(ELECTRONICS RECYCLING)
November 1, 2007... In late August, the computer recycling firm WeReycle! Inc., based in Wallingford, Conn., along with Hewlett Packard and the Maryland Department of Environment held a free consumer electronics recycling event in Baltimore. The one-day event...

MCM breaks ground on new recycling facility.(C&D NEWS)
November 1, 2007... MCM Management, headquartered in Michigan, has broken ground on a recycling and transfer station that it is building in Waterloo, Ind. The facility will consist of a 40,000-square-foot recycling station and a 28,800-square-foot scrap metal...

C&D recycling facility opens in Massachusetts.(C&D NEWS)
November 1, 2007... A recycling center for C&D debris has opened in Devens, Mass., according to a report in the Telegram (Worcester, Mass.). The Devens Recycling Center (DRC) celebrated its official opening Sept. 6. The 90,000-square-foot facility sits on 11 acres...

Thermo fisher launches Niton XL3 Series.(EQUIPMENT REPORT)
November 1, 2007... Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., a leading manufacturer of handheld X-ray fluorescence (XRF) alloy analysis instrumentation, has launched the Thermo Scientific Niton XL3 Series. According to Thermo Scientific, the analyzer's typical time for...

Liebherr hosts open house.(EQUIPMENT REPORT)(Liebherr-Hydraulikbagger GmbH)
November 1, 2007... Liebherr Hydraulikbagger GmbH, a member of the Liebherr Group and the manufacturer of hydraulic material handlers, held a gala open house for its new assembly hall in Kirchdorf, Germany, Sept. 27. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The company...

All Erection & Crane beefs up fleet.(EQUIPMENT REPORT)
November 1, 2007... All Erection & Crane Rental Corp., Cleveland, has added 45 new Peterbilt tractors and specialty trailers to its fleet in the past year, which it says broadens the company's ability to offer door-to-door crane service. [ILLUSTRATION...

Vecoplan LLC dedicates expanded headquarters.(EQUIPMENT REPORT)
November 1, 2007... Vecoplan LLC, a leader in size-reduction technology, dedicated its newly expanded Archdale, N.C., headquarters at a grand opening Saturday, Sept. 15, 2007. Tours of the enlarged, 60,000-square-foot facility were conducted during the event....

Crossing over: mergers in the scrap metal industry connect global markets and link consumers with shippers.(Cover story)
November 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] More than a few veterans of the scrap metal business are fond of the saying, "All scrap is local." The statement makes the pertinent observation that unless someone is paying close attention to seek out customers and...

Steel's: new comfort zone: changes in the steel industry should have a favorable effect on ferrous scrap processors.(FERROUS COMMODITY FOCUS)
November 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The global steel industry has entered a new era, distinctly different from the last period that ended in 2005. The changes are directly related to China, company consolidation and surging worldwide economic growth....

Built to last: Solvay Paperboard thrives in an uncertain market.(PAPER INDUSTRY UPDATE)(Company overview)
November 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Solvay Paperboard is meeting the well-documented challenges within the North American paper and paperboard industry head-on, despite its relative youth compared to other U.S. paperboard producers. Solvay...

Alternative mindset: alternative fuels are coming soon to a MRF near you.(MATERIAL HANDLING EQUIPMENT FOCUS)
November 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Fuel-cell-powered vehicles will be scooting around material recovery facilities (MRFs) and scrap yards much sooner than you think. In fact, it's likely that workers in the yard will be driving alternative-fuel...

Weathering all challenges: a purpose-built scrap handler keeps material moving at Columbus Metals.(MATERIAL HANDLING EQUIPMENT FOCUS)
November 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] One thing Sam Jacobs has learned through a lifetime on the plains of Nebraska: You have to be ready for anything. Blizzards, droughts, windstorms, frigid cold and blistering heat--Nebraska weather can have a...

Attachment issue: AAEQ tackles material handling tasks with a skid-steer-mounted attachment.(MATERIAL HANDLING EQUIPMENT FOCUS)
November 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Given the volatile nature of scrap prices, chances are good that any supplier of engine cores, transmissions or other automotive parts with an eye on the bottom line has implemented a recycling program in one form or...

The world over: Florida-based brokerage firm Traders International Corp. exports a variety of scrap paper grades around the world.(COMPANY PROFILE)
November 1, 2007... For many companies that trade in recovered fiber, the export market is an important part of the business. For Traders International Corp., it is the business--period. While many companies have only just started carving a place for...

Looking for a base: the nickel market continues its volatile pattern. Looking out into 2008, however, many industry observers see a calmer market.(NICKEL/STAINLESS UPDATE)
November 1, 2007... When talking about volatility in metals markets, nickel seems to stand far above most other types of metal. The term "irrational exuberance" could have been used in reference to nickel markets during the previous year. However, throughout the...

A closer look: developing markets for plastics from electronics may be a greater challenge than refining optical sorting technology.(SORTING TECHNOLOGY UPDATE)
November 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] When it comes to the plastics recovered from electronic scrap, the question ultimately becomes one of differentiating the many plastics used in manufacturing of electronics, whether the material has been shredded or...

Gathering place: the recycling community gathered in Denver for the National Recycling Coalition Annual Congress & Expo.(CONFERENCE WRAP-UP)
November 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] More than 1,000 representatives from the private and public sectors of the recycling community met in Denver Sept. 16-19 for the National Recycling Coalition's (NRC) 26th Annual Congress & Expo. Visitors to the...

Vecoplan announces staff promotions.(PEOPLE)
November 1, 2007... Vecoplan LLC, High Point, N.C., has announced two staff promotions. [ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] Mike Wilhoit has been promoted to the newly created post of vice president of operations. He previously served as the company's operations...

In memoriam: Jack West.(PEOPLE)(Obituary)
November 1, 2007... Jack West, co-founder of Mobile Auto Crushers (MAC) Corp., has died at the age of 77. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] West started MAC in 1971 with partners Robert Flanagan and Norman Kramer, helping to introduce the concept of a mobile auto...

National Recycling Coalition elects board chair.(PEOPLE)
November 1, 2007... Melinda Uerling, CEO of Recycling Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, Mich., has been elected chair of the board of directors of the National Recycling Coalition (NRC) during the group's Annual Congress and Expo in Denver in September. [ILLUSTRATION...

Calendar.(Calendar)
November 1, 2007... 2007 Nov. 14-16 PSI Fall Conference, Scottsdale, Ariz., Paper Stock Industries Chapter of ISRI, (202) 737-1770 or www.paperstockindustries.org Dec. 4-7 ConExpo Asia, Guangzhou, China, Association of Equipment Manufacturers...

Terex fuchs MHL 340D material handler.(PRODUCTS)
November 1, 2007... * Redesigned machine achieves greater lift capacities than its predecessor through a larger undercarriage and improved boom kinematics [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] * Employs a two-circuit hydraulic system that minimizes power dissipation...

JMH Crushed car trailer.(PRODUCTS)
November 1, 2007... * Measuring 48 feet, this double drop deck crushed car hauler is constructed from high quality steel with an I-beam frame [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] * Features heavy-duty hutch suspension * Comes standard with steel rims and Yokohama...

Hyster remote hour meter.(PRODUCTS)
November 1, 2007... * Automatically tracks lift truck runtime, saving time and effort spent on maintenance and manual checks [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] * LiftTraks customizable software interface's grouping capability enables users to view the runtime of an...

Drager X-plore 1300 series.(PRODUCTS)
November 1, 2007... * Filtering facepiece respirators focus on comfort and easy handling [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] * Available in five different styles in protection levels N95 and R95 * The N95 filtering facepieces, X-plore 1350, with a foam nose pad...

NF11 glove.(PRODUCTS)
November 1, 2007... * Palm-coated general purpose glove [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] * Form-fitting, seamless knit, red nylon shell is coated with a pliable, black foamed PVC coating for comfort, fit and wet/dry grip * Offers high abrasion resistance,...

Bollegraaf HBC balers.(PRODUCTS)
November 1, 2007... * Suitable for recovered fibers, plastic, cans and textiles Eight models with capacity and compaction forces ranging from 25 to 180 tons * A pre-press flap ensures an optimal degree of charging, allowing high capacity to be achieved at low...

History Channel "Marvels" at SSI Shredder.(BACK PAGE)
November 1, 2007... SSI Shredders was one of the featured companies on an episode of the History Channel's "Modern Marvels" program that premiered Oct. 11. The episode, "World's Sharpest" takes "a cutting-edge look at the most amazing blades in the world,...

Company makes an example of Saint-Gobain.(BACK PAGE)
November 1, 2007... Ardleigh Minerals Inc. of Cleveland presented recognition plaques to Saint-Gobain Ceramics Igniter Products to honor the company's "green" efforts to recycle various diverse materials through Ardleigh Minerals. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ...

Wausau sees Dubl.(BACK PAGE)
November 1, 2007... Wausau Paper, based in Harrodsburg, Ky., has announced the expansion of its Green Seal-certified product offering by introducing its Dubl-Nature towel and tissue line. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The company's Dubl-Nature Green...