Recycling Today articles from October 2006

Recycling Today archives from October 2006

Definitely not.(difference between recyclers and processors)(Editorial)
October 1, 2006... Agreeing on a common definition of recycling can be a very tricky process. Considerations include whether all steps in a process are included within the definition (collection, hauling, processing, manufacturing a new product) as well as...

Program to cut mercury air emissions.(SCRAP INDUSTRY NEWS)(National Vehicle Mercury Switch Recovery Program)(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced a national program that it says will help cut mercury air emissions by up to 75 tons within the next 15 years. The National Vehicle Mercury Switch Recovery Program is designed to...

Metalico terminates acquisition.(SCRAP INDUSTRY NEWS)
October 1, 2006... Metalico Inc. has terminated an agreement to acquire Niles Iron & Metal Co. (NIMCO), a Niles, Ohio-based recycling company. According to the initial agreement, either party had the right to terminate the deal in the event that the closing...

Schnitzer Steel acquires advanced recycling.(SCRAP INDUSTRY NEWS)
October 1, 2006... Schnitzer Steel Industries has announced that it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire the assets of Max Cohen and Sons, dba Advanced Recycling, a metals recycler with four processing facilities located in New Hampshire. Advanced...

ISRI membership tops 1,400.(SCRAP INDUSTRY NEWS)(Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries)(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... ISRI has announced that it has passed the 1,400-member company mark in August for the first time since 1998, when industry consolidation and adverse market conditions altered the industry landscape. "Strong demand for ISRI programs and...

CMC acquires Cherokee Supply.(SCRAP INDUSTRY NEWS)
October 1, 2006... Commercial Metals Co., based in Irving, Texas, has announced the acquisition of substantially all of the operating assets of Cherokee Supply, a company that specializes in highway and commercial construction-related products. Cherokee...

Metal Management applies to list on NYSE.(SCRAP INDUSTRY NEWS)(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... Metal Management Inc., based in Chicago, has filed an application to list its securities on the New York Stock Exchange. At press time, the company says it expects to start trading on the NYSE Oct. 5, 2006, under the symbol MM. Metal...

Study touts recycling's economic benefits.(MUNICIPAL RECYCLING)
October 1, 2006... The South Carolina Recycling Market Development Advisory Council has released results from an economic impact study showing that recycling plays an important role in the state's economy. According to the study conducted by Frank Hefner and...

Ferrous markets hold firm.
October 1, 2006... The markets for ferrous scrap should hold up fairly well throughout the next several quarters, according to speakers at the recent Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries Inc. (ISRI) Commodities Roundtable Forum. Opening the ferrous...

Concern over copper grows.(NONFERROUS)(copper and aluminum markets)
October 1, 2006... During the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries Inc. (ISRI) Commodity Roundtable in mid-September, speculation on the future of the copper market drew a lot of attention. Several industry analysts who spoke at the event said they saw growing...

Slow fall.(PAPER)(recycling industry prices fall)
October 1, 2006... Prices for old corrugated containers (OCC) have continued to fall, maintaining a cooling--off period that started last month following some price peaks in mid-summer. The market for OCC has been generally weak, with orders tougher to...

Deinking mill receives PCF certification.(PAPER)(Cascades Auburn Fiber Inc.)(Processed Chlorine Free)(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... The Cascades Auburn Fiber Inc. mill, Auburn, Maine, has completed the Chlorine Free Products Association's (CFPA) Sustainable Manufacturing & Marketing Initiative Totally Chlorine Free--Processed Chlorine Free (PCF) certification third-party...

Steady performers.(PLASTICS)(polyethylene terephthalate pricing and demand)(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... Most grades of secondary plastics appear to be holding their own currently, according to sources, though post-industrial PET (polyethylene terephthalate) has declined somewhat. According to a source based in the South, producers of primary...

Company opens Indiana plant.(PLASTICS)(Petoskey Plastics Inc.)(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... Petoskey Plastics, a plastic bag maker and recycler, has announced plans to open a 200,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Hartford City, Ind. The company designs and makes industrial and retail HDPE (high density polyethylene) film...

California legislature passes grocery bag recycling act.(NONMETALLICS)
October 1, 2006... The California Senate has passed a bill that would require retail stores in the state of California to establish collection and recycling programs for grocery bags. The bill awaits Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's signature. AB 2449, sponsored...

Redemtech opens Ohio plant.(ELECTRONICS RECYCLING)(Redemtech Inc.)(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... Redemtech has opened a new 158,000-square-foot plant in Grove City, a suburb of Columbus, Ohio. The new facility consolidates the company's existing central Ohio operations, providing enhanced material handling capability and 20 percent greater...

Above and beyond: Riverside Products designs rotors and produces wear parts for the shredding industry.(Company overview)
October 1, 2006... A NEW DIRECTION. Riverside Products is no stranger to change. The company has gone through several incarnations since its founding in 1959 following the purchase of Riverside Foundry by Sivyer Steel. While the names and structure have changed...

Illinois program awards grants.(ELECTRONICS RECYCLING)(Digital Workforce Education Society)(United Recycling Industries Inc.)(Vintage Tech Recyclers Inc)
October 1, 2006... Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich has awarded more than $550,000 in Opportunity Returns grants to help boost recycling goals in the Chicago area. The Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity administers the grants. The...

County ponders C&D recycling mandate.(C&D NEWS)(construction and demolition )
October 1, 2006... The Mendocino County (California) Board of Supervisors is considering a recycling plan that would force construction and demolition companies doing business in the unincorporated parts of the county to recycle at least half of all recyclable...

Alabama County commission rejects C&D plant.(C&D NEWS)(construction and demolition debris landfill)(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... The Lowndes County Commission (Alabama) has rejected a proposal for a three-part development plan along the Alabama River that included a construction and demolition debris landfill, according to a report in the Mobile Press-Register (Mobile,...

New York Town receives brownfield development grant.(C&D NEWS)(Environmental Protection Agency)(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded a $200,000 grant to Fort Edward, N.Y., for brownfields development. The town will be able to use the funds to inventory, characterize, assess and conduct planning and community...

Metso Texas shredder places shear.(EQUIPMENT REPORT)(Trademark Metals Recycling LLC)(Metso Texas Shredder Inc.)(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... Trademark Metals Recycling LLC (TMR), Tampa, Fla., has purchased a 1,200-ton Lindemann EC (ETA-cut) shear from Metso Texas Shredder Inc. (MTSI), based in San Antonio, Texas. TMR is a subsidiary of the David J. Joseph Co., a leading scrap...

English company adds Nexgen baler.(EQUIPMENT REPORT)(NexGen Galaxy2R two-ram baler)(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... Lancashire, England-based 3r Environmental Technology Ltd., the exclusive UK agent for the Marathon Equipment Co. line of balers and compactors, has sold a NexGen Galaxy2R two-ram baler to Pearson's Recycling of Norfolk County in eastern...

Sennebogen names top three distributors.(Achievements and awards)(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... Sennebogen has named its top three distributors for 2005. Erich Sennebogen Jr., managing partner of Sennebogen GmbH, and Constantino Lannes, president of Sennebogen America, recognized Briggs Construction Equipment, based in Dallas; Top...

Niton introduces portable analyzer for light elements.(EQUIPMENT REPORT)(portable analysis tool for light element)(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... The Niton Analyzers business unit of Thermo Electron Corp., Billerica, Mass., has introduced a portable analysis tool for light element content in alloys. The company says the Niton XLt 898He "provides fast, laboratory-quality chemical...

Blazing trails: Blaze Recycling & Metals, Norcross, Ga., is the realization of a dream for brothers Craig, Kevin and Gary Blase.(Cover story)(Company overview)
October 1, 2006... Growing up with a father who was in the heavy equipment business, Craig, Kevin and Gary Blase were able to learn first-hand about the industrial sector of the economy and what makes it tick. Craig says their father had one phrase in...

Solid state: scrap tire recyclers are benefiting from better end markets on several fronts.(scrap tire recycling)
October 1, 2006... I have been asked to talk about the overall state of the industry and am thrilled to do that in a year of unprecedented sales. My focus will be on where we are and, more importantly, on what it takes to keep the "good times rolling." For...

Growth industry: the list of America's auto shredding plants has grown with the global metals boom.(AUTO SHREDDER UPDATE)(Directory)
October 1, 2006... Some 220 auto shredding plants are tearing away at car bodies and other scrap across the country, according to the latest survey of the shredding plant landscape conducted by Recycling Today's staff. In the two years since this list was last...

A longer paper trail.(Paper Recycling Conference)
October 1, 2006... The Recycling Today Media Group's European Paper Recycling Conference, which recently concluded in Barcelona, brought together participants from 15 different nations, but that only tells half of the story. Included among the attendees were...

Supplying a demand: the recyclers of Durango McKinley Paper Co. help furnish their corporate mills in the United States and Mexico.
October 1, 2006... Mexico's Corporacion Durango operates in two geographic regions (Mexico and the Southwestern U.S.) where harvested timber is a relatively rare commodity. For this reason, the paper and box making company has worked hard to tap into the "urban...

Committed to paper: China's Lee & Man has established itself as one of that nation's fastest-growing paper makers and consumers of scrap paper.(Lee & Man Paper Manufacturing Ltd)(Company overview)
October 1, 2006... It may be difficult for North Americans to think of paper as a rapid growth industry, but in China substantial investment capital is being plowed into new, high-production paper mills. One company that I is putting considerable new capacity...

No end to end markets: global recovered paper demand could reach 250 million tons by 2012.
October 1, 2006... The growth in global recovered paper consumption is predominantly led by China. Re son No. 1: China's continuing strong economic growth. With the country's rapidly expanding consumer goods industries increasingly in need of packaging...

Documented success: the document destruction activities of nonprofit entities can also be part of the recycling landscape.
October 1, 2006... Professional recycling has become essential for most companies in North America that are relying on recycling centers to dispose of everything from computers to confidential documents. As several new legal requirements at the state and...

Added capacity: Abitibi-Consolidated Inc. has been adding materials at its recycling operations, including at a "one-stop" MRF in Arizona.
October 1, 2006... The recycling and procurement arm of newsprint maker Abitibi-Consolidated has long concenated on recovering old newspapers (ONP) and other fiber grades to help furnish its own mills. Among the established programs it has introduced is its Paper...

Hearts of gold: the Abitibi Paper Retriever program partners with Mittal Steel to benefit the American Heart Association.
October 1, 2006... What the average worker might not realize when he or she drops that discarded memo in an office recycling bin is that recycling is big business. That piece of paper is a valuable commodity with price fluctuations watched by the hawkish eyes of...

Growth patterns: mobile shredding trucks remain popular for start-ups, but in-plant shredding typically accompanies growth.
October 1, 2006... The moving franchise with the unlikely, name "Two Men and Truck makes a direct point: start-up business can be built around buying one truck and keeping it busy. Many document destruction companies started on this same premise. Although a...

Emerging India: India is a growing destination for recovered fiber.
October 1, 2006... The export picture looks sharp, encouraging and very bright. nd the Indian market, though small in size and with unique challenges, is surely growing and worthy of our attention. I will break my presentation into three parts: 1.) the...

Select paper recycling associations.(Directory)
October 1, 2006... 100% Recycled Paperboard Alliance. 1331 F St., Washington, DC 20004. Ph: (877) 772-6200. Fax: (315) 635-1215. Web site: rpa100.com. info@rpa100.com. Paul Schutes. American Forest and Paper Association (AF&PA). 1111 19th St. NW, Suite 800,...

Last things first: embracing a product life-cycle framework can deliver technical and environmental leadership to the electronics industry.(ELECTRONICS RECYCLING SERIES)
October 1, 2006... For many organizations, environmental concerns are well down the priority list. They are seen as issues to be dealt with in the future, not a concern for today because no one is pressing them on these issues at the moment. Yet...

A high-tech world: as the industry grows more sophisticated, recyclers have many factors to consider when choosing software.(SOFTWARE UPDATE)(Editorial)
October 1, 2006... In a business dominated by heavy equipment, one of the most vital tools used by today's recyclers might be hard to spot. It may lack the raw physical power of a scrap shear or the stature of an auto shredder, but software is something many...

Going in reverse: IT asset disposition firms face unique logistics challenges.(TRANSPORTATION FOCUS)
October 1, 2006... Reverse logistics, at its core, was formed to address the issues of products returned to manufacturers by customers. To date, the industry's focus has been handling the return of large items in very small quantities or small items in relatively...

Alter names operations vp.(PEOPLE)(Tim Bernstein has joined Alter Trading Corp)(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... Tim Bernstein has joined Alter Trading Corp., St. Louis, as vice president of operations. Bernstein is well acquainted with the scrap industry, previously having been general manager of the David J. Joseph River Metals Recycling facility...

Rock-Tenn promotes Deadwyler.(PEOPLE)(Erik Deadwyler has promoted to executive vice president at Rock-Tenn Co)(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... Rock-Tenn Co. of Norcross, Ga., has promoted Erik Deadwyler to executive vice president and general manager of the company's recycled fiber division. In his new position, Deadwyler will be responsible for managing the division's seven...

Calendar.(Calendar)
October 1, 2006... Oct. 22-25 NRC Annual Congress, Atlanta, National Recycling Coalition, (202) 347-0450 or www.recyclingconference.org Oct. 24-27 International Asphalt-Rubber Conference, Cathedral City, Calif., Rubber Pavements Association, (480)...

International baler EXP series horizontal balers.(PRODUCTS)(International baler introduces EXP series horizontal balers)(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... * Expansion Side (EXP) series balers feature large feed openings that provide high-volume handling capabilities * Available as fully automatic auto-tie units and as closed-door units * Allow for pre-compression of material to eliminate...

Volvo EW160B wheeled excavator.(PRODUCTS)(Volvo introduces EW160B wheeled excavator)(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... * Machine boasts an operating weight of 17.5 tons and a dump height of 25 feet, 3 inches * Powered by a low-emission Volvo D6D six-cylinder engine that produces 138 hp at Low RPM while reducing fuel consumption * Machine's one-touch...

Coasting on the Great Lakes.(BACK PAGE)(Anheuser-Busch breweries joins Biodiversity Project )(Great Lakes Forever public awareness program)(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... Anheuser-Busch, one of the world's largest brewers and a recycler of aluminum cans, is joining Biodiversity Project to help protect the Great Lakes, the world's largest fresh water resource. The promotion is part of Great Lakes Forever, a...

America recycles day contest encourages students to recycle.(BACK PAGE)
October 1, 2006... The Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and Creative Recycling Systems Inc. have started the third annual Florida K-12 Schools Recycling Pledge Card Contest. The contest rewards one class statewide at the elementary, middle and...

Greening electronics.(BACK PAGE)(Electronic Products Environmental Assessment Tool )(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... With the launch of the Electronic Products Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT), large-volume consumers can get more information on how computer products rate environmentally. EPEAT-registered computer products have reduced levels of cadmium,...