Recycling Today articles from October 2007

Recycling Today archives from October 2007

The starting gun.(EDITOR'S FOCUS)
October 1, 2007... During the third quarter of the year, those who manage businesses must often mentally turn the calendar ahead several months as they are asked to plan and budget for the upcoming year. Among the 2008-related tasks underway at the Recycling...

Sims Group acquires Metal Management.(SCRAP INDUSTRY NEWS)
October 1, 2007... The board of directors of Metal Management Inc., headquartered in Chicago, has unanimously approved an agreement to be acquired by Australia's Sims Group Ltd. The deal will create a company to be known as Sims Metal Management. Under terms...

PSC acquires Wooster I&M.(SCRAP INDUSTRY NEWS)
October 1, 2007... PSC Metals Inc., based in Cleveland, has announced the acquisition of the assets of Wooster Iron & Metal Co. (WIMCO), a holding company with locations in Wooster, Alliance, Youngstown and Elyria, Ohio; and in Aliquippa, Pa. Joyce Iron & Metal...

Obsolete vessels head to Maryland.(SCRAP INDUSTRY NEWS)
October 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The U.S. Department of Transportation's Maritime Administration (MARAD) has made arrangements to remove the last of several high-priority vessels from the James River Reserve Fleet in Virginia. The agency has...

Metal Management reports profits.(SCRAP INDUSTRY NEWS)(Financial report)
October 1, 2007... Metal Management Inc., Chicago, has announced results for its first fiscal quarter that include increased sales but narrower profits. The company generated consolidated net sales of $654 million for the quarter and net income of $22.7...

ISRI boosts Recycling Caucus.(SCRAP INDUSTRY NEWS)
October 1, 2007... The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries Inc. (ISRI) is touting the growth of the House and the Senate Recycling Caucuses, which doubled to 128 members in the last year, following the ISRI member fly-in to Capitol Hill in June and year-round...

Michigan bill aimed at scrap theft.(SCRAP INDUSTRY NEWS)
October 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Michigan State Sen. Buzz Thomas (D-Detroit) has introduced a bill that aims to crack down on scrap metal theft by more closely monitoring the state's scrap dealers. "My bill will help law enforcement curb this...

Alter launches pilot payment system.(SCRAP INDUSTRY NEWS)
October 1, 2007... Alter Metal Recycling, St. Louis, is introducing a new method this fall to pay suppliers for their metals. The Alter Cash Card pilot program will run through the end of this year. Customers will begin receiving payments through a single-use...

Sims Group earns healthy profit.(SCRAP INDUSTRY NEWS)(Financial report)
October 1, 2007... Sims Group Ltd. has reported a profit of $254 million, a 29 percent increase from the previous year, and a new record for the recycling company. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Additionally, the company reported sales revenue increased by 48...

WM's Houston HQ goes single-stream.(MUNICIPAL RECYCLING)
October 1, 2007... Employees at Waste Management Inc. headquarters in Houston are now recycling using single-stream collection methods. According to a Waste Management news release, throughout its Houston headquarters, employees can now put paper, cardboard,...

San Diego proposes mandatory recycling participation.(MUNICIPAL RECYCLING)
October 1, 2007... The city of San Diego, Calif., has released a draft proposal on a comprehensive recycling program that requires participation by all single-family-home residents and small businesses receiving recycling collection services. [ILLUSTRATION...

Cooperstown is site of N.Y. Conference.(MUNICIPAL RECYCLING)
October 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] New York's 18th Annual Recycling Conference, sponsored by NYSAR3 (New York State Association for Reduction, Reuse and Recycling) will be held in mid-November at the Otesaga Resort Hotel in Cooperstown, N.Y. The...

Illinois companies receive grants.(MUNICIPAL RECYCLING)
October 1, 2007... A recycling company and a recycled plastics consumer have received a combined $127,000 in funding from the Illinois Recycling Grant Program. LaSalle Recycling Inc., LaSalle, Ill., and Kreider Services Inc., Dixon, Ill., received the...

Deal boosts recycling in Ohio.(MUNICIPAL RECYCLING)
October 1, 2007... A "green" industrial park known as The Columbus Transformation Center is being developed by the Shelly Co. of Thornville, Ohio, to the east of the site of the former Columbus, Ohio, waste-to-energy facility (WTEF). The park will host a new...

A bustling market.(FERROUS)
October 1, 2007... Speakers at the Ferrous Roundtable session of the ISRI (Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries Inc.) Commodities Roundtable Forum portrayed a global market hungry for steel and ferrous scrap that will remain in place for the foreseeable...

Ferrous pricing stays lofty.(MSA/RMDAS[TM] MONTHLY FERROUS SCRAP PRICE INDEX)
October 1, 2007... [GRAPHIC OMITTED] For the second straight month, per-ton pricing for ferrous scrap moved up throughout the United States in September. Pricing moved up from $12 to $22 per ton, depending on the grade and region. Prompt industrial composite...

Hoping for a turnaround.(NONFERROUS)
October 1, 2007... Because of the tremendous increase in nickel, lead, copper and even aluminum scrap pricing throughout the past several years, the recent "correction" has been disconcerting, though many people say they feel the decline was long in the making....

Alcoa announces capital improvement project at Tennessee site.(NONFERROUS)
October 1, 2007... Alcoa has announced capital improvement projects totaling more than $100 million have been approved for the smelting and fabricating areas at its Tennessee operations. These projects are part of approximately $265 million in capital...

Novelis invests $7 million at fab plant in Brazil.(NONFERROUS)
October 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Novelis do Brasil has announced plans to invest $7 million to increase aluminum sheet ingot production capacity at its Pindamonhangaba plant in Brazil. The investment will include the addition of a new aluminum...

Process could fuel aluminum demand.(NONFERROUS)
October 1, 2007... A team of Purdue University researchers has developed a process that could make using hydrogen fuel more practical. A new aluminum alloy is a key component in the process. According to a news item on Economist.com, researchers at Purdue...

Staying strong.(PAPER)
October 1, 2007... Summer ended on a high note for the recovered fiber market, with prices for main grades holding steady at favorably high rates for yet another month. Seasonal trends tend to bring a dip in prices in late summer and early autumn, as...

PSI Fall Conference registration now open.(PAPER)(Conference news)
October 1, 2007... Registration is now open for the fall meeting of the Paper Stock Industries Chapter of ISRI (Institute for Scrap Recycling Industries). The chapter's 46th Annual Fall Conference will be Nov. 14-16 at the Hyatt Regency-Gainey Ranch in...

Research forecasts sharp jump in recycled paper use in U.K.(PAPER)
October 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] New research by the U.K.-based Waste & Resources Action Programme Recycled Paper Advocacy Team shows that print and paper buyers are planning to significantly increase their use of recycled paper during the next five...

Catalyst rescinds financing plan.(PAPER)
October 1, 2007... Catalyst Paper Corp., headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, has decided to withdraw its earlier proposed private placement strategy to sell $200 million in aggregate principal of senior notes. The company cited adverse market conditions...

Coke adds life.(PLASTICS)
October 1, 2007... When it comes to plastic packaging, Coca-Cola Co., Atlanta, carries considerable weight within the market, both figuratively and literally. The company's announcement that it intends to open a facility to process and consume PET bottles...

In the bag.(PLASTICS)
October 1, 2007... A Canadian retail chain has announced an initiative to act as a collection point for plastic grocery bags. Loblaw Cos. Ltd., Brampton, Ontario, has introduced its PC Green Plastic Bag Recycling Program at Ontario stores in municipalities...

Petoskey Plastics opens new HQ.(PLASTICS)
October 1, 2007... Petoskey Plastics has relocated its corporate headquarters from its manufacturing facility to a newly renovated office building in downtown Petoskey, Mich. The new headquarters will house Petoskey's executive team, marketing, sales, human...

Texas agency awards permit to tire recycler.(TIRES)
October 1, 2007... The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has issued an Air Quality Permit to Neofuels USA LLC to build a tire recycling facility in Port Arthur, Texas. Neofuels, a wholly owned subsidiary of Ally Investments LLP, holds a license with...

Pennsylvania DEP approves scrap tires as fuel supplement.(TIRES)
October 1, 2007... The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has approved an air quality plan for Northampton Generating Company L.P. to use scrap tires as a fuel supplement in the company's co-generation power plant in Northampton Borough,...

Coca Cola announces major recycling project.(PLASTICS)
October 1, 2007... The Coca-Cola Co., which has been besieged by many environmentalists for its lack of recycling efforts in the past, is set to announce that it will be building what it calls the largest bottle-to-bottle recycling facility in the world near...

FDA approves flakes-to-resin process.(TIRES)
October 1, 2007... German company Uhde Inventa-Fischer has announced its recycling process for PET post-consumer flakes has received FDA approval. The company reports that its process, which uses up to 50 percent post-consumer flake to virgin polymer,...

California Grocers begin plastic bag recycling program.(PLASTICS)
October 1, 2007... As of July 1, grocers and chain drug stores in California began providing opportunities for consumers to return clean plastic carryout bags. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The new program follows a state law signed by Gov. Arnold...

HP recycles personal computers in China.(ELECTRONICS RECYCLING)
October 1, 2007... Hewlett-Packard Co. has begun recycling personal computers and other products for Chinese consumers and small businesses, expanding a free program that already existed for large companies, according to PC World. "We've offered recycling to...

United Kingdom-based electronics recycler adds capacity.(ELECTRONICS RECYCLING)
October 1, 2007... A United Kingdom-based computer recycling company has purchased a processing system from MeWa Recycling Machinery of Germany. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Following a number of visits to Austria, Germany and Switzerland by its founder Andrew...

Metech International enters into agreement with Singapore firm.(ELECTRONICS RECYCLING)
October 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Electronics recycler Metech International Inc. has announced it has entered into an agreement to be acquired by Centillion Environment and Recycling Ltd. of Singapore for $22 million. The company says the deal was to...

Sony, waste management partner on electronics recycling program.(ELECTRONICS RECYCLING)
October 1, 2007... Sony has announced the launch of a national recycling program for consumer electronics. The Sony Take Back Recycling Program began Sept. 15 and allows consumers to recycle Sony branded products for free at 75 Waste Management (WM) Recycle...

Newtech moves into larger facility.(ELECTRONICS RECYCLING)
October 1, 2007... Electronics recycler Newtech Recycling Inc. has moved into a larger facility in Somerset, N.J. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The company's recent move from Bridgewater, N.J., to the new facility means it will now have 55,000 square feet of...

Reclamere ships to 50th nation.(ELECTRONICS RECYCLING)(Brief article)
October 1, 2007... Reclamere Inc., Tyrone, Pa., has now exported to 50 countries with its recent sale to South Africa. The IT asset management company and recycler says it "offers an environmentally safe solution for computer disposal that also allows any...

New Jersey e-recycler opens North Carolina facility.(ELECTRONICS RECYCLING)(Brief article)
October 1, 2007... The town of Fairmont, N.C., recently announced that Advanced Recovery Inc., headquartered in Newark, NJ, will move into a vacant building in the North Carolina city. According to local press reports, the company is expected to provide...

Portland to mandate C&D recycling.(C&D NEWS)
October 1, 2007... Metro, the regional government for the Portland, Ore., region, has approved construction and demolition recycling legislation that will go into effect in 2009, according to the Oregonian (Portland, Ore.). The policy will take effect six...

Former president Clinton to speak at Greenbuild.(C&D NEWS)
October 1, 2007... The US. Green Building Council (USGBC) has announced that former President Bill Clinton will deliver the keynote speech at the opening plenary session of Greenbuild, a conference and exposition dedicated to green building, to be held Nov. 7-9,...

Ohio to impose fee on C&D disposal.(C&D NEWS)(construction and demolition)(Ohio. Environmental Protection Agency)(Brief article)
October 1, 2007... The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced that it's seeking comment on a rule that would impose a fee on the disposal of construction and demolition debris to help fund the monitoring of groundwater, according to a report in...

Maine DEP backs company's C&D wood burning plan.(C&D NEWS)
October 1, 2007... The Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) in Maine has endorsed a controversial plan from Sappi Fine Paper to burn construction and demolition wood as a fuel source at its Westbrook, Maine, facility, according to a report in the Portland...

Colorado trail project to use recycled asphalt.(C&D NEWS)(construction and demolition)(Brief article)
October 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Portions of the Rio Grande Trail in Colorado will use recycled asphalt, according to a report in the Summit Daily News (Frisco, Colo.). The portion of the trail under construction is near Glenwood Springs, Colo....

Dallas contracting completes warehouse demo.(C&D NEWS)
October 1, 2007... Dallas Contracting Co. Inc., South Plainfield, N.J., recently completed interior demolition services at a large warehouse in New Jersey. The company was sub-contracted by a general contractor to perform interior demolition at a large...

Report finds wood recyclers in trouble in the U.K.(C&D NEWS)(Report)
October 1, 2007... A new report by Research and Markets called "Wood Recycling--Portfolio Analysis," finds that more than 30 percent of the wood recyclers in the United Kingdom are having financial difficulties. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The report is...

Recyclable carpet gains Colorado share.(C&D NEWS)
October 1, 2007... Riverstone Residential Group, one of the nation's largest independently owned property management companies, is installing recyclable carpet in 5,000 of its apartment units in Colorado. That figure adds up to nearly one-third of the properties...

BIR unveils Warsaw schedule.(BIR REPORT)
October 1, 2007... The Bureau of International Recycling (BIR) has released the schedule for its 2007 Autumn Round-Table Sessions, Oct. 21-23 in Warsaw, Poland. The host hotel for the event is the Warsaw Marriott Hotel, which the BIR describes as being in...

Global markets faced August slumber.(BIR REPORT)
October 1, 2007... Members of the Nonferrous Metals Committee of the Bureau of International Recycling (BIR) have largely reported a summer slowdown in demand for and flow of nonferrous scrap. Robert Stein of Alter Trading, St. Louis, says a reported summer...

AER adds Wendt Metal Finder 1200 System.(EQUIPMENT REPORT)
October 1, 2007... American Electronics Recycling (AER), Sarasota, Fla., has selected a Metal Finder 1200 System from Wendt Corp., Tonawanda, N.Y., for its newly opened scrap processing facility in Sarasota. According to Wendt, the equipment uses advanced...

Van Dyk Baler announces installations.(EQUIPMENT REPORT)
October 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Van Dyk Baler Corp., Stamford, Conn., has announced a number of recent installations of Bollegraaf Recycling sorting systems and TiTech optical sorting units. Allied Waste-BFI Recycling, Brockton, Mass., has...

Hirschmann introduces load moment indicator for mobile cranes.(EQUIPMENT REPORT)
October 1, 2007... Hirschmann Automation and Control, Chambersburg, Pa., has introduced the iVISOR mentor QVGA (graphic) load moment indicator (LMI) for mobile cranes. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The iVISOR mentor QGVA provides the operator with a graphic...

ASF baskets boost recycling.(EQUIPMENT REPORT)
October 1, 2007... American Store Fixtures (ASF), Skokie, Ill., is offering solutions for both curbside recycling and the reduction of plastic bag use. The company's regular and jumbo size baskets are great for curbside use, according to ASF. The 5- and...

Wendt lands two new orders.(EQUIPMENT REPORT)
October 1, 2007... Wendt Corp. has announced that it has recently landed two orders for its nonferrous recovery plants. Bayside Recycling, based in Duluth, Minn., has selected Wendt to assist with designing and implementing a nonferrous recovery plant that...

Wastequip builds new facility.(EQUIPMENT REPORT)(Wastequip Indiana)(Brief article)
October 1, 2007... Wastequip Indiana, Winamac, Ind., the primary manufacturing location of Galbreath brand products, recently broke ground on a new paint line facility that is intended to streamline the painting process for the company's mobile technical...

Vecoplan fuel systems find niche.(EQUIPMENT REPORT)
October 1, 2007... Vecoplan LLC, Archdale, N.C., has recently completed the installation of its 50th Refuse Derived Fuel System at a major cement manufacturer in the southern U.S. According to the company, a Vecoplan RG62U shredder is the heart of the...

Power supply: the Lone Star State's Encore Wire Corp. uses red metal scrap feedstock to supply the nation with commercial-grade wiring.(COMPANY PROFILE)(Cover story)
October 1, 2007... Remaining competitive in U.S. manufacturing has proven to be a challenge for companies large and small, even in economic upswings. In McKinney, Texas, Encore Wire Corp. has not only met the challenge but has surged like the voltage running...

The power within: revitalized wire choppers are seeking every ounce of copper and aluminum for the world's hungry metals producers.(WIRE CHOPPING UPDATE)
October 1, 2007... The scrap metal industry is a proud bastion of supply and demand economics, and, for the past several years, surging demand has kept processors busy. For managers of wire chopping operations, the supply side of the equation has been as...

Bigfoot or Tom thumb?(WELCOME)(recycling in paper and packaging industries )
October 1, 2007... Determining one's carbon footprint has become a source of concern for both individuals and corporations throughout the world, with the United States a relative newcomer to the endeavor. For the paper and packaging industries and their...

The news today: although the newsprint market in North America has shown signs of weakness, there is opportunity for growth on a worldwide scale.
October 1, 2007... Abitibi Consolidated is a global company with facilities in Canada, the United States and the U.K. We have 12,500 employees, 19 mills, 20 saw mills and four remanufacturing facilities. We also have engineered wood facilities and 30 recycling...

Prairie phenom: Firstar Fiber Corp., Omaha, Neb., has risen from its great plains location to handle a healthy amount of recycled tonnage.(Company overview)
October 1, 2007... Without the forest resources of states such as Wisconsin, Georgia or Washington, the state of Nebraska has never been a paper industry giant. During the 1980s and 1990s, however, recycling advocates and economic development officials were...

Safe passage: a map of leading North American container ports for shippers of recovered fiber and other products.
October 1, 2007... The creation and expansion of international container shipping has been deemed an outright revolutionary event by some observers of global geo-political history. In his 2006 book The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller...

Book ends: Caraustar's Recovered Fiber Group taps the market for recycling old books.
October 1, 2007... Books have some serious reuse potential. For the avid recreational reader, a favorite story can be read over and over again for years or maybe even decades. But even when a book has been enjoyed for generations, what does one do with a...

A perfect match: SP Newsprint partners with Pacer Global Logistics to upgrade its supply chain management.
October 1, 2007... Any large business can find itself having difficulty keeping up with its management of logistics. In addition to forming a transportation team and employing new staff, another potential solution is to outsource transportation functions to a...

World tour: clear communication and having strong business relationships are the keys to exporting with confidence.
October 1, 2007... What I'll try to do today is to share some pieces of information about what's happening in the export markets around the world and to try to touch on some things that maybe you might not hear all the time. If you're a mill buyer and you have...

On the horizon: Donna Harman of the AF&PA expounds on the challenges facing the North American paper industry.(Industry overview)(Interview)
October 1, 2007... While China continues to play a dominant role in the areas of recovered fiber consumption and production of new paper and board products, the North American paper industry has been quietly trying to hold its own. For instance, in 2003 the...

Fueling change: markets for recycled tires are strong and growing more sophisticated.(COMMODITY FOCUS)
October 1, 2007... Times are good for secondary commodities. Scrap steel, nonferrous metals and recovered paper are enjoying some of their strongest markets--and fetching some of their highest prices--in recent memory. The high times are spilling into emerging...

Spending power: recyclers continue to invest heavily in upgraded shredders and expanded downstream systems.(AUTO SHREDDER TECHNOLOGY UPDATE)(Company overview)
October 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Booming markets for secondary commodities have kept not only recyclers busy throughout the middle part of this decade, but also many of the equipment makers who supply them. Makers of shredders and downstream...

Ship shape: Esco Marine, Brownsville, Texas, is helping the domestic ship recycling industry make a comeback.(COMPANY PROFILE)
October 1, 2007... Richard Jaross has been a shipbreaker since 1969. Just don't all him a shipbreaker. "We are recyclers, not shipbreakers," says the president of Esco Marine. "We're an environmental firm first and a scrap dealer second. Environmental and...

A considered approach: electronics life cycle management company Intechra continues to expand its national reach through strategic acquisitions.(ELECTRONIC SCRAP RECYCLING)
October 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] According to Merriam-Webster, he most common definition of "integrity" is "firm adherence to a code of especially moral or artistic values: INCORRUPTIBILITY." However, the word can also mean "an unimpaired condition:...

Choosing wisely: several factors are best considered up front before making a software purchase for a recycling operation.(COMPUTER SOFTWARE FOR RECYCLERS)
October 1, 2007... When it comes to the topic of software for the recycling industry, the good news is there arc many vendors in this market who are very talented and are more than willing to sell you a software package that may or .nay not meet your company's...

Heil adds Shaw to customer support team.(PEOPLE)
October 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Collection truck company Hell Environmental, Chattanooga, Tenn., has hired Bill Shaw as its new customer support manager. With Shaw's appointment, Hell has also moved its Customer Support Center into its sales and...

Finnerty rejoins PSC metals.(PEOPLE)
October 1, 2007... PSC Metals Inc. has announced that Michael Finnerty has rejoined the company as manager of the company's Mill Services Operations. He will report to PSC Vice President of Operations Ted McQuade. Finnerty will have responsibility for PSC...

Calendar.(Calendar)
October 1, 2007... Oct. 16-18 Wastecon 2007, Reno, Nev., Solid Waste Association of North America, (800) GO-SWANA or www.swana.org Oct. 18-25 ASIS&T 2007 Annual Meeting, Milwaukee, Wis., American Society for Information Science & Technology, (301)...

Eriez finessort.(PRODUCTS)
October 1, 2007... * Fines processing system provides a cost-effective method for recovering metals from the classified fines in a scrap shredding operation [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] * Features a feeder coupled to a magnetic separator and eddy current...

Portable drum scale.(PRODUCTS)
October 1, 2007... * Fully portable drum and barrel scale has a digital weight indicator with keypad selectable conversion units and RS-232 computer compatibility [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] * Stores vertically and takes up only 4.5 inches of space * Has...

Bobcat $100 skid steer.(PRODUCTS)
October 1, 2007... * Has 1,000-pound rated operating capacity * Features a spacious cab, easy-to-read instrument panel and transversely mounted engine in a frame small enough to access and work in some of the tightest job sites [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ...

McCloskey V bin for stackers.(PRODUCTS)
October 1, 2007... * High-capacity stacking conveyors from McClos-key International are now being offered with a direct-loading "V" bin [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] * With the V bin installed, operators can feed the stackers with a wheel loader or similar...

Atlas Copco PB 530 hydraulic breaker.(PRODUCTS)
October 1, 2007... * Designed for use with skid steers, backhoes and mini-excavators in the 9- to 15-metric-ton weight class * Delivers an impact rate of up to 1,100 blows per minute * Accepts a maximum hydraulic flow of 26.4 gallons per minute at 2,175...

Stainless steel gets affirmed.(BACK PAGE)
October 1, 2007... Affirm Water, London, N.H., is marketing 32-ounce and 20-ounce stainless steel, reusable customizable water bottles, available through its Web site at www.affirmwater.com "We at Affirmwater.com believe stainless steel water bottles are the...

Back in the bin.(BACK PAGE)
October 1, 2007... A recycling program is back in place at Isidore Newman School, an independent school in the heart of flood-ravaged uptown New Orleans. The student-created Newman Green Club and the California-based Go Green Initiative (GGI) have helped the...