Recycling Today articles from September 2006

Recycling Today archives from September 2006

Checking them twice.(recycling industy)(Editorial)
September 1, 2006... Magazine publishers will follow trends and mimic what seems to be working in other periodicals in much the same way manufacturers will strive to follow best practices in their industries. An undeniable trend in the magazine world has been...

Metalico acquires Ohio recycler.(SCRAP INDUSTRY NEWS)(Metalico Inc acquires Niles Iron and Metal Company Inc)(Brief article)
September 1, 2006... Cranford, N.J.-based Metalico Inc. has entered into an agreement to purchase substantially all of the operating assets (other than real property interests) of Niles Iron & Metal Company Inc., a scrap metal recycling company in Niles, Ohio. ...

US Senate bill offers tax credits to recyclers.(SCRAP INDUSTRY NEWS)
September 1, 2006... Sen. Jim Jeffords (I-Vt.) has introduced the Recycling Investment Saves Energy (RISE) Act of 2006. According to a press release from the senator's office, the legislation offers tax incentives that would create jobs, conserve energy and expand...

PierPASS initiates new procedures.(SCRAP INDUSTRY NEWS)(PierPass Inc.)(Brief article)
September 1, 2006... PierPASS Inc. has put into effect new procedures for handling export containers under the OffPeak program at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach PierPASS urged all exporters to use the modified system during a testing period that began...

Alter adds Minnesota yard.(SCRAP INDUSTRY NEWS)(Alter Trading Corp acquires Becker Iron and Metal Inc)(Brief article)
September 1, 2006... Alter Trading Corp., St. Louis, has acquired the assets of Becker Iron & Metal Inc., a scrap processing company based in Marshall, Minn. The privately held firm has been processing scrap metal in southwestern Minnesota since 1968, according to...

Tube City opens Beijing office.(SCRAP INDUSTRY NEWS)(Brief article)
September 1, 2006... Glassport, Pa.-based Tube City IMS Corp., a provider of products and services to steel mills and foundries throughout the United States, Canada and Europe, has announced that its Tube City Division has opened an office in Beijing. J. David...

ProTrade Steel expands.(SCRAP INDUSTRY NEWS)(ProTrade Steel Co. Ltd.)(Brief article)
September 1, 2006... ProTrade Steel Co. Ltd., based in Hudson, Ohio, has announced that it has contracted to purchase property in Birmingham, Ala., on which to install an auto shredding plant. The facility will be located on a 20-acre plot of land and is...

ISRI releases 2006 Scrap Spec Circular.(SCRAP INDUSTRY NEWS)(www.isri.org/specs)(scrap specifications circular)(The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries Inc.)(Brief article)
September 1, 2006... The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries Inc. (ISRI) has released the 2006 edition of its Scrap Specifications Circular, which features a new design to make the document easier to use. The Scrap Specifications Circular 2006 contains...

Florida County joins Curbside Value Partnership.(MUNICIPAL RECYCLING)
September 1, 2006... Despite the population growth that Pasco County, Fla., is experiencing, the city's participation rate for curbside recycling is headed in the opposite direction. The community is seeking to reverse that trend by joining the Aluminum Can...

Seattle reports increase in recycling.(MUNICIPAL RECYCLING)(Brief article)
September 1, 2006... According to the city of Seattle, its recycling ordinance, which prohibits recyclables from being disposed of as trash, is helping to increase diversion. From Jan. 1 to June 30, approximately 95 percent of the apartments and businesses the...

NRC offers topical talk.(MUNICIPAL RECYCLING)
September 1, 2006... The National Recycling Coalition (NRC) Annual Congress will feature nearly 40 different educational sessions divided into the following four tracks: "Discussions and Debates," "How-To's on Hot Topics," "Renewing Recycling" and "Success...

Indiana community considers mandatory recycling.(MUNICIPAL RECYCLING)
September 1, 2006... The president of the Muncie, Ind., Sanitary District's board of commissioners has proposed a mandatory recycling program. Muncie's current recycling rate is 29 percent, which is 10 percent below the estimated statewide average, according to...

Paris MRF receives certifications.(MUNICIPAL RECYCLING)(material recovery facility)(Brief article)
September 1, 2006... The material recovery facility (MRF) in Nanterre, France, near Paris, operated by Veolia Environmental Services, has earned ISO and OHSAS certifications, according to a press release from the company. The facility has obtained ISO 9001...

On the downside.(FERROUS)(scrap metal industry)
September 1, 2006... Recyclers will be anxious to find out whether significantly lower mill prices paid in August mark the start of a long-term trend or the first step in another quick up-and-down cycle. Mill buyers seemed to have the upper hand in August as...

MSA/RMDAS[TM] monthly ferrous scrap price index.(FERROUS)(Brief article)
September 1, 2006... RMDAS PRICING FALLS IN AUGUST Prices paid by mills for ferrous scrap dropped significantly in August, with grades tracked by the RMDAS system showing price drops from $40 to $69 per ton. The biggest single change occurred with the...

SDI reports healthy earnings.(FERROUS)
September 1, 2006... Steel Dynamics Inc. (SDI), Fort Wayne, Ind., has announced second quarter 2006 earnings of $97 million compared to $51 million in the second quarter of 2005 and $76 million in the first quarter of 2006. Net sales for the second quarter were...

Sitting it out.(NONFERROUS)
September 1, 2006... Copper has been on quite a run throughout the past 18 months. Prices have soared far past any traditional metrics, and the frenzy over copper scrap availability has helped fuel much of the theft that has swept the country. However, recent...

Private equity firm to acquire Aleris.(NONFERROUS)
September 1, 2006... Texas Pacific Group (TPG) has announced plans to acquire Aleris International in a deal worth an estimated $3.3 billion. TPG, a private investment group with offices in San Francisco and Menlo Park, Calif., will pay $52.50 per share to...

Inco ends bid for Falconbridge.(NONFERROUS)
September 1, 2006... Canadian nickel miner Inco Ltd., Toronto, has announced that it is dropping out of the bidding war for competitor Falconbridge Ltd. According to an Associated Press (AP) report, Inco's departure probably means that European mining company...

Alcoa names preferred scrap suppliers.(NONFERROUS)(Alcoa Materials Management)(Brief article)
September 1, 2006... Alcoa Materials Management (AMM), Knoxville, Tenn., has selected its annual list of its top 10 scrap processors. In 2004, AMM initiated the Strategic Scrap Supplier Program to ensure future scrap volume and quality requirements for Alcoa's...

OCC cools.(PAPER)(old corrugated containers)
September 1, 2006... Sources report a relatively sure and steady recovered fiber market heading into the late days of summer. The market for old corrugated containers (OCC) has cooled off a bit since a spike in activity and pricing in July. "OCC got pretty...

European paper recycling conference announces program.(EUROPEAN Paper Recycling CONFERENCE)(Recycling Today Media Group )(Brief article)
September 1, 2006... Cleveland-based Recycling Today Media Group, publisher of Recycling Today and Secure Destruction Business magazines, has announced the program for its second annual European Paper Recycling Conference, which is in Barcelona, Spain, Sept. 25-26....

Dow Jones offers recovered paper index.(PAPER)(Dow Jones and Company Inc)
September 1, 2006... Dow Jones has introduced the Dow Jones Recovered Paper Index, a transaction-based, volume-weighted measure of recycled paper prices representing actual mill pricing in various geographic areas. The index began with old corrugated containers...

Stronger markets ahead?(PLASTICS)(petrochemical plant shutdown)
September 1, 2006... Pricing and demand for secondary plastics has been holding steady, but at least one recycler predicts that markets will strengthen in the next month. "There was a big drop on the post-consumer side about three months ago," a recycler based...

AERT case to go to trial.(PLASTICS)
September 1, 2006... Advanced Environmental Technologies Inc., Springdale, Ark., will face Certain Underwriters Lloyds of London in court to settle outstanding claims related to a fire at the AERT Junction, Texas, plant in early 2003. According to a report in...

GE introduces resins with post-consumer content for auto industry.(PLASTICS)(GE Plastics adds two plastics )(Brief article)
September 1, 2006... GE Plastics has added two plastics with post-consumer content to its ecomagination portfolio: Valox iQ(1) and Xenoy iQ(1) resins. The new products were developed as a result of a two-year initiative at GE Plastics that examined the...

Ecoglass secures LG Philips contract.(GLASS)
September 1, 2006... Ecoglass Recycling Inc., Lakewood, N.J., has entered into an agreement with LG Philips to ship recovered monitor glass to the company. LG Philips is a Hong Kong-based maker of cathode ray tubes (CRTs) used in televisions and monitors. ...

Pasadena businesses begin recycling glass.(GLASS)(California Department of Conservation cooperates with Allan Co for glass recycling pilot program)(Brief article)
September 1, 2006... The city of Pasadena, Calif., in cooperation with the California Department of Conservation, the Glass Packaging Institute and recycler Allan Co., has implemented an 18-month glass recycling pilot program, according to a report in the Pasadena...

Environmental groups against tire burning at Cemex.(TIRES)(Brief article)
September 1, 2006... Two environmental groups have come out against a plan to use scrap tires to fuel a cement plant in Dayton, Ohio. According to a report in the Dayton Daily News, the Greene Environmental Coalition and Parents Against Tire Burning are against...

Michigan awards grants.(TIRES)(Michigan Department of Environmental Quality)(Viking Energy)(Saginaw County Road Commission)(Brief article)
September 1, 2006... The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has issued roughly $127,000 for two projects in the state that address end use and market development for scrap tires. The grants are designed to further the DEQ's efforts to eliminate...

Greenman sells California subsidiary.(TIRES)(Brief article)
September 1, 2006... GreenMan Technologies, based in Lynnfield, Mass., has announced the sale of its ownership rights in GreenMan Technologies of California Inc. Vern Mabry bought the company using a stock purchase agreement in mid-July. Mabry was the majority...

Electronics recycling report highlights issues.(ELECTRONICS RECYCLING)(Recycling Technology Products: An Overview of E-Waste Policy Issues)
September 1, 2006... The U.S. Commerce Department has issued a report titled "Recycling Technology Products: An Overview of E-Waste Policy Issues" that highlights the issues manufacturers, retailers, recyclers, environmental organizations and other stakeholders...

Correction.(Correction notice)
September 1, 2006... In the Aug. 2006 feature titled "Ready to Shred" starting on page 104, Recycling Today misidentified Mike Magliaro as vice president of LifeOycle Partners. Mr. Magliaro is actually the COO of MaSeR Corp., based in Marblehead, Mass. He was...

EPA issues CRT rule.(ELECTRONICS RECYCLING)(cathode ray tubes)(environmental protection agency)(Brief article)
September 1, 2006... United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Steve Johnson has signed a rule that is designed to facilitate the recycling of devices that contain cathode ray tubes (CRTs). The CRT Rule provides "conditional exclusions...

Haber signs lease, begins pilot operations.(ELECTRONICS RECYCLING)(Haber Inc.)
September 1, 2006... Haber Inc., a Massachusetts-based company with proprietary technology for processing electronic scrap and precious-metal-bearing ores, has announced that it has signed a lease agreement for a 3,000-square-foot industrial building in Wakefield,...

Airport honored for demolition recycling.(C&D NEWS)(Material Management Program)(Brief article)
September 1, 2006... The Airports Council International-North America (ACI-NA) has selected the Oakland International Airport, Oakland, Calif., as a winner of its 2006 Environmental Achievement Award. Oakland was selected for its Material Management Program...

Online program tracks C&D recycling.(C&D NEWS)(www.wastecapwi.org/join)(construction and demolition)(Brief article)
September 1, 2006... A new online program will soon be available to help contractors in Wisconsin track recycling efforts at their construction, demolition and remodeling projects. A grant from the Environmental Protection Agency and the Wisconsin Department...

ERA initiates roofing material recycling research.(C&D NEWS)
September 1, 2006... The EPDM Roofing Association (ERA), Alexandria, Va., has announced that a research project has been initiated to study the possible recycling of EPDM (ethylene propylene diene terpolymer) single-ply roofing material. The project will be...

Programming announced for 2007 C&D world show.(ELECTRONICS RECYCLING)
September 1, 2006... The programming for the 2007 C&D World Exhibition & Conference--the annual meeting of the Construction Materials Recycling Association (CMRA)--has been announced. Sessions will address a number of C&D industry topics, including recycled...

Speakers predict stainless scrap shortage.(BIR REPORT)(Brief article)
September 1, 2006... During the spring BIR World Recycling Conference, Markus Moll, a guest speaker at the Stainless Steel & Special Alloys Committee session, predicted that worldwide shares of scrap in stainless steel production will decline from 34.8 percent in...

Lubo announces TiTech placements.(EQUIPMENT REPORT)(Lubo Industries Inc.)(TiTech VisionSort optical sorting equipment)(Brief article)
September 1, 2006... Lubo USA, Stamford, Conn., has announced the placement of numerous TiTech VisionSort optical sorting equipment. The company began importing the units, which are made in the Netherlands, in the spring of 2004 and serves as the sole North...

Bowe offers auto shredding rotors.(EQUIPMENT REPORT)(Brief article)
September 1, 2006... Bowe Knives, a division of Bowe Machine Co. of Bettendorf, Iowa, has announced that it now offers auto shredding rotors directly to end users in the metal shredding industry. According to Ken Ceuvorst, Bowe's director of engineering, the...

Atlantic scrap buys Harris Shredder system.(EQUIPMENT REPORT)(Atlantic Scrap & Processing buys Harris Waste Management Group (Peachtree City, Georgia) HS98115 shredder system )(Brief article)
September 1, 2006... Harris Waste Management Group, Peachtree City, Ga., has announced that its Harris Shredder division has sold an HS98115 shredder system to Atlantic Scrap & Processing, based in Kernersville, N.C. The system will be installed at Atlantic...

Spirit of innovation: Riverside Engineering offers highly engineered metal shredding solutions to the recycling industry.(RIVERSIDE ENGINEERING)
September 1, 2006... A NEW DIRECTION. While the company's corporate structure has undergone some recent retooling, Riverside Engineering's commitment to providing highly engineered shredding solutions to its customers remains the same. Built on 40 years of...

Thermo adds small-spot focus to Niton analyzer.(EQUIPMENT REPORT)(Thermo Electron Corp)
September 1, 2006... Thermo Electron Corp., based in Billerica, Mass., has announced the release of its new Niton XLt 797X XRF analyzer that offers small-spot focus capability. According to Thermo, the product was designed with the feedback from customers...

Equipment maker opens office in Mexico.(EQUIPMENT REPORT)
September 1, 2006... The US Shredder and Castings Group, Brookhaven, Miss., has announced the opening of a sales and service office in Guanajuato, Mexico. Leonardo Martinez, who joined US Shredder and Castings Group in July 2006, operates the Mexico office....

A-Ward intros container tilting unit.(EQUIPMENT REPORT)
September 1, 2006... A-Ward Attachments Ltd. of New Zealand has developed the ACT series of self-contained container-tilting units with back-in, drive-out capability. A-Ward Attachments Director and Chief Engineer Simon Ward designed the unit after listening...

Going global: Joe Zhou's Global Metals Co. Ltd. bridges multiple markets to feed China's red-hot furnaces.(Cover story)(Company overview)
September 1, 2006... For evidence that the world has become a smaller place, one need only re-trace the path taken by Joe Zhou over the past decade. That path, which has led to Zhou being director of Global Metals Co. Ltd., Nanhai, China, not only includes...

Bluegrass blueprint: the commonwealth of Kentucky has introduced a recycling plan designed to lay plans for 2010 and beyond.(CURBSIDE RECYCLING REPORT)
September 1, 2006... Kentucky's recycling rates have improved throughout the last several years, up from 13 percent in 2001 to 22 percent in 2004. However, the state still remains behind the national average of 28 percent. This lag in part may be because only...

Complete recovery: investment recovery helps several parties reach a better bottom-line result.(COMMODITY FOCUS)
September 1, 2006... Typically, 10 percent of a corporation's assets are idle and/or surplus. Across industry, this can mean that from thousands to millions of dollars worth of major capital investments in facilities, equipment and technology of all kinds are at...

Are links strong enough?(2006 INTERNATIONAL TRADING SUPPLEMENT)
September 1, 2006... For recyclers engaged in international commerce (and that is a healthy percentage this decade), a world in conflict--or one that begins dividing itself into walled off compounds--presents a gloomy prospect. Although the Iron Curtain has...

Growing gateway: scrap yards operated by the Tung Tai Group, San Jose, Calif., now dot the landscape along China's coast.(2006 INTERNATIONAL TRADING SUPPLEMENT)(california)(Company overview)
September 1, 2006... In a 1998 profile in Recycling Today; the Tung Tai Group was referred to as a "Gateway to Asia" for its ability to ship material to regions in China. Eight years later, the Tung Tai gateway remains wide open and, in fact, offers additional...

The trail begins: as China's basic materials industry has zoomed, it has also started to see a solidification of its recycling infrastructure.(2006 INTERNATIONAL TRADING SUPPLEMENT)(Industry overview)
September 1, 2006... Recyclers who read both industry-specific trade magazines and general news periodicals have had no shortage of reminders that China is an industrial powerhouse. And as recyclers, most do not need media verification that China is booming....

The international challenge: conducting trade internationally means keeping one's promises.(2006 INTERNATIONAL TRADING SUPPLEMENT)(Personal account)
September 1, 2006... Conducting trade internationally, which in my case has meant selling manufacturing and recycling equipment, calls to mind the armed services slogan of several years ago: "It's not just a job. It's an adventure." The adventure is a...

Exhibitors prepare for European conference.(2006 INTERNATIONAL TRADING SUPPLEMENT)
September 1, 2006... A number of equipment companies and service providers have signed up to exhibit at the European Paper Recycling Conference, which is taking place Sept. 25-26 in Barcelona. Among the equipment and service companies with key personnel on...

West Africa unplugged: Senegal offers a gateway to American companies that would like to do business in West Africa.(2006 INTERNATIONAL TRADING SUPPLEMENT)(Country overview)
September 1, 2006... Africa, the second largest continent in the world, is an area of great contrasts. The scope of African linguistic and cultural diversity is impressive. Several thousand distinct ethnic groups weave cultural tapestries of old-world traditions...

Ready to roll? The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration issued cargo securement regulations for crushed autos without seeking advance input from industry associations.(AUTOMOTIVE RECYCLING UPDATE)(Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration)
September 1, 2006... John Adams once wrote, "Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of the facts and evidence." However, when looking at the process to arrive at the...

Making the cut: recyclers and manufacturers offer buying tips for ferrous shears and balers.(FERROUS SHEARS AND BALERS FOCUS)(EKCO International Metals Inc)(Vezzani)
September 1, 2006... When recyclers are ready to step up to the plate and drop nearly $250,000 into a shear and baler setup, they'd better be sure they know what they are doing. Dave Cobb, maintenance supervisor at EKCO Metals, Los Angeles, figures a shear...

Air fresheners: the onus to meet EPA diesel engine emission standards is on equipment manufacturers.(ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE REPORT)(Environmental Protection Agency)
September 1, 2006... Environmental regulators are very interested in off-road engines and equipment, including machines used in the recycling industry. For engine manufacturers, regulations have increased machine complexity. More emphasis is being placed on...

A world stage: global factors are pushing platinum group metals to historically high price levels.(PRECIOUS METALS UPDATE)(Anglo Platinum Ltd)(Lonmin Platinum)
September 1, 2006... The platinum price continues to perform well, mostly as a result of a stronger gold price, which is bolstered by the events in Lebanon and the anticipated rise in oil prices following the closure of a significant amount of Alaskan oil...

Sound thinking: an auto parts supplier uses plastics in its acoustical panels.(AUTOMOTIVE PLASTICS UPDATE)
September 1, 2006... The automotive industry is confronted with increasing environmental issues associated with the growing worldwide fleet of vehicles. These issues include fuel consumption and emissions of the vehicle in use, as well as consumption of...

ISRI appoints media relations director.(PEOPLE)(Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries Inc)(Bryan McGannon appointed)(Brief article)
September 1, 2006... The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries Inc. (ISRI) has named Bryan McGannon to the post of director of media relations and marketing. McGannon most recently served as a senior consultant at a Washington, D.C.-based public affairs...

Trust fund established for Florida family.(PEOPLE)(Resource Recycling LLC)(Joshua Thompson - plant manager)(Brief article)
September 1, 2006... Resource Recycling LLC, Saint Petersburg, Fla., has established a trust fund for the family of Joshua Thompson, former plant manager, who died in June from injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident. Thompson was 35 years old and is...

Calendar.(Brief article)(Calendar)
September 1, 2006... Sept. 11-13 ISRI Tire Recycling Business Summit, Rosemont, Ill., Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries Inc., (202) 737-1770 or www.isri.org/tiresummit Sept. 13-15 ISRI Commodities Forum, Rosemont, Ill., Institute of Scrap...

Mustang 2109 skid steer.(PRODUCTS)
September 1, 2006... * Now featuring a Tier II 99-hp Cummins diesel engine, which offers nearly 5 percent more torque than the earlier model * Cummins B4.5T engine offers easier access to maintenance points * Claims to offer the largest lift capacity,...

Airborn XHD160 vertical baler.(PRODUCTS)(Airborn industries)(Brief article)
September 1, 2006... * Capable of producing bales of OCC and nonferrous metals weighing up to 1,500 pounds and 1,300 pounds, respectively * Claims the fastest cycle time in its class at 35 seconds and the heaviest standard-size bales, measuring 60 inches by 48...

Genesis XP line of MAXX mobile shears.(PRODUCTS)(Brief article)
September 1, 2006... * Available in two models--the GXP 660 MAXX for excavators in the 70,000-pound class and the GXP 990 MAXX for 100,000-pound class excavators * Provides power usually found in shears that are one-to-two-sizes larger * Shear body...

American Iron announces "Art of Recycling" winners.(BACK PAGE)
September 1, 2006... Minneapolis-based American Iron has announced the winners of its sixth annual "Art of Recycling" metal sculpture competition. All of the sculptures in the competition are made entirely from scrap metal that American Iron made available to...

Un-canny challenge.(BACK PAGE)
September 1, 2006... The U.S. Conference of Mayors and Novelis, Atlanta, have expanded their aluminum can recycling contest with Keep America Beautiful Inc. (KAB). Officially launched at the U.S. Conference of Mayors annual meeting in June, the 2006 Cans for...

A kinder cup.(BACK PAGE)(Green Mountain Coffee Roasters and International Paper launch eco-friendly beverage cup. )(Brief article)
September 1, 2006... Green Mountain Coffee Roasters and International Paper have launched an all-natural paper hot beverage cup. As opposed to conventional cups. which are lined on the interior with a petroleum-based plastic to prevent leaking, the new cup from...