Category: Recycling Today

Colmar: manufactured in Italy, trusted worldwide Humble Beginnings Colmar began in the Veneto region of Italy shortly after World War II with one man’s vision to use parts leftover from U.S. Army vehicles to build tractors for the agricultural industry. Shortly afterward, Colmar added a line of cranes to its agricultural equipment line. Turning its […]

Poised and ready: Shine Bros. Corp. prepares for a world of opportunity from its company’s home in Spencer, Iowa Brian Taylor In what could be a score from a Western movie, the origins of Shine Bros. Corp. trace back to a couple of strangers emerging onto a train station platform in a small railroad town. […]

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 Host: China Iron & Steel Organization (CISA) China Non-ferrous Metals Industry Association (CNIA) Organizer: Metallurgical Council of China Council for […]

Mixed opportunities: Athens-Clarke County’s pay-as-you-throw program provides an incentive to recycle mixed paper Sharyn Dickerson Athens-Clarke County is the third city-county in the state of Georgia to unify. We used to have a county landfill and the city Sanitation Department. When the counties unified back in 1991, we came together and started working toward the […]

M&M machinery named Sennebogen distributor Constantino Lannes, president of Sennebogen North America, based in Charlotte, N.C., has announced that M&M Machinery LLC has been appointed recently to the distributor network for Sennebogen Green Line machines and will serve New York and Central Pennsylvania. Marc Olgin, president of Liberty Iron & Metal Co., Erie, Pa., established […]

By the numbers: An AF&PA report shows the growth of paper recycling since 1991 Brian Taylor The decade of the 1990s may be recalled by some as the decade everyone logged on to the Internet, but paper recyclers can remember it for another reason. A compilation of statistics organized by the American Forest & Paper […]

Hawaii program posts increase According to Hawaii’s Health Department, the state’s bottle bill redemption has hit an all-time high since beginning Jan. 1, 2005. The program reached an 85 percent redemption rate in September. Officials estimate that more than 50 million beverage containers were recycled during the month. The container recycling rate for fiscal year […]

Terex wheel loader – Products * Model SKL873 SP * Operating weight of 29,767 pounds, with 25,247-pounds of breakout force * Turning radius of 18 feet 9 inches * Standard 2.87-cubic yard bucket * Removable, rubber insulated full-vision steel cab Visit www.terex.com, e-mail kjennings@terexparts.com or call 662-393-1209 for more information. COPYRIGHT 2003 G.I.E. Media, Inc. […]

The right combination: several factors led Gold Metal Recyclers in Dallas to choose Fuchs 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 requirements. The Goldbergs […]

AASHTO names recycling leader Cecil Jones, the state materials engineer for the North Carolina Department of Transportation, has been named chair of the American Association of State Highway Transportation Official’s (AASHTO) task force on recycled materials. AASHTO is an organization that most state departments of transportation belong to, and its standards are used by DOTs […]