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Welcome addition to a new edition.(EDITOR'S FOCUS)

Nov 01, 2007; Taylor, Brian. ... 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 stream of news and information is eager ...

EPA reports progress on mercury switch removal.(SCRAP INDUSTRY NEWS)

Nov 01, 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 August, the EPA, the American Iron and ...

Steel Dynamics to acquire OmniSource.(SCRAP INDUSTRY NEWS)

Nov 01, 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. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Both ...

Irish firm enters North American recycling market.(SCRAP INDUSTRY NEWS)

Nov 01, 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 recycling companies, including Mid America ...

Sonoco changes name of recovered paper division.(SCRAP INDUSTRY NEWS)

Nov 01, 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. "As one of the largest recyclers ...

Sims, Adams Steel complete merger deal.(SCRAP INDUSTRY NEWS)

Nov 01, 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 territory ...

Memphis partners with recycling firms.(MUNICIPAL RECYCLING)

Nov 01, 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, Residents receiving solid waste and ...

Seattle aims for zero waste.(MUNICIPAL RECYCLING)

Nov 01, 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 Member Richard Conlin, chair of the ...

CVP offers new tool to recycling coordinators.(MUNICIPAL RECYCLING)

Nov 01, 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 2007 National Recycling Coalition ...

Alpine opens single-stream MRF in Denver.(MUNICIPAL RECYCLING)

Nov 01, 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 facilities that provide ...

New Jersey DEP awards money to boost recycling.(MUNICIPAL RECYCLING)

Nov 01, 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 performance of each county or ...

Mid America opens single-stream MRF.(MUNICIPAL RECYCLING)

Nov 01, 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 dock doors and two 70-foot truck scales. ...

California communities offer curbside collection of batteries, cell phones.(MUNICIPAL RECYCLING)

Nov 01, 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. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Starting ...

Wrinkled brows.(FERROUS)

Nov 01, 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 (RMDAS) of Management Science Associates, ...

Ferrous pricing stays lofty.(MSA/RMDAS[TM] MONTHLY FERROUS SCRAP PRICE INDEX)

Nov 01, 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 No. 1 HMS In the North Central/East ...

U.S. STEEL acquires Stelco.(FERROUS)

Nov 01, 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 supporting the acquisition by U.S. Steel. ...

Volatility is the name of the game.(NONFERROUS)

Nov 01, 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 Roundtable Forum, which was held in mid-September in ...

In demand.(PAPER)

Nov 01, 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, Moore & Associates, Atlanta, noted ...

Abitibi establishes partnership with Houston, local grocer.(PAPER)

Nov 01, 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 papermaker will place 84 containers at 28 H-E-B ...

Trex cuts back production.(PLASTICS)

Nov 01, 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 other in Fernley, Nev. The company ...