Scrap yard fires in two different states in late July both reportedly had their origins in areas where automotive scrap was being stored. One fire was at a Commercial Metals Co. (CMC) scrap storage area near its Seguin, Texas, steel mill while the other occurred at an OmniSource Corp. location…continue reading
Pet food producer Wellness, Tewksbury, Massachusetts, has partnered with recycler TerraCycle, based in Trenton, New Jersey. to offer a national recycling program for its pet food packaging. The pet food company also claims to be the first U.S.-based pet food brand to offer such a program on a national scale.…continue reading
The German association BVSE (Federal Association for Secondary Raw Materials and Disposal) reports that the state government of Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, has updated its waste management plan for municipal waste. The plan includes an inventory of the waste management structures for municipal solid waste in the country, predicts the development of…continue reading
The Board of Directors of Schnitzer Steel Industries, Inc., based in Portland, Oregon, has declared a cash dividend of $0.1875 per common share, payable on August 24, 2015, to shareholders of record on August 10, 2015. Schnitzer has paid a dividend every quarter since going public in November 1993. Schnitzer…continue reading
Managers of municipal and institutional recycling and waste programs will be able to find collection resources for food scraps at Food Scrap Alley, a new dedicated section of the exhibit hall at COMPOST2016, the U.S. Composting Council’s (USCC’s) 24th Annual Conference, which will be in Jacksonville, Florida, Jan. 25-28, 2016.…continue reading
U.K.-based Brady plc, a leading global provider of trading, risk management and settlement solutions to the energy, commodities and recycling sectors, has announced that Sims Metal Management, the world’s largest recycling company, has selected Brady to further support the organization’s management of its global recycling operations. Having relied on software from…continue reading
Midwest Equipment Sales (MWE ), Columbus, Ohio, is relocating its primary facility in Ohio to a new 193,700-square-foot facility on the west side of Columbus. MWE says the new facility will allow it to expand the breadth and depth of its aftermarket tracks, tires and undercarriage parts inventory to meet the…continue reading
Three large-volume paper and containerboard producers have reported second quarter 2015 earnings that show sustained sales and profitability figures. International Paper (IP), Memphis, Tennessee; Packaging Corp. of America (PCA), Lake Forest, Illinois; and Ireland-based Smurfit Kappa all released second quarter and first half 2015 earnings reports in late July. IP…continue reading
