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New York association names executive director

New York association names executive director <![CDATA[New York City-based New Yorkers for Responsible Waste Management (NYRWM) has announced the appointment of Kendall Christiansen as its executive director.   Ben Velocci, president of NYRWM and principal of Bronx, New York-based Avid Carting, says, “NYRWM is delighted to have Kendall as our…continue reading

Logistics on the menu at Paper Recycling Conference India event

Logistics on the menu at Paper Recycling Conference India event <![CDATA[The Indian subcontinent is growing as a destination for scrap paper shipped from other parts of the world. At the 2017 Paper Recycling Conference India event, to be held 6 and 7 February in Mumbai, the transportation aspects of these…continue reading

New Jersey DEP awards $14.3 million in recycling grants

New Jersey DEP awards .3 million in recycling grants <![CDATA[New Jersey’s Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has awarded $14.3 million in recycling grants to local governments across the state to further enhance recycling efforts in their communities.The grants are based on 2014 recycling performance and awarded through the state’s Recycling…continue reading

Los Angeles files lawsuit against two metal recyclers

Los Angeles files lawsuit against two metal recyclers <![CDATA[Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer has filed a civil lawsuit against Gonzalez Brother LLC and Kinsbursky Brothers Supply Inc. (KBI), which allegedly received or sold stolen catalytic converters and failed to keep proper bookkeeping records to cover the allegedly illicit nature…continue reading

Ceilume uses recycled plastic to create faux metallic ceilings

Ceilume uses recycled plastic to create faux metallic ceilings <![CDATA[Ceilume, Graton, California, has announced it now offers its reproduction metal ceiling products in 98 percent postmanufacturing recycled content. Ceilume says it has a 30-year history of continually striving to make its manufacturing process more sustainable, and these new, 98 percent…continue reading

Teijin completes acquisition of Continental Structural Plastics

Teijin completes acquisition of Continental Structural Plastics <![CDATA[Tokyo-based Teijin Ltd. has announced that it has completed the acquisition of all the shares of Continental Structural Plastics Holdings Corp. (CSP), a global leader in automotive lightweight composite technologies. This $825 million acquisition was completed Jan. 3, 2017. CSP has provided leading-edge technologies…continue reading

RRS adds to consulting staff

RRS adds to consulting staff <![CDATA[Sustainability and recycling consultancy RRS (Resource Recycling Systems), headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan, has announced the addition of three senior consultants: Resa Dimino, Bob Gedert and David Refkin. Dimino has worked in the public, private and nonprofit sectors during her more than 25-year career, including initiatives…continue reading

PopScrap introduces point of sale product

PopScrap introduces point of sale product <![CDATA[Kelseyville, California-based PopScrap.com Inc., the parent company of WeighPay Solutions, has released a point of sale product (POS) for the recycling and waste industry named BestMadePOS.com (BMPOS). BMPOS is designed to capture a new income stream for the scrap and waste industry, the company…continue reading

Bunting acquires UK-based Master Magnets

Bunting acquires UK-based Master Magnets <![CDATA[United States-based Bunting Magnetics Company has announced the signing of an agreement to acquire Master Magnets Ltd., a United Kingdom-based manufacturer of magnetic separation equipment.   Redditch, U.K.-based Master Magnets provides magnetic separation, recycling and metal detection equipment to several industries globally through a worldwide…continue reading

New Jersey awards grant money to boost recycling

New Jersey awards grant money to boost recycling <![CDATA[The State of New Jersey has announced that local governments throughout the state will receive a total of $14.3 million in state grants to either help implement or enhance recycling efforts in their communities. The grants are based on 2014 recycling performance…continue reading