Buffalo Recycler Faces $61,000 in OSHA Fines
Thursday April 28, 2011
A Buffalo recycling operation is facing $61,000 in fines from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration stemming from an accident in October 2010 that injured a worker's arm, according to ... Read More
Is New Pallet Pool a PLUS for Pallet Recycling?
Wednesday April 27, 2011
This story is perhaps a decade or more in the telling. Over the years, pallet rental companies have gradually taken a larger and larger share of the FMCG (fast moving ... Read More
Sims Shows Strong Performance in Metal Scrap Sector
Wednesday April 27, 2011
Prior to its formal announcement of May 6, Sims Metal Management has pre-released its results for the nine months to March. Its unaudited figures show a 23 per cent rise ... Read More
FBI, Local Police Investigate Pallets at Recycler Facility
Monday April 18, 2011
The Toledo Blade has reported a raid involving Perrysburg Township police and the FBI have at a local recycling business. The move came in conjunction with a probe into a ... Read More
Most Electronics Scrap Comes from Commercial Waste Stream
Saturday April 16, 2011
The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries, Inc., (ISRI) recently unveiled preliminary findings of a new survey of the US electronics recycling industry. Initial findings suggest that the United States is ... Read More
A Billion Pounds of Baloney?
Thursday April 14, 2011
Earlier this week I reported on a convergence of opinion, albeit for divergent agendas, with respect to "Pay as you throw." Not so for e-waste. While many hope that America ... Read More
PAYT - Something Both Conservatives and Environmentalists Can Agree Upon
Wednesday April 13, 2011
It is good to see a meeting of the minds when it comes to an issue as urgent as reducing garbage creation. Both the Tea Party and Libertarians have recently ... Read More
Berry Plastics to Host 1,750 Students for Earth Day
Monday April 11, 2011
Earth Day provides an important opportunity for the recycling industry to connect with the general public in order to raise awareness about the importance of recycling. Whether it is your ... Read More
Worker Killed at Recycling Plant
Sunday April 10, 2011
A fatality was reported last week at a Renton, Washington recycling plant. A 25-year-old woman was reportedly dragged into a machine at the Smurfit-Stone Recycling operation while she was attempting ... Read More
Illinois to Ban E-Waste from Landfills
Saturday April 9, 2011
Illinois is falling short of its modest e-waste recycling targets, according to a story in the Chicago Tribune.
Illinois law will ban e-waste from landfills starting next year. Residents caught placing ... Read More
Recyclebank CEO Speaks at WSJ's 2011 ECO:nomics
Wednesday April 6, 2011
Having been a winner at the Global GreenTech 100 Awards last October, Recyclebank is a company that has definitely caught my eye with its innovative approach to promoting recycling. And ... Read More
Behr Wins Award for Customer Service
Tuesday April 5, 2011
On the heels of my rant yesterday rant about bad customer service, metal recycling leader Behr Iron and Steel emphasized my point. The $500 million recycler has received the ... Read More
The Optics of Customer Complaints
Monday April 4, 2011
Businesses generally do a much better job today of turning customer dissatisfaction into an opportunity than was the case than in the past, but having said that, I was astounded ... Read More
With Electronics Recycling Law Starting in New York, Some Manufacturers Combine Forces
Sunday April 3, 2011
As reported in the New York Times, a new New York state e-waste recycling law took effect last week requiring electronics manufacturers to provide no-charge and convenient drop-off locations for ... Read More