Latest Metal recycling News
RWM 2010 Preview: Riverside Provides the Complete Solution
Riverside Waste Machinery, the specialist shredding and baling equipment supplier, will again exhibit at September’s RWM exhibition (14-16th). Joining forces with Austrian shredding machinery manufacturer UNTHA on one of the largest stands of the show, the team will demonstrate its leading expertise in waste management. Visitors to stand 1186 will see the new look UNTHA RS series – when the revamped shredder is unveiled for the first time i... [more]
New waste recycling scheme for residents in Victoria Centre Flats in Nottingham
Residents in Victoria Centre Flats have been supplied with orange bags for all recyclable waste such as paper, newspaper and magazines, cardboard, food and drinks cans, large tins, plastic bottles and plastic tubs, pots and trays. Every Monday and Thursday, from 7am to midnight, residents can put their orange bags down the chute and Nottingham City Council will then empty the bins and separate the recyclable waste from the orange bags. Res... [more]
Wilcox Textile Reclaimers sees 37 percent reduction in the cost of collecting materials with SmartBin Recycling Bank Solution
Wilcox Textile Reclaimers has seen an astounding 37 percent reduction in the cost of collecting materials from its bins throughout the United Kingdom, using SmartBin’s advanced bin-monitoring technology and service. Based on the efficiencies derived from a 10-week trial covering 14 of its strategically positioned textile recycling bins, Wilcox has extended the use of SmartBin technology and services to all of their 1,500-plus bins throughout its ... [more]
Shredding can reduce waste storage costs and generate additional revenue
It is now more than ten years since the EU Landfill Directive set mandatory targets for the UK to cut landfill volumes or face hefty fines, and while some people face the deadlines with optimism, there is concern elsewhere that the UK’s overall approach to waste management is trailing behind continental Europe. There was a time when the market for industrial waste shredding systems was limited to a specific range of companies with largely hea... [more]
Birley Manufacturing succeeds in achieving aim of sending zero to landfill
Birley Manufacturing has teamed up with several local waste management specialists as part of its new ‘Zero to Landfill’ scheme, aimed at dramatically reducing the company’s impact on the environment. As the name of the scheme suggests, Birley is now determined not to send any of its industrial or office waste to Britain’s already overcrowded landfill sites. ‘Zero to Landfill’ is the brainchild of Birley's Environmental Team, which meets once... [more]
Other Metal recycling news and reviews
Recycling business opens in Franklin
FRANKLIN TWP. - A metal-recycling outfit based in the Pittsburgh area has taken ownership of Franklin Township's former recycling facility and plans to open for business this week.
Authorities raid Jackson recycling center
The owners and operators of a metal recycling center in Jackson could soon be facing numerous charges involving the allegedly improper documentation of materials taken in by the center, authorities said.
Roscoe recycling center still open this Saturday
ROSCOE — Keep Northern Illinois Beautiful reminds residents that its recycling center will be open from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday.
New recycling ordinance passes in Clinton Township
CLINTON TWP. – After testimony from Aljeanette Kasper, wife of the owner of Kasper Disposal, the Township Committee unanimously adopted a new recycling ordinance at its Wednesday, Aug. 25 meeting. Council President Dawn Apgar was absent.
E-waste recycling in India is less than 5 p.c.
Present generation of start-ups are (in majority) looking at business from the Internet (web 3.0), mobiles or products space. But Attero Recycling looked into all of these and still seeded a very unique idea.
Scrap Metal Prices Entice Thieves To Cash In
Thieves are trying to cash in on the rising prices paid by recyclers for scrap metal.
Metal-mining Bacteria Are Green Chemists
Microbes could soon be used to convert metallic wastes into high-value catalysts for generating clean energy, say scientists writing in the September issue of Microbiology.Researchers from the School of Biosciences at the University of Birmingham have discovered the mechanisms that allow the common soil bacterium Desulfovibrio desulfuricans to recover the precious metal palladium from industrial ...
Guard Accused of Ordering Inmates To Steal Macon Scrap Metal
An inmate guard pocketed hundreds of dollars after he told several inmates during a Macon-Bibb Parks and Recreation work detail to load scrap metal and transport it to a Recycling company, police say.
Electronic recycling law takes effect
The new electronic waste recycling law has taken effect in Wisconsin.
New statewide recycling rule now online
The DNR dials up some changes to a recycling rule.
