Latest Metal recycling News

Grantham Industries invests in a new metal recycling centre in Lincolnshire

Grantham Industries in Lincolnshire, which owns GBM Demolition, has invested £2 million in a new metal recycling centre, at a 15-acre site in Caistor, which is the largest facility of its kind in the county. By expanding into metal recycling Grantham Industries hopes to increase its stake in the recycling and waste management sector locally and nationally. GBM Demolition customers are also set to benefit from the new division as the management... [more]

Electronics are the most recycled products

According to Earth911.com, the top 10 products consumers looked to recycle in 2009 using Earth911’s Database were: 1. Computers 2. Batteries 3. Televisions 4. Paint 5. Aluminum Cans 6. Used Motor Oil 7. CFLs 8. Glass 9. Fluorescent Lamps 10. Christmas Trees “Electronics have always been popular searches on Earth911.com, but with the increased attention these devices have received, this past year was our h... [more]

Recycling contractors will generally pay a higher price for baled material than for loose waste

David Hall, Managing Director of Hertfordshire-based Kenburn Waste Management Ltd has spent the past 18 years in the baling and compacting business. During that time he has witnessed a massive change in the way businesses and local authorities deal with their waste and how technology is being used to turn previously unwanted material into a valuable resource. He said: "When I came into the business in the early nineties waste management was ... [more]

Merton Council makes it easier for people who live in flats to recycle

Merton Council is now enabling residents in blocks of 10 or more flats with communal recycling bins to mix all recyclable materials together. Residents will now be able to place all their recyclable waste into the same bin, which will be collected once a week and transported to a large recycling facility in Dartford to be sorted into their material types and then recycled into new products. The move to one bin for all recyclable materials fo... [more]

The rubbish race is under way as waste plants turn waste mountains into money mountains

McBains Cooper has been appointed project co-ordinator on a number of UK waste management site developments as the world of rubbish is turned upside down by the latest generation of disposal and recycling equipment. This comes at a time when a fast-accelerating race is underway to buy as much rubbish as possible - fuelled by airport-standard technology. "Industry used to pay to have its rubbish taken away, now it invites bids for the privilege... [more]

Other Metal recycling news and reviews

Metso to lay-off personnel in metal recycling operations in Germany (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)
HELSINKI, FINLAND--(Marketwire - 03/08/10) - Metso Corporation's press release on March 8, 2010 at 11 a.m. local time Metso has concluded negotiations with the workers council about lay-offs in Metso's metal recycling business. All personnel categories in Metso's unit in Dsseldorf, Germany are affected by the reductions, altogether 115 people. The primary reason for the lay-offs is that the ...

County seeks details on recycling yard near Oak Creek (The Steamboat Pilot & Today)
The Routt County Board of Commissioners wants more detailed information about highway and environmental issues before members will consider approving a metal recycling yard on Colorado Highway 131 just south of Oak Creek.

WICHITA BEEFS UP SCRAP METAL LAWS TO COMBAT THEFT (The Wichita Eagle)
The City Council updated its scrap metal regulations Tuesday to keep up with increasingly crafty thieves who have torn through vacant homes, city parks and business rooftops in hopes of cashing in at recycling businesses.

Wichita adopts tougher scrap metal law (The Wichita Eagle)
WICHITA — The city this morning updated its scrap metal regulations to keep up with increasingly crafty thieves who have torn through vacant homes, city parks and business rooftops in hopes of cashing in at recycling businesses.

Recycling yard up for vote (The Steamboat Pilot & Today)
Routt County commissioners could decide today whether to sanction a scrap metal recycling business that has been operating since August just south of Oak Creek. Kelly and Dixie Lipsie are seeking a special use permit needed to continue their business on land they lease from Jack and Andrea Brunton, just north of the intersection of Colorado Highway 131 and Routt County Road 14. The matter is on ...

Montrose auto wreck yard could become car recycling business (The Journal News)
An auto-recycling business is looking to open a branch in the Montrose section of Cortlandt at a former auto-salvage business.

Hernando takes residents' cue on recycling (Memphis Commercial Appeal)
Bin here, doing that.What goes around comes around -- and interest in recycling as expressed to Hernando officials means a batch of bins were ordered, have arrived and soon will be distributed to those who sign up for the new service."We're looking at a start date of April 1 or sooner to begin curbside recycling," said Shelly Johnstone, Hernando's director of community development. Pickup of ...

Scrap metal to help Pelham firefighters pump iron (Welland Tribune)
PELHAM — Here's a chance to show your metal and help pump up local firefighters. The Fenwick Firefighters Association has set up a bin beside Pelham Fire Station No. 2 to collect scrap metal and dispose of it free of charge.[...]

Catalysts for Plastic Recycling (Technology Review)
Chemical process can recycle PET bottles at lower temperatures. A plastic bottle tossed in the recycling bin may end up being shredded and reused to make a sweater or a carpet, but it won't be turned into another water bottle. At least not so far. Catalysts being developed by researchers at IBM and Stanford could make it cost-effective to break down polyethylene terephthalate, or PET, plastics ...

Schools to host Aloha 'Aina Earth Day recycling drives (Honolulu Advertiser)
Aloha 'Aina Earth Day recycling collections will be conducted March 13 at Kahuku High & Intermediate School and March 20 at Farrington High School. Each event will take place from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.