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
New metal recycling facility OK (Goshen News)
Elkhart County Plan Commission members Thursday gave their stamp of approval to the construction of a new metal recycling facility in Concord Township.
NSF Seeking Corporate Partners to Research Metal Recovery/Recycling (dBusinessNews.com)
The National Science Foundation and two universities have established a research center dedicated to developing technologies for maximizing recovery and recycling of metals used in manufactured products and structures.
Fire rolls through recycling plant (Hamilton Spectator)
(Mar 13, 2010) - Residents in a half-kilometre area were warned to keep their doors and windows closed while firefighters tackled a smoky and smelly blaze inside a waste recycling plant in the industrial core.
4-Alarm Blaze Burns At South Bay Recycling Center (CBS 5 Bay Area)
A four-alarm fire Wednesday afternoon at a Santa Clara metal recycling plant prompted authorities to issue a shelter-in-place warning for the surrounding area. The fire was confined to the recycling yard and officials at the scene said there were no injuries reported and no damage had occured to any structures.
Recycling event set (The Wheaton Sun)
The Environmental Improvement Commission in Wheaton recently added electronics to its list of items that can be recycled at its April 17 Recycling Extravaganza.
Sun Recycling's fill products no threat to Acreage (The Palm Beach Post)
Sun Recycling's fill products no threat to Acreage
Recycling bill has local roots (The Fairmont Sentinel)
FAIRMONT - Minnesotans could raise $90 million for the state budget, clean up the environment and not even notice they are doing it. If legislation proposed by 2003 Fairmont Area High School graduate Sarah Heuer and her research partner, Ben Olson, passes the House and Senate, the Minnesota Recycling Refund Act could do all these things without raising taxes.
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.
