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In response to a 2011 shareholder resolution filed byshareholder advocacy organization As You Sow, McDonald’sCorp. recently confirmed that it is taking a major step towardpossible phase-out of polystyrene foam beverage cups.

The company recently notified As You Sow that: “McDon-ald’s is currently testing a double-walled fiber hot cup, as thecompany continues to seek more environmentally sustainable

solutions. The test is in approximately2,000 restaurants in the U.S., primarilyon the West Coast. The objective of this test is to assess customer accept-ance, operational impact and overall performance.”

Two thousand restaurantsrepresent nearly 15 per-cent of McDonald’srestaurants in the U.S.The shareholder pro-posal, which asked thecompany to assess theenvironmental impacts ofdifferent kinds of bever-age containers and todevelop packaging recy-

cling goals, received the support of nearly 30 percent of totalcompany shares voted, a high result for an environmental issueproposal, and the highest vote to date for any As You Sow pro-posal on container recycling.

“This is a great first step for McDonald’s and we hope itwill lead to a permanent switch to paper cups in all of its restau-rants,” said Conrad MacKerron, As You Sow’s senior programdirector. “Given the company’s history of using high levels ofrecycled content in other food packaging, we hope that it fol-lows suit with its cups, and also establishes a robust recyclingprogram for post-consumer waste left in its restaurants.”

In 1990 McDonald’s began to phase out foam-basedclamshell food containers amid concerns that petroleum-basedfood packaging persists in the environment for hundreds ofyears. Over the next decade, McDonald’s eliminated more than300 million pounds of packaging and reduced restaurant wasteby 30 percent, saving an estimated $6 million per year. How-ever, the company continued to use billions of foam-based bev-erage cups.

Styrene, used to make polystyrene, has been listed as apossible carcinogen by both the International Agency forResearch on Cancer and the National Institutes of Health’sNational Toxicology Program. Several epidemiologic studies

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Billions of gallons of fresh water are consumed annually bynatural gas wells that employ hydraulic fracturing to forceunderground rock formations to yield up gas trapped within.Fracking, as it’s known, is causing a boom in domestic energyexploration. It’s also raising environmental concerns about,among other things, the way it takes in fresh water from lakes,rivers, aquifers and municipal drinking water systems, and putsout water so contaminated with salt, heavy metals and otherpollutants that it can’t be reused for drinking, irrigation, frack-ing or anything else and must be disposed of through deepinjection wells.

Energy executives fear that without addressing environ-mental concerns, fracking could be headed for a rapid demise.“France and Belgium have permanently banned it,” says ChrisFaulkner, CEO of Breitling Oil & Gas, an independent explo-ration and production company located in Irving, Texas. “And ithas everything to do with water.”

Two major water issues concern critics. “One is the chemi-cals that go down the well and the fear that they will contami-nate ground water,” said Faulkner. “The other is the water thatcomes back up.” To address the first, companies like Breitlingare trying to come up with new formulations of fracking chem-icals that won’t pose the risk of harming the environment. Com-panies that treat water from fracking operations to make itreusable are now seeing their own boom, as energy producerstry to reduce the costs and environmental impact of existingways of handling water generated from fracking.

Recycling water from fracked wells makes sense on severallevels, according to Warren Sumner, CEO of Omni Water Solu-tions, an Austin, Texas, company that has developed a system torecycle the water. “Today the practice of disposing of water typ-ically involves trucking it to a disposal well,” Sumner said.“There’s a lot of cost and collateral damage from that truckingprocess.”

The sheer volume of water a frack job consumes – about 5to 10 million gallons per well – along with the usually remotelocations of such wells, makes the challenge formidable. “We’re

talking about 700 to over 1,000 truckloads just to carry awaythe water from a typical frack job,” Sumner said. “So the vol-ume of trucking is enormous and the wear and tear on the roadsis large. Everyone would like to reduce that.”

Energy industry works to recyclehydro-fracking waste water

Treatment is effective enough that recycled frack water can be re-used over andover for future frack jobs.

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Synagro to provide biosolids recyclingsolution for Florida municipalities

Synagro Technologies, Inc. hasentered into a lease agreement with theCharlotte County Public Works – SolidWaste Division to develop a regionalbiosolids and green waste Bio-Recy-cling Center at the County’s ZemelRoad landfill near Punta Gorda,Florida. Under a 20 year agreement,Synagro will design, finance, build andoperate a covered windrow compostingfacility that will recycle approximately50,000 tons of biosolids per year.

Biosolids management options forsouthwest Florida are limited as muchof the area lies within the sensitivewatersheds of the Okeechobee andCaloosahatchee rivers. Beginning in2013, land application of Class Bbiosolids will be subject to more strin-gent nutrient management planning

requirements. As a result, many sitesthat have historically been fertilizedwith recycled biosolids may no longerbe available.

This leaves distant land applicationsites and/or landfills located in excessof 150 miles from many of the region’swastewater treatment plants as the onlyoptions for some municipalities,increasing costs and greenhouse gasemissions associated with transportingbiosolids.

Synagro’s Bio-Recycling Centerwill substantially reduce the transporta-tion of biosolids when compared tothose landfills and land applicationsites, lowering fossil fuel consumptionand impact on the environment. Addi-tionally, the new facility will enablecommunities in southwest Florida to

meet state-wide recycling goals as thecomposting plant will receive and recy-cle green waste as well as biosolids.The Class AA compost produced by thefacility can be used by public worksagencies in the region for maintainingplaying fields, golf courses, communityplantings and repairing constructionsites, potentially reducing budgetaryimpacts associated with grounds main-tenance. Other economic benefitsinclude the creation of new local jobsand a decrease in Charlotte County’soperating costs.

Construction of the new Bio-Recy-cling Center is expected to commencein mid-2012 with full commercial oper-ation beginning by end of year, pendingapprovals from the Department of Envi-ronmental Protection.

Real Recycling for Massachusetts,an organization made up of businesses,individuals, trade organizations andunions who support increasing thestate’s recycling rate and oppose a bottlebill expansion, has grown to include 500members following their initial launchlast August.

The 500 member coalition supportsfinding impactful and cost-effectiveways to increase the state’s recyclingrate, and holds that bottle bill expansionwill be costly to consumers and mer-chants while having little environmentalimpact. The coalition is urging the Leg-

islature to reject a costly and ineffectivebottle bill expansion.

“Expanding the bottle bill will costgrocers and consumers more money butit won’t work to reduce litter or improverecycling,” said Chris Flynn, presidentof the Massachusetts Food Associationand member of Real Recycling for Mas-sachusetts. “It is no wonder that whenMassachusetts voters have the facts,almost 70 percent oppose bottle billexpansion.”

Proposals to expand the state’s bot-tle bill would add a $.05 fee to bottledwater, juices, iced tea and sports drinks,

in addition to the $.05 fee already placedon beer and water. The legislation wouldalso require grocers to act as redemptioncenters and collect empty bottles andcans at their stores. Real Recycling forMassachusetts members are concernedabout the impact that overhead costsfrom redeeming bottles, as well as thenew fees on beverages, could have onbusinesses, consumers and jobs.

Real Recycling for Massachusettsseeks to expand recycling by making itmore accessible in public places, such asparks and arenas, and increasing accessto recycling in the work place.

Massachusetts group reaches 500 members

Owens Corning, through its Roof-ing and Asphalt business, is invitinghomeowners to take the Shingle Recy-cling Pledge as a way to show theircommitment to keep old roofs out oflandfills by working with roofing con-tractors who practice sustainable build-ing practices.

“According to the Northeast Recy-cling Center, up to 10 million tons ofrecyclable shingles are removed fromthe roofs of U.S. homes and buildingsannually,” said Barry Hornbacher,Owens Corning Roofing and AsphaltShingle Recycling Program manager.

To take the pledge in marketswhere recycling is available, homeown-ers simply visit their website atwww.roofing.owenscorning.com andselect “Recycle Now.”

In addition to connecting with localcontractors committed to shingle recy-cling, everyone who takes the pledgewill also receive a free reusable tote bagwhile supplies last. Homeowners whodo not currently have shingle recyclingavailable in their area can show theirinterest in shingle recycling by fillingout a form on the website, which willhelp Owens Corning Roofing &Asphalt rally support from contractorsin their local community.

Through Owens Corning Roofing& Asphalt’s website, homeowners cansearch for reputable contractors in theirarea that already participate in the pro-gram.

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Natural gas is a relatively low-pol-luting fossil fuel that many see as criticalto helping reduce America’s reliance onoil and coal. It’s also plentiful, withsome estimates pegging domesticdeposits as sufficient to supply U.S.energy needs for a century. It’s hard toget to, however, because those depositsare deep and the gas is trapped in shalerock formations.

Fracking, which pumps a mixture ofwater, sand and chemicals, at enoughpressure to shatter underground rock for-mations, has stirred up a variety of envi-ronmental concerns. Flammablemethane gas has been found in drinkingwater supplies near gas fields, forinstance. Also, earthquakes, in suchunlikely places as Ohio, that may havebeen caused by the use of deep injectionwells to dispose of water coming backout of fracked wells.

Of the 5 to 10 million gallons offresh water consumed by the typicalfrack well, an average of about 20 per-cent flows back up to the surface, whereit must be disposed of. The flowbackwater is contaminated with salt, heavymetals and other pollutants, making itunsuitable for disposal in freshwaterlakes, rivers and aquifers.

To date, much of this flowbackwater, as well as additional water that isproduced from underground reservoirsalong with the natural gas, has been dis-posed of by injection into deep wells.These wells are common and wide-spread in some areas, such as Texaswhere the Eagle Ford Shale formation

has spurred one of the large frackingbooms. They are uncommon in manyareas such as the Northeast, where theMarcellus formation in Pennsylvania,New York and West Virginia is thenation’s biggest such deposit.

Disposal wells have come underscrutiny in the wake of a number ofunusual earthquakes in some regionsnear deep injection disposal wells. Oneinjection well outside Youngstown,Ohio, was closed after a series of smallearthquakes struck the area beginning inearly 2011. Thus, in many areas of thecountry, the primary method of dispos-ing of contaminated frack water isbecoming less viable.

Recycling can help greatly with thisproblem, says Yves Pollart, vice presi-dent with Rettew Flowback Inc. (RFI), aLancaster, Pennsylvania, company thattreats frack water so that it can reusedfor fracking. As is, upwards of 20 per-cent of water used for fracking is recy-cled, Pollart said. But much more couldbe.

Recyclers like RFI and Omni usetrailer-mounted systems that apply sev-eral different treatment methods to con-taminated flowback water, in order toreturn it to a state that is acceptable forreuse. The methods vary according tothe contaminants in the water, which canbe widely different depending on theunderground environment, and on theneeds of the fracking company. How-ever, they include filtration and chemicaltreatment, along with computerizedmonitoring and management of theprocess.

The resulting water can be, in somecases, made as clean as drinking water.However, that’s not usually the goal. Inorder to be re-used for fracking, thewater can still be too briny to be dis-charged into the freshwater system.

“It’s typically what we call cleanbrine,” Sumner says. “It’s devoid ofobjectionable materials like iron, magne-sium, calcium, barium and strontium.

But it still has salts in it such as sodiumchloride and potassium chloride. We findthat many operators prefer to leave thosesalts in it because that’s in their frackchemistry already. That way they don’thave to repurchase those salts.”

The treatment techniques are effec-tive enough that recycled frack water canbe re-used over and over again for futurefrack jobs. The savings in consumptionof fresh water, potential pollution ofunderground water supplies, possibleprevention of earthquakes caused byinjection and financial benefits of treat-ing water on-site so it doesn’t have to betrucked in or out, make recycling ahighly attractive proposition for energycompanies, environmentalists, regulatorsand transportation authorities chargedwith maintaining roads.

Among the challenges to increasedrecycling are getting frack companies tostandardize their requirements for thecleanliness of water used for their proce-dures, Pollart said. There’s little doubtrecycling is here to stay in the oil patch.The problem of dealing with contami-nated flowback water will decline alongwith the number of active drilling rigs asthe gas deposits are gradually tappedout. But it will be replaced by smallerbut still significant amounts of similarlycontaminated water naturally producedalong with the gas from wells.

This “produced water,” as it’sknown, will ultimately be dealt with byevaporating it and then disposing of theleft over salt in landfills, Pollart said.But for the moment, the new techniquesfor recycling frack water appear to beeffectively addressing some of thebiggest concerns about fracking. Sumnersaid it will get better. He foresees a daywhen recycled flowback, treated pro-duced water and more water taken fromexisting brine resources provides all thewater frackers need. “We can get theindustry to net zero withdrawals on freshwater,” he said.

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Polystyrene cups are not commonlyrecycled. Foam particles are among themost common items found by environ-mental groups leading beach clean ups.Carried through storm drains to theocean, foam containers break down intosmall indigestible pellets which animalsperceive as food, resulting in the deathof birds and fish. Due to such concerns,more than 50 cities in California and 100cities in the U.S. have banned orrestricted the use of polystyrene foodpackaging.

Dunkin’ Donuts, which also serveshot beverages in foam cups, announcedlast fall that it was also considering alter-natives.

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San Francisco celebratescomposting achievements

San Francisco reached a major envi-ronmental milestone last November hav-ing collected a million tons ofcompostable material through Recology’sgreen bin program, and now, the millionthton returns to San Francisco to be appliedas nutrient-rich compost to fertilize gar-dens and grow healthy, organic foods.

San Francisco diverts 78 percent ofall waste generated in the city away fromlandfill disposal through source reduction,reuse, and recycling and composting pro-grams. By working together, the City,Recology and the San Francisco Depart-ment of Environment have been able toprovide some of the most innovative andadvanced waste reduction programs in thecountry. These programs have landed SanFrancisco the honor of being named theGreenest City in North America and a per-fect score for resource recovery and recy-cling category in the 2011 Siemens GreenCity Index. The City’s easy-to-use, readily

available programs such as the curbsidegreen bin program are shaping the coun-try’s approach to waste.

“Residents and businesses haveembraced the city’s goal of zero waste andare actively composting their coffeegrounds, food scraps and plant cuttings,”said San Francisco environment directorMelanie Nutter. “The compost programnot only gets us one step closer to our goalof zero waste by 2020, it’s also a criticalcomponent in reducing carbon emissionsaround the Bay Area.”

The composting program alone hasdiverted one million tons of waste fromlandfill disposal.

Since its inception in 1996, the greenbin composting program has convertedcity food scraps, plant trimmings andsoiled paper into over 600,000 cubic yardsof finished compost – a soil amendmentthat helps local farmers grow healthy, sus-tainable food.


Revised settlement withClean Harbors benefitsBoston area citizens

Following public comment receivedon a proposed settlement to resolve haz-ardous waste violations by Clean Harborsof Braintree, Inc. of Massachusetts, EPAand Clean Harbors have entered into arevised settlement.

The revised settlement alters the Sup-plemental Environmental Project that wascontained in the original settlement,which was agreed to in August, 2011, andprovides that Clean Harbors will purchaseor ensure the purchase of an aerial plat-form fire truck for the Town of Braintree,Massachusetts, where the original viola-tions occurred. In addition, Clean Harborswill ensure the planting of approximately800 trees in Environmental Justice areasin Boston. The original penalty of$650,000 remains the same as in the orig-inal proposed settlement.

Under the revised agreement, CleanHarbors is expected to share the cost of afire truck with Braintree. The fire truck isestimated to cost approximately$900,000, of which Clean Harbors willpay at least $450,000. The fire truck willbe owned and operated by Braintree, butwill also be available for emergencyresponse activity in surrounding SouthShore communities. Clean Harbors willalso spend at least $612,500 on a project,which will be implemented by the BostonParks and Recreation Department, involv-ing the planting of approximately 800trees in targeted low-income, historicallydisadvantaged neighborhoods in Bostonover a 2 year period.

EPA identified nearly 30 violationsof both the Resource Conservation andRecovery Act (RCRA) and the Emer-gency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act (EPCRA) at a siteinspection of the Braintree Clean Harborsfacility that took place in June 2007.Those violations included inadequatewaste characterization, the failure to prop-erly maintain its hazardous waste tanks,inadequate secondary containment andimproper storage of incompatible wastes.

In July 2007, EPA issued an administra-tive order directing Clean Harbors toimmediately address numerous conditionsidentified during the inspection that couldhave posed a danger to human health orthe environment. Clean Harbors cameinto compliance with the 2007 order soonafter it was issued.

Under the settlement, Clean Harborsalso will comply with an enhanced wasteanalysis plan that goes beyond what iscurrently required in its hazardous wastepermit. This plan will help to ensure thatthe hazardous waste Clean Harborsreceives and generates will be properlycharacterized and managed. Further,Clean Harbors has installed and willmaintain a vapor collection system for itstanks that will collect and treat volatileorganic compound (VOC) emissions,which contribute to smog.

The Clean Harbors Braintree facilityperforms hazardous materials manage-ment and disposal services includingdrummed and bulk waste processing andconsolidation, transformer decommission-ing, PCB storage and processing, blend-ing of waste used as supplemental fuel bycement kilns or industrial furnaces, andpretreatment of waste to stabilize it beforeit is sent to permitted landfills.

WM of Arizona opens organics facilityWaste Management of Arizona has

opened the Maricopa Organics RecyclingFacility located at its Sierra Estrella facil-ity, developed in collaboration with GarickLLC. Garick LLC is a manufacturer, mar-keter and distributor of biomass fuel sup-ply, organic lawn and garden products.Waste Management of Arizona will collect

green waste such as yard and clean woodwaste recovered from the company’s trans-fer stations, which Garick will process intobiomass wood fuel, which will be sold pri-marily to Frito-Lay to run its Casa Grande,Arizona facility. In addition to biomasswood fuel, Garick will produce compostand mulch for local use.

Covanta Holding Corporationmade several management reassign-ments within its senior team in order tomore sharply focus on organic growth,new technology and project develop-ment initiatives. Effective immediately,Seth Myones, John Klett and MatthewMulcahy will take on the roles of exec-utive vice president and chief operatingofficer, executive vice president andchief technology officer and senior vicepresident, head of corporate develop-ment, respectively.

As chief operating officer for thecompany, Myones will be responsiblefor all of Covanta’s operations, includ-

ing safety, health and environmentalprograms, client relations, facility pro-duction and energy risk management.In addition, he will be responsible forthe company’s various organic growthinitiatives including the expansion ofthe Covanta 4Recovery waste servicesbusiness, enhanced metal recovery andinnovative efficiency improvements.Myones has been with Covanta since1989, most recently serving as presi-dent of the Americas.

In the newly created role of chieftechnology officer, Klett will focus ondeveloping and commercializing newEnergy-from-Waste technologies as

well as supporting technologies. Hewill also continue to oversee the com-pany’s research and developmentefforts which have successfully com-mercialized ash conditioning and LowNOx technologies among otherachievements. Within this role, Klettwill focus on improving and expandingservice to existing customers and open-ing markets for new customers. He hasover 40 years of hands-on experience inpower plant operation, including 30years in the energy-from-waste indus-try. He joined Covanta in 1986 andmost recently served as chief operatingofficer.

In his role as senior vice president,head of corporate development, Mulc-ahy will be responsible for Covanta’sstrategy, development and mergers &acquisitions. In this capacity, he willlead the UK and Americas developmentteams and work closely with Klett todevelop new technology. Mulcahy hasbeen with Covanta since 1990, mostrecently as Covanta Energy’s seniorvice president, development for theAmericas.

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Recology hosted the Great CompostGiveaway as a thank you to San Fran-cisco residents for helping the city reachan environmental milestone earlier thisyear – the collection of the millionth tonof compostable material through Recol-ogy’s green bin program.

The annual event, hosted by Recol-ogy in partnership with San FranciscoRec and Parks, the San FranciscoDepartment of Environment and theDepartment of Public Works, encouragespeople to start their own home gardensand increase their participation in thecity’s composting program.

Over 3,000 participants collectedfive gallons of compost free from Recol-ogy – compost made from the very foodscraps and plant matter that San Francis-cans place in their green compost binsdaily. Since its inception in 1996, the

green bin composting program has con-verted city food scraps, plant trimmingsand soiled paper into over 600,000 cubicyards of finished compost – a soilamendment that helps local farms andvineyards grow healthy, sustainablefood.

Recology employee volunteershanded out over 200 yards of compost.Participants lined up at giveaway sitesaround the City with buckets and boxes,eager to collect the “gourmet plantingmix.” The finished compost is used atmore than 200 farms and vineyardsthroughout the Bay Area, and is one ofthe most nutrient-rich soil amendmentsin the country due to its very diversefeed stock – food scraps and plant mate-rial. Left over compost was donated toAlemany Farm, a local community farm.

TOMRA provides supportto Oregon’s BottleDropRedemption Center

TOMRA of North America, Inc. hascompleted installation of advanced recy-cling technology at the Oregon BeverageRecycling Cooperative’s (OBRC) new7,000 sq.ft. redemption center in Salem,Oregon. TOMRA is providing the newfacility – called the BottleDrop Redemp-tion Center – with reverse vendingmachines (RVMs), pre-sorting equip-ment and an InstaDeem cash redemptionkiosk.

The BottleDrop Redemption Center,operated and funded by OBRC in part-nership with participating grocery retail-ers, is a new model for bottle redemptionin Oregon. In a shift from the state’soriginal “return to retailer” structure,participating retailers within 1.5 miles of

the center will no longer be required toaccept deposit containers from cus-tomers.

The new facility will accept up to300 containers per customer per day, at aspeed of up to 1 container per second.Each T820 machine can accept glass,plastic and aluminum through one recep-tacle. Customers with only aluminumcans to recycle can use TOMRA’sCanDo machines, which provide bulkcollection of aluminum cans.

Customers can redeem their cashdeposits at a TOMRA InstaDeem kiosk.The easy-to-use kiosk recognizes andverifies RVM receipts and disbursescash in bills and coins.

American Fiber Green Products, Inc.said that negotiations have advanced on ajoint venture operation with Florida part-ners to facilitate the recycling of salvageboats from Florida rivers and tributaries, aswell as the Gulf of Mexico.

Ken McCleave, chairman of Ameri-can Fiber Green Products, Inc. board ofdirectors, noted that in excess of 100 acresof land have been identified in West Cen-tral Florida to accommodate a fiberglassboat recycling operation. The property’sowner has agreed to make the propertyavailable in conjunction with a third entityequipped with barges and other equipmentrequired to raise the Coast Guard esti-mated 9,000 boats that lie in the shallowwaters of the Gulf of Mexico. Florida, likemany other states, struggles with the num-ber of boats left abandoned both in thewaterways and on land.

It is anticipated that a boat recyclingdepot can be operating in the next 90 to120 days. States have funds earmarkedspecifically for abandoned boat programs.

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“Our volunteers picked up enoughfood packaging for a person to get take-out for breakfast, lunch and dinner everyday for the next 858 years,” said VikkiSpruill, Ocean Conservancy’s presidentand CEO. “Ocean trash is human-gener-

ated, preventable and one of the biggestthreats to our ocean and waterways.”

This year, the scientific field ofmarine debris had an extra challengewith the aftermath of the Japan tsunami.While researchers are still working tolearn more about what resulted from thisunavoidable natural disaster, one thing isknown: tsunami-related debris wasunpreventable, but ocean trash is – wheneveryone is part of the solution.

The clean up is part of Ocean Con-servancy’s vision of Trash Free Seas,and is one of the many ways the organi-zation is helping find solutions on theissue of marine debris.

Data shows types of trashin ocean and waterwaysFound enough discarded clothing to outfit audienceof the 2012 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony

Kneiss named as new CEO of EIA Sharon H. Kneiss has been selected as

the new president and CEO of the Envi-ronmental Industry Associations (EIA),following the retirement of Bruce Parker,who will be stepping down later this yearafter 30 years of service to the industry.

The selection of Kneiss follows anextensive executive search of candidates tolead the trade association that representsthe private-sector solid waste servicesindustry and its two sub-associations, theNational Solid Waste Management Associ-ation and the Waste Equipment Technol-ogy Association.

Kneiss, who received a Bachelor ofScience in Chemistry from the Universityof Scranton and a Master of BusinessAdministration from the University ofPittsburgh, has more than 30 years of busi-ness, management and advocacy experi-ence relating to environmental policy atthe federal and state levels.

She served as vice president, productsdivision with the American ChemistryCouncil (ACC). In this role, she manageda 50 person staff and was responsible forthe division’s vision and strategy, productpromotion, state and local advocacy,research and policy development andmembership recruitment. She also servedas a public spokesperson on critical issuesbefore Congress and high-profile media.

Previously to ACC, Kneiss served in amanagement capacity at the AmericanForest & Paper Association, and policyadvocacy roles at Chevron Corporation,Hercules Inc. and the American PetroleumInstitute. Through that collective experi-ence, she has spearheaded several environ-mental initiatives, ranging from plasticrecycling to Superfund and Resource Con-servation and Recovery Act regulatoryissues to voluntary industry commitmentto greenhouse gas reductions.

Illegal dumper sentenced to three years in prisonThe Environment Crime Task Force

of Central Ohio (ECTF) said thatRichard Fintak was sentenced to threeyears in prison by Franklin CountyCommon Pleas Judge David Cain. Fin-tak had previously pleaded guilty tothree counts: open dumping, operatingan illegal solid waste facility and operat-ing an illegal landfill/transfer station.Cain ordered a three year sentence oneach count and ordered that the sen-tences run concurrently. He was also

ordered to pay restitution to the propertyowners in the amount of $377,581.00.

Fintak had operated an illegal land-fill located at 1388 Stimmel Rd. inFranklin Township since the fall of2009; the landfill was forced to close inthe spring of 2010 by the ECTF. He hadaccepted a plea bargain in late 2011 thatrequired Fintak to clean up the site. Inthe months awaiting sentencing, the sitewas not cleaned up; in fact, it grew big-ger to the point where it was 30 feet high

and covered nearly an acre of land,Assistant Franklin County ProsecutorHeather Robinson noted.

Solid Waste Authority of CentralOhio Executive Director Ron Mills saidthe sentence should serve as a warningto others that Franklin County officialswill not tolerate illegal dumping.

The Environmental Crime TaskForce will be working to have the sitecleaned up.

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Container shipping lines in the West-bound Transpacific Stabilization Agree-ment are recommending a further round ofincremental rate increases.

The adjustments, scheduled to takeeffect on May 15, 2012, will raise drycommodity rate levels by $50 per 40 footcontainer (FEU) from Pacific Southwestports, and by $100 per FEU for all othercargo, moving via all-water or intermodalservice from Pacific Northwest ports, frominland U.S. points and from the U.S. Eastand Gulf Coasts.

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First Wind, an independent U.S.-based wind energy company, celebratedthe start of construction of its 69megawatt (MW) Kawailoa Wind projecton Kamehameha Schools’ KawailoaPlantation lands on Oahu’s North Shore.Once complete, Kawailoa Wind will bethe largest wind energy facility inHawaii. The site’s thirty 2.3 MWSiemens wind turbines will have thecapacity to generate enough clean,renewable wind energy to power theequivalent of approximately 14,500homes on the island, or as much as 5percent of Oahu’s annual electricaldemand.

In December 2011, the Hawaii Pub-lic Utilities Commission approved apower purchase agreement betweenFirst Wind and the Hawaiian ElectricCompany (HECO), which serves morethan 400,000 Hawaii customers. Hawaiistate law mandates 70 percent cleanenergy for electricity and surface trans-portation by 2030, with 40 percent com-ing from local renewable sources.Kawailoa Wind will significantlyadvance the state’s progress towardthese goals.

Working in concert with the Kame-hameha Schools (KS) as part of theirNorth Shore Plan, Kawailoa Windreflects a genuine collaboration with thecommunity. First Wind has been in dis-cussions about the project with NorthShore residents and community organi-zations for the past two years, while KSbegan community consultation in 2006,starting with area k puna (Hawaiian eld-ers) to guide the process. First Windalso worked with federal, state andcounty agencies to obtain the necessarypermits.

As with other projects on Maui andOahu, First Wind developed a HabitatConservation Plan (HCP) for KawailoaWind, working with the U.S. Fish andWildlife Service and the Division ofForestry and Wildlife of the Hawaii’sDepartment of Land and NaturalResources. The HCP is a wildlife con-servation effort that includes researchfunding and actions to protect and mini-mize incidental harm to federally listedspecies in the vicinity of the windenergy project.

First Wind owns and operates twoother wind energy projects in Hawaii,and is currently building another projecton Maui.

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Under Secretary of Energy ThomasD’Agostino joined U.S. RepresentativeJoe Wilson (R-SC) and other senior offi-cials from the Department of Energy(DOE) and Ameresco, Inc., to mark theoperational startup of a new $795 mil-lion renewable energy fueled facility atthe Savannah River Site (SRS).

The 34 acre SRS Biomass Cogener-ation Facility is the culmination of 30months and more than 600,000 hours oflabor. This project is also the singlelargest renewable Energy Savings Per-formance Contract (ESPC) in thenation’s history. The project sustainedand created an estimated 800 jobs, span-ning the mechanical, construction, engi-neering and supplier sectors. Fullyoperational, the plant will employ 25 fulltime jobs on-site and support the locallogging community.

Acting assistant secretary for envi-ronmental management DavidHuizenga, DOE Savannah River man-ager Dave Moody, and George Sakel-laris, Ameresco president and chiefexecutive officer, joined Under SecretaryD’Agostino and Rep. Wilson for the cer-emonial ribbon cutting.

The SRS Biomass CogenerationFacility replaced a deteriorating and

inefficient 1950s era coal powerhouseand oil-fired boilers, and will generatean estimated $944 million in savings inenergy, operation and maintenance costsover the duration of the contract.

Clean biomass, consisting of localforest residue and wood chips, and bio-derived fuels will be the primary fuelsource for the renewable energy facility,which has the capacity to combust385,000 tons of forest residue into 20megawatts of clean power annually.

Energy savings result from replac-ing the inefficient D Area Powerhousewith the biomass facility, switching fromcoal to biomass fuel and improving theefficiency of the operations with newequipment that better matches SRS’sload requirements. Surrounding commu-nities also receive added health and envi-ronmental benefits tied to air emissionreductions, including avoiding 100,000tons of greenhouse gas emissions peryear.

DOE signed onto an ESPC withAmeresco in 2009 to finance, design,construct, operate, maintain and fuelthe new biomass facility under a 20year fixed price contract valued at $795million.

Green EnviroTech Holdingssells permit to construct

Green EnviroTech Holdings Corp.has sold the Permit to Construct for theRiverbank, California proposed wasteplastic to oil processing facility to WMRiverbank Recovery, LLC, Beaverton,Oregon.

The planned 50,000 sq.ft. facility willrecycle difficult-to-recycle plastic wastestarting with agricultural mulch film,fumigation film and irrigation drip tape(LDPE) into crude oil utilizing patented,proven and commercially viable technol-ogy from Agilyx. This will be the com-pany’s first facility in California and willutilize the Agilyx technology.

CEO Gary De Laurentiis stated, “Thesale of the permit to Agilyx will allowGETH to focus on the two major projectsat hand. First is our proposed plant for

waste plastic and tires to oil in Mississippi.This plant is planned to be funded byEbbros I Investment Group, of KansasCity, Missouri. Second is our proposedplant in Wisconsin to process shredderresidue to oil and compounded plastic.

The funding for this plant is plannedto be with ACG Companies and the EB5program. We have identified two loca-tions in Wisconsin that meet the criteriafor the EB5 program. We should have adefinite location set within the next fewweeks. Once the location is finalized thetimeline to begin construction should bewithin six to eight months. Funding forboth plants have Letters of Intent signedand negotiations are in the process tofinalize the funding.”

Mini wind turbines to powerSC Johnson’s Arkansas office

SC Johnson has plans for a windenergy program at its Lowell, Arkansassales office. Already known for its use ofrenewable energy at its manufacturingfacilities, the 126 year old company isadding 3 mini wind turbines at its largestU.S. sales office outside of its Racine,Wisconsin global headquarters.

The 3 Swift turbines, manufacturedby Cascade Engineering, Inc., will be

located on the office roof and will stand 10to 12 feet above roof level. The turbinesare expected to be fully functioning byMay 1, 2012.

Once fully operational, the turbineswill be connected to the site’s electricaldistribution system and will be capable ofgenerating as much as 3,600 kWh of elec-tricity annually.

Solar Irrigation Systems provideswater for Arizona farming

Syncronys has reached an agreementwith Earth Pure Foods LLC to install asolar irrigation system to provide water fortheir farming operations near Phoenix,Arizona.

The 55kW solar array will provide theprimary power for the well pump using360 thin film solar panels that were specif-ically selected to provide reliable servicein the hot, dry, windy Arizona climate.

When irrigation is not required,Earth Pure Foods LLC will sell the sur-plus electricity to the local power coop-erative. The solar irrigation system wasdesigned to operate effectively with orwithout a grid-tie, to be easy to installand operate, and to provide a depend-able water source anywhere in theworld.

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Comerica Bank and informationmanagement services firm Iron Moun-tain Incorporated set a world record,earning a Guinness World Recordshonor for “Most Paper Collected in a 24-Hour Period” at Shred Day DFW, a freecommunity shredding event held atComerica Bank’s Mockingbird ServiceCenter in Dallas on Saturday, April 14.The public event, designed to raiseawareness of identity theft protectionand sustainability, resulted in the collec-

tion of 111,920 lbs. of paper in a singleday, which surpassed the previous record(87,360 lbs., set in 2011) by more than12 tons. All 111,920 lbs. of paper col-lected is being securely destroyed andrecycled by Iron Mountain.

An official adjudicator from Guin-ness World Records attended the eventto observe the attempt, certify the resultsand present Comerica Bank and IronMountain with the Guinness WorldRecords certificate.

As a new charitable component tothis year’s Shred Day event, participantswere encouraged to bring a suggesteddonation of two nonperishable fooditems to help support the North TexasFood Bank. As a result, the event gener-ated approximately 4,546 lbs. of foodand monetary donations equivalent toroughly 13,588 meals that will help feedhungry families, seniors and children in13 North Texas counties.

Catalog Choice, a mail preferenceservice dedicated to eliminating

unwanted mail, has announced the envi-ronmental benefits of its municipal part-nership program, which launched oneyear ago. Catalog Choice for Communi-ties is a customized service designed toreduce waste, save money and rid con-sumers of junk mail by stopping it at thesource. Seattle, Chicago, Boulder,Berkeley, San Jose and Santa Fe areamong those participating in the nation-wide program.

Since March 2011, more than530,000 opt-out requests have beenprocessed through Catalog Choice forCommunities, which translates to3,000,000 lbs. of solid waste saved.

Created by the Berkeley-based non-profit, Catalog Choice for Communitiesis a zero-waste program for unwantedmail and phone books. Catalog Choiceprovides each municipal partner with atailored website hosted on catalog-choice.org, where residents can opt-outof unwanted mail.

Summary reports by zip code areshared by Catalog Choice on citizen par-ticipation, solid waste diversion, CO2reductions and other environmental bene-fits. Communities that work with CatalogChoice stop five times more unsolicitedmail at the source than others in the U.S.

Americans receive more than 100billion pieces of unsolicited mail eachyear, and 62 percent of it is not recycled.

RISI, an information provider forthe global forest products industry, hasannounced the release of its new MillAsset Database. The database combinesnew pulp and paper mill data with infor-mation previously available from fiveseparate RISI services: the Lockwood-Post Online Directory of Pulp & PaperMills, the Global Mill Projects Database,the Mill Investment History Database,Pulp & Paper Company Profiles and ele-ments from its cost benchmarking serv-ice, Analytical Cornerstone 4.0.

“Over the last two years, my teamand I have been working – in partnershipwith clients and colleagues in the pulpand paper industry – to develop a toolthat provides accurate and relevant infor-mation on pulp and paper mills aroundthe world,” said Surya P. Raina, vicepresident of Mill Intelligence at RISI.“These aggregated data along with intu-itive, new tools will make it easy for ourclients to search, analyze, customize anddownload information about pulp andpaper mills.”

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Study shows most Americans canrecycle plastic bags and wraps locally

A new study provides encouragingnews about the state of plastics recyclingin the U.S. More than 91 percent of theU.S. population can recycle their plasticbags locally, and additionally, nearly 75percent of people living in the U.S. canrecycle other types of flexible plasticwraps in their own communities.

The study, which looked at flexiblepolyethylene film – a category thatincludes flexible plastic bags, sacks andmany product wraps – identified over15,000 drop-off locations that collect theseitems for recycling. The majority of col-lection centers are conveniently located instores, frequently major grocery chains orretailers like Target and Lowe’s homeimprovement stores.

“Plastic Film and Bag Recycling Col-lection: National Reach Study,” conductedby Moore Recycling Associates Inc., isbelieved to be the first study to examineconsumers’ access to recycle flexible plas-tic packaging.

The National Reach Study also foundthat despite the prevalence of access toflexible plastic recycling programs, con-sumers are not yet using this infrastructureto its full potential.

The flexible plastics value chainrecently came together to form the Flexi-ble Film Recycling Group (FFRG), which

is applying industry resources to boostconsumer education.

To help increase awareness, theFFRG is working with the SustainablePackaging Coalition to develop a StoreDrop-off label specifically for flexibleplastic packaging.

The award winners in the 2nd Inter-national Plastics Design Competition(IPDC) sponsored by SPI: The PlasticsIndustry Trade Association, span a widerange of applications, and many of themembody innovative use of technologiesin support of sustainability goals.

The competition attracted 32 prod-uct entries whose details and imageswere posted online. An internationalpanel of nine judges evaluated theentries in advance of NPE2012 and in aspecial exhibit at the show itself. Inaddition to awards presented by thejudges, there was a “Peoples’ Choice”award based on online and at-show vot-ing open to anyone in the industry.

The awards presented were:Best in Show: The 111 Navy

Chair, designed by Emeco and gas-assist injection molded from recycledPET supplied by BASF. The productalso won the Buildings & Furnishingsaward and the Sustainable ConsumerProduct award.

Peoples’ Choice: The Zip Zester,for removing zest from citrus fruits;designed by Grass Roots Industries forbrand owner Zip Zester; molded byCashmere Molding using Battenfeldequipment, materials from EMSGrivory and tooling by QuestechUnlimited and China Monicom.

Automotive & Transportation:The all-plastics Tigris airline cateringtrolley, designed by ProMolding,

molded by Bemis Manufacturing usingtooling from VinylTech International,machinery from Milacron, and resinfrom Solvay Advanced Polymers. Theproduct also received the Innovations inPlastics award and the Project award.

Consumer Products: The PuristHydroflo Water Bottle, designed byHarbor Fluid Products for brand ownerSpecialized Bicycle Components.

Medical & Scientific: Mobilegs,an alternative to the traditional crutchfor disabled people, designed by Studio+ Weber for brand owner Mobi. BASFsupplied the resin, and Illinois ToolWorks did the toolmaking and molding.

Packaging: The 1-Seal containerand lid product molded by Arta Plastfrom material supplied by SpartechCorp., for brand owner The Better BeanCompany. Machinery for the projectwas supplied by Packline West.

Emerging Technology: 3D IMLwith MuCell, a 3D in-mold labeledpackaging tub injection molded ofexpanded PP through use of the MuCellprocess. Brand owner, designer, andmolder was PACCOR PackagingDeutschland. Netstal supplied themachinery and Plastisud the tooling.

Single Part: An injection moldedcomponent for a water outlet assembly,designed by MPC for brand owner Nis-san, using material from Solvay,machinery from Demag, and toolingfrom Industrial Molds.

Sustainable Part: The GenesysFluid Pump, designed by MillenniumMold Design for brand owner Multi-DutiManufacturing, molded by Ci-Dell Plas-tics with material from Bulk MoldingCompounds and tooling from Moldcraft.

Sustainable Process: Poly-LacticFoam Article by brand owner anddesigner Sekisui Plastics, which wasalso responsible for materials, machin-ery, tooling and molding.

Judges’ Awards: There were twowinners: 1) Calibowl foodware by brandowner and designer Simplewave, withmaterials, molding, and tooling suppliedby Jatco and machinery from ToyoInjection Molding Machines; 2) IMLSyringe Barrel, designed by Tech Mold,CBW Automation, and Moldmasters,with machinery from Milacron andmaterials from PolyOne.


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Martha Johnson, a U.S. General Serv-ices Administrator (GSA), announced newguidelines banning all federal agenciesfrom disposing of electronic waste in land-fills. The policy will ensure that the federalgovernment is leading by example and thatall of its electronics are managed effec-tively in the disposal process. The policywill also direct electronics to certifiedrecyclers, creating more opportunities forthe e-waste industry.

The new policy directs federal agen-cies to reuse electronics to the maximumextent possible and then direct non-func-tioning products to certified e-waste recy-clers. As electronics reach the end of theirutility, asset managers will offer theseproducts to be reused, or offer them forsale. Federal agencies are being bannedfrom disposing of these materials in land-fills or incinerators, and instead they willnow send them to third-party certified e-waste recyclers – under R2 or eStewards –when reuse is not an option. Additionally,recipients of used government electronicsare being encouraged to follow the samereuse and certified recycling standards.

The policy also incorporates trans-parency and accountability into thisprocess by requiring federal agencies totrack the volume and destination of elec-tronics they send out for reuse and recy-cling and report that data online annually,which GSA will make available to thepublic on Data.gov.

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Youchange’s electroniccollection challenge asuccess in Arizona schools

YouChange Holdings Corp, a com-munity for electronics collection, e-waste tracking and re-commerce,successfully closed its enrollment for theEarth Day Electronic Collection Chal-lenge for Arizona Schools.

On February 1st, youchangelaunched its Electronic Collection Chal-lenge in Arizona, with the goal of getting30 schools to participate in its inauguralevent centered on Earth Day 2012. Thischallenge was designed to help promotethe proper disposal of unwanted elec-tronics through the proprietaryyouchange Recycling Platform. Partici-pating schools are competing for a$2,500 grand prize in addition to thefunds raised for the collection ofunwanted electronics throughyouchange. The enrollment period forschools was February 1st through April20th, but due to an overwhelmingdemand the enrollment period had to beclosed on March 1st.

Youchange executive vice president,Derrick Mains said, “We had an assort-ment of public, private and charterschools representing more than 13,000students from all over the Valley. Therewas so much interest that we literallyhad to close enrollment early to fulfillthe demand. As a result of the program’s

success, we have decided to make thiscollection drive an annual event. We arecurrently signing up schools for ourBack to School contest that will run inthe fall of 2012.”

The youchange electronics collec-tion program is designed to work withinschools to help educate students on thechallenges of electronic waste, all whilehelping schools raise needed funds.Youchange presents during a schoolassembly and delivers its e-waste mes-sage with the help of “Roger the Robot,”the company’s break dancing mascot.

Students are invited to help theirschool and the environment by collect-ing unwanted electronic gadgets fromtheir own closets, and from family andfriends. Each school collection driveruns for two weeks and includes a prizefor the top class in addition to the grandprize. Items that are collected areprocessed through the youchange propri-etary platform which focuses on the re-commerce, reuse and recycling ofelectronics. All personal information isremoved and the items are either refur-bished for resale, or if non-working, theyare sent to a youchange certified recy-cling partner. The schools are paid byyouchange whether the items sell or not.

Gazelle, a company specializing inhigh-end consumer electronics trade-ins,announced its co-founder and CEO IsraelGanot has been selected as the winner ofthe Emerging Leader Award of the BostonBusiness Journal’s 2012 Best Green Prac-tices Awards. These awards honor compa-nies and individuals who have worked tobring greater environmental sustainabilityto the workplace, their customers andcommunities. Ganot is the first recipient ofthe Emerging Leader award, which is thenewest Best Green Practices Award, andwill be honored at the 5th annual GreenBusiness Summit in Boston on May 9.

Ganot said, “When we launchedGazelle, there weren’t many options forresponsibly disposing of your electronicgadgets beyond simply recycling, and eventhat wasn’t happening as much as itshould. Our reCommerce service was anew option and has become a key compo-nent of many consumers’ purchaseprocess. In Q4 2011 alone, more than150,000 iPhones were traded in at Gazelle,enabling our customers to subsidize theirupgrades and ensure their old iPhonesstayed in use. This award is a testament tothe value of and need for reCommerce.”

Gazelle offers an easy way for peopleto trade in their gently-used smartphonesand other high-end electronics for cash.Gazelle rewards people for giving thegadgets they no longer need a new life. Todate, Gazelle has facilitated more than900,000 gadget trade-ins.

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“We tried another brand once,” explains Lynn. “It cost a fortune for parts.Their service department was horrible and no one was helpful or cared aboutanything. Needless to say, we gathered our wits, embraced our Al-jon traditionand never looked back.”

Over the past 16 years, Cascade has purchased eight Al-jon machines, whichhelped grow the business. “We never thought we would achieve what wehave,” states Lynn. “They have always gone over and above to make sure we

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NovelisInc. signedan agreementwi th theChangzhouNational Hi-Tech Districtto build thecompany’s first automotive sheet man-ufacturing facility in China. The agree-ment, which includes land use rights tomore than 160 acres, was signed at aformal ceremony in Changzhou City inthe Jiangsu Province of China.

Novelis is a producer of rolled alu-minum for the global automotive mar-ket and a provider of aluminum sheetto the rapidly expanding Chinese auto-mobile industry. The wholly owned,$100 million plant will have a capacityof 120,000 metric tons per year and isexpected to be commissioned for oper-ation in late 2014.

Novelis expects demand for alu-minum in the global automotive sectorto grow at a compound annual rate of25 percent over the next 5 years as automanufacturers look for ways to maketheir vehicles more fuel efficient. Themove into China will position Novelisas the only aluminum sheet suppliercapable of serving automotive cus-tomers in all major markets of theworld.

Novelis is an automotive sheetsupplier in Europe where light-weightaluminum has become a popular alter-native to steel for vehicle makers. Tomeet growing demand in North Amer-ica, the company is expanding its foot-print there with a $200 million projectto increase automotive sheet capacityby 200,000 tons per year.

Located in the heart of theChangzhou National Hi-Tech District,the new site is close to vital rail lines,the Changzhou deep water port on theYangtze River and other world-classbusiness and commercial infrastruc-ture. The company plans to ship rolledaluminum coils manufactured at itsSouth Korean operations to the newfacility in Changzhou for heat treat-ment and finishing before delivery toautomotive customers within China aswell as to export markets. CurrentNovelis auto sheet customers includeAudi, BMW, Chrysler, Ferrari, Ford,GM, Hyundai, Jaguar, Land Rover,Mercedes-Benz, Porsche and Volvo,among others.

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The FeMET Design Grant Programseeks innovative designs and solutionsfor industry-related issues. Student-pro-fessor teams are asked to address an

important industry concern or “chal-lenge” by working collaboratively. Pro-posals must include the team’sapproach/methodology, including abudget and schedule. Proposals will bejudged based on: technical approach andrelation to the theme, probability of suc-cess and its potential benefits and teamqualifications. The program may awarda grant of up to $50,000.

The theme for 2012 is “steel uses inrenewable energy infrastructure.” Teamsshould quantify the benefits arising out ofthe proposed technique(s) and the study.

Teams may propose to perform one ormore comparative studies, as long as theyremain within the budget parameters out-lined in the proposal instructions.

Completed proposals must be sub-mitted electronically, via PDF, to [email protected] by May 28, 2012.Awardees will be announced July 28,2012.

FeMET Curriculum DevelopmentGrant proposals are being solicited fromprofessors of ferrous metallurgy or materi-als science at North American universitiesfor funding of a curriculum developmentassistant to enhance or update industrycurriculum in ferrous metallurgy pro-grams. The program objective is to utilizestudents to assist in the editing and updat-ing of textbooks and/or other course mate-rials for use in ferrous metallurgyeducation, with an underlying objective toincrease industry awareness within theacademic community. The proposals mustindicate how the professor will approachthe task, including budget and schedulerequirements.

Up to 5 university professors will beawarded $5,000 per year to fund initia-tives designed to enhance or updateindustry curriculum in ferrous metal-lurgy programs. The maximum allow-able time for a Curriculum DevelopmentGrant is 5 years, beginning in the fall of2012, for a total of $25,000 per grant.The number of awards depends on fund-ing availability.

Proposals will be evaluated accord-ing to the following criteria: direct bene-fits to the iron and steel industry and theferrous metallurgy/materials scienceprograms in North America, the plan’spotential to increase the number of stu-dents studying metallurgy and materialsscience in North America and theexpertise and capabilities of the profes-sor to fulfill the program objective.

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Based on preliminary CensusBureau data, the American Iron andSteel Institute (AISI) reported that theU.S. imported a total of 2,689,000 nettons (NT) of steel in February, includ-ing 2,051,000 NT of finished steel(down 5 percent and 7 percent, respec-tively, from January final data).

Finished steel import market sharein February was an estimated 23percent. Import market share thru 2months of this year is 23 percent,up from the 22 percent for full year2012.

Key finished steel products withsignificant import increases in February2012 compared to January are wirerods (up 77 percent), sheets and stripgalvanized hot dipped (up 39 percent),

plates in coils (up 15 percent) and hotrolled bars (up 11 percent).

Major products with significantYTD import increases vs. the sameperiod last year include plates in coils(up 85 percent), reinforcing bar (up 79percent), sheet and strip all other metal-lic coated (up 81 percent), heavy struc-tural shapes (up 65 percent) and sheetand strip galvanized hot dipped (up 65percent).

In February, the largest volumes offinished steel imports from offshorewere from South Korea (298,000, down15 percent), Japan (162,000 NT, up 11percent), Turkey (160,000 down 5 per-cent), India (109,000 NT, up 182 per-cent) and China (87,000, down 15percent). For the first 2 months of 2012,

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Valued at over $60 billion, theUnited States ferrous and nonferrousscrap metal recycling industry contin-ues to grow, driven by a recoveringU.S. economy, a growing Asian econ-omy, and the growing demand for prod-ucts manufactured with recycledmaterials. M&A has continued amongthe major players, including PSC Met-als, Metalico, Nucor, Schnitzer andSIMS Metal Management.

Despite the volatile economicactivity across the global markets, theoutlook for the sector remains positiveas the demand for scrap metal growsamong both domestic and global con-sumers.

Steel is the most recycled materialworldwide. In 2010 in the U.S., 74 mil-lion metric tons of scrap steel wereprocessed by the scrap recycling indus-try, representing a U.S. ferrous scrapmarket value of over $22 billion. TheU.S. is the largest exporter in the world,shipping ferrous scrap to over 90 coun-tries around the world including China,South Korea, Turkey, Taiwan and India,with Turkey being the largest importerof scrap steel.

Besides growth in steel demand, alarge contributor to demand for steelscrap involves the rate at which produc-ers use scrap steel to produce steel.China, now the world’s largest steelproducer, has contributed to the reduc-tion in the global percentage of scrapsteel used to produce steel, from 43.9percent in 2000 to 37.5 percent in 2010.

However, China’s scrap steel usage isexpected to increase significantly by2015 according to the country’s fiveyear plan.

Scrap steel is processed into acommodity grade material and used toproduce over 75 percent of raw steel inthe U.S. Some of this steel gets recy-cled again, further extending the eco-nomic and environmental benefits.

With the use of scrap steel, CO2emissions are reduced by 58 percentversus steel produced from raw ore.Furthermore, manufacturing steelusing scrap steel requires 60 percentless energy than producing it from ironore.

Nonferrous metals do not lose theirchemical or physical properties in therecycling process, allowing these met-als to be recycled an infinite amount oftimes. In the U.S. alone, the value ofthe nonferrous scrap industry rose toalmost $40 billion, which is a 28 per-cent increase from 2008 to 2010.

The scrap recycling industryremains highly fragmented, with thetop 20 companies controlling about 35percent of the sector. In the U.S. thereare well over 500 independent recyclerswith more than 1,000 operating loca-tions, and many of these are familyoperated.

The industry is characterized byhigh barriers to entry due to strict gov-ernment regulations, the high price ofcapital equipment and the value andscarcity of land required to processscrap in some regions.

Larger recyclers are expanding,and consolidation is expected to con-

tinue in this fragmented setting. Forexample, SIMS Metal Managementwas particularly active globally in2011, closing a total of eight acquisi-tions in various global locations. InApril of 2011, Schnitzer purchasedAmerican Metal Group of Los Angeles,California. This acquisition enhancedSchnitzer’s supply network in NorthernCalifornia and expanded metal recy-cling operations in that region.

On November 28, 2011, PSC Met-als (owned by Icahn Enterprises) put ina bid to acquire the remaining 90 per-cent it did not own of Commercial Met-als, offering $1.73 billion (totalenterprise value $2.91 billion). Theoffer price of $15 per share from IcahnEnterprises LP represented a premiumof 31 percent. This offer valued theequity at 7.0x LTM EBITDA. Thisoffer has recently been formally with-drawn by Icahn after failing to win thelevel of support they had sought fromother shareholders.

Improving economic conditionsand demand from developing countrieswill continue to drive the growth in thescrap metal sector. Mergers and acqui-sitions will continue as producers seekto build scale and drive profitability.These trends are important to considerin maximizing the value of a businessin this sector.


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Sacramento, California policereported that after a three month under-cover investigation into metal thefts inthe city, six Sacramento recycling plantemployees were arrested.

Sacramento police officers soldcopper wire and other metals to severalrecycling centers in the area. Californialaw requires recyclers must record aseller’s name, driver’s license number,obtain a photo and thumbprint as well astake photos of the metals being sold. Themetals must be paid for three days afterthe sale.

“Over the three month period, theundercover police detectives observed avariety of violations,” said policespokesperson Justin Eklung. “Every-thing from being paid cash immediatelyfor metals and not accepting identifica-tion or accepting identification that wasnot the seller of the metal.”

Eklund said some of the recyclersalso used the ID numbers of seller whowere not present at the transactions.

The alleged violations resulted inthe arrest of Roman Michael Rudy,Bryan Drew Wilson, Luis Caro, MichaelJ. Wright, Gyan Kalwani and ShaunKalwani.

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The Steel Manufacturers Associa-tion (SMA) and the Association for Iron& Steel Technology (AIST) Foundationhave partnered to commemorate the lifeand industry service of Don B. Daily byestablishing the Don B. Daily MemorialFund.

Daily was a compassionate manwho truly cared about the safety of allemployees working in the steel industry.His enduring mark on the steel industryof North America has been the establish-ment of numerous safety and health ini-tiatives that have significantly improvedthe workplace.

Daily was the president of GallatinSteel when he passed away unexpect-edly in 2009. He was an ardent safetyactivist for the steel industry, and was anactive participant in both AIST and theSMA, most recently serving as SMAchairman from 2006 to 2008.

The Don B. Daily Memorial Fundchallenges North American universityteams (students and professors) to sub-mit proposals for grant funding in thetheme area of safety and health aware-

ness within the steel manufacturingindustry. The dual objective of the fundis to promote a safe workplace for thesteel manufacturing industry, and toincrease the number of students study-ing health and safety awareness relativeto the manufacturing environment.

Richard Teets, president and COO –steel operations for Steel Dynamics Inc.and current chair of the Don B. DailyMemorial Fund Committee and SMAboard member, stated, “We will neverstop looking to improve the health andsafety of our workforce in the steelindustry, and this grant represents anopportunity for university professorsand students to work directly with steelcompanies to find better solutions. Thegrant recipients from our 2011 inauguralyear will present their safety projects atupcoming AIST and SMA events thisyear, and we anticipate more qualifiedproposals from academia as awarenessof the funding opportunity increases.”

Completed proposals must be sub-mitted electronically, via e-mailed PDFto [email protected] by June 30, 2012.

Memorial Fund accepts proposalsfor industry safety and health

At a ceremony attended by AlabamaGovernor Robert Bentley, Retirement Sys-tems of Alabama director Dr. David Bron-ner, and a host of local mayors, politiciansand business leaders, Wise Metals Groupcut the ribbon and dedicated a 74-acrerecycling complex named “Element 13” –the largest single used beverage can melt-ing facility in the world.

According to David D’Addario,Wise’s chairman of the board, the newfacility contains a furnace that will process250,000 lbs. of aluminum, a delaqueringkiln and a can shredding system that willshred 80,000 lbs. per hour. It increasesWise’s overall melting capacity by 27 per-cent, and used beverage can meltingcapacity by 55 percent.

“To build this facility, we issued con-tracts to more than 92 separate contractors,95 percent of which were Alabama com-panies,” said D’Addario. “It took 250,000man-hours to complete, and employed 228local construction workers – all of it donewith no lost time accidents or recordableinjuries.”

Even better, according to D’Addario,is that the facility has already added 43new jobs.

Alabama Reclamation Operations, adivision of Wise Metals Group, has beenrenamed “Element 13,” for aluminum, the13th element in the periodic chart of theelements. As part of one of the largestrecycling companies in the world, thisdivision reclaims used beverage containersand remelts them for use by Wise Alloys inthe production of new aluminum sheetstock. That sheet stock is sold to beverageand food companies for use in the produc-tion of new aluminum cans and containers.

Wise Metals buildsnew, expandedrecycling facility

Covanta partners with Steinertfor nonferrous recovery

Covanta Energy Corporation hasformed a strategic alliance with SteinertUS, Inc. for nonferrous metal recoverysystems. Steinert will help provideequipment, spare parts, application engi-neering and planning support, and main-tenance to the nonferrous recoverysystems at Covanta’s energy-from-waste(EfW) facilities in North America.

The new agreement will supportCovanta’s organic growth initiatives andsustainability efforts to increase theamount of metals that are recycled fromits EfW facilities. In 2011, Covanta’s 41

EfW facilities in North America recy-cled over 400,000 tons of ferrous andover 15,000 tons of nonferrous metal.That’s the equivalent amount of steelthat would be used to build five GoldenGate Bridges and in the production ofover one billion aluminum beveragecans.

The agreement will support theimplementation of new nonferrous sys-tems at many Covanta facilities that cur-rently do not have them and enhancesystems that are already in place.

Universal Stainless achieves AS 9100Certification for North Jackson

Universal Stainless & Alloy Prod-ucts, Inc. has achieved AS 9100 certifi-cation at its recently acquired NorthJackson, Ohio facility. The locationrecently completed the AS 9100 Certifi-

cation audit, successfully meeting allrequirements.

The company’s Bridgeville, Dunkirkand Titusville facilities already hold theAS 9100 certification.


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The Florida Chapter of the NationalSolid Wastes Management Association(NSWMA) applauded the passage oftwo pieces of key solid waste legislationby the Florida Senate and House of Rep-resentatives during the 2012 legislativesession. NSWMA is hopeful that thebills will be signed into law by FloridaGovernor Rick Scott.

The first bill supported by theNSWMA was H.B. 503 by Rep. JimmyPatronis (R-Panama City). This bill is amajor rewrite of the environmental per-mitting laws that includes language thatwill double the term of permit exten-sions for solid waste management facili-ties with leachate collection systems

from 10 to 20 years. Those facilitieswithout leachate collection systemswould be able to extend their permitterms from 5 to 10 years.

The other passed legislation on theChapter’s Session Priority list was HB7003 by Rep. Steve Crisafulli (R-MerrittIsland). This bill creates a statewideEnvironmental Resource Permitting sys-tem. This legislation will give consis-tency to the five DEP districts when itcomes to the permitting process.

Each bill is consistent with legisla-tive intent to require regulations to beeffective in protecting the environment,not just burdensome to industry.

Veolia Environmental named partnerin national clean fleets program

Veolia Environmental Services NorthAmerica Corp. has joined the U.S. Depart-ment of Energy’s (DOE) Clean CitiesNational Clean Fleets Partnership pro-gram. The objective of the partnership is toengage companies that operate large fleetsto reduce overall petroleum consumption.

The initiative provides fleets withspecialized resources so they can success-fully incorporate alternative fuels and fuel-saving measures into their operations. TheNational Clean Fleets Partnership was

developed with input from fleet managers,industry representatives and the DOE’sClean Cities coordinators.

Veolia Environmental ServicesNorth America maintains a fleet of morethan 5,000 trucks, heavy equipment andsupport vehicles across 28 states. As of2012, Veolia operates 4 CNG fuelingstations and over 100 compressed natu-ral gas-powered refuse collection andsupport vehicles.

Idaho waste disposal site failedto disclose chemical releases

US Ecology Idaho, Inc., a haz-ardous waste disposal site in GrandView, Idaho, failed to report the on-sitedisposal of thousands of pounds ofchemicals at its facility, according to asettlement with the U.S. EnvironmentalProtection Agency (EPA). The companyhas corrected the violations of the ToxicsRelease Inventory Program and will paya fine.

US Ecology Idaho, Inc. failed toreport the on-site disposal of 20 chemi-cals and chemical categories during2009.

As part of its hazardous waste dis-posal operations, the company disposedof more than 10,000 lbs. each of alu-minum, arsenic, barium, cadmium,chromium, cobalt, copper and coppercompounds, diethanolamine, ethyleneglycol, manganese, methyl isobutyl

ketone, nickel, nitric acid, selenium, sil-ver, thallium and zinc.

In addition, the company disposedof more than 100 lbs. of lead and leadcompounds and more than 10 lbs. eachof mercury and polychlorinatedbiphenyls.

Many of the chemicals disposed ofat the facility have dangerous humanhealth impacts and risks associated withthem.

The company has submitted therequired reports to the EPA and the Stateof Idaho to resolve the violations andagreed to pay a penalty of $184,400.

Under the federal Toxics ReleaseInventory Program, companies that usecertain toxic chemicals are required toreport annually about releases, transfersand waste management activities involv-ing toxic chemicals at their facilities. SWACO accepts grant applications

It’s time to start planting ideas forgreen projects in Franklin County. TheSolid Waste Authority of Central Ohio(SWACO) is now accepting applicationsfor the Authority’s annual grant program.The deadline for applying is May 18.

Local governments, schools andschool districts, as well as non-profits areeligible to submit their proposals. SWACOgreen grants are designed to assist projectsthat further SWACO’s mission of reducingwaste, increasing recycling and the grow-ing of reuse efforts. The grants can rangefrom several hundred dollars to severalthousand. Recipients are required to pro-vide a 25 percent match of cash or in-kindservices.

“We annually see many innovativeideas from groups of all sizes acrossFranklin County,” said SWACO KristiHigginbotham. “We know that budgets aretight right now, so we are thrilled to beable to provide a little boost where wecan.”

Last year’s grant recipients includedThe Ohio State University for recyclingcollection containers; The Furniture Bankof Central Ohio for a community aware-ness and educational program; and Wester-ville City Schools for a district-widerecycling program.

For a direct link to the grant page,view this article on

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The Department of EnvironmentalProtection began remediation work at a for-mer Currie Landfill site in Millcreek Town-ship in Erie County, Pennsylvania.

Household and industrial waste thatwas disposed at the former landfill, someof which has settled in nearby CascadeCreek, will be consolidated and cappedunderground. The project will restore and

re-vegetate 600’ of the creek, improvingwater quality and restoring lost habitat tothe watershed that was contaminated by thewaste.

“This once blighted property will soonbe restored for the community to useagain,” DEP northwest regional directorKelly Burch said. “Local groups haveleveraged more than $870,000 in federalfunds over the last 2 years to rehabilitateCascade Creek, which runs through Fron-tier Park and into the Bay. This project sup-ports those efforts and helps improve thehealth of the watershed.”

Once the site is fully restored, 4 acreswill be available for light industrial activ-ity. Another 11 acres will be used forrecreation.

The $4.1 million clean up contractwas awarded after a competitive biddingprocess to Berner Construction Inc. of Lan-caster County. Remediation work isexpected to be complete by June 2013. Theproject is funded by a portion of the CapitalStock and Franchise Tax.

Lockheed Martin announced that ithas achieved a set of aggressive five-year global environmental goals a yearahead of schedule, as part of the com-pany’s Go Green commitment made in2008.

The company met or exceeded itsgoals of reducing water use, waste-to-landfill and carbon emissions by 25percent each since 2007 levels, whilerevenues rose 12 percent in the sameperiod.

According to publicly availablecompany data and the Carbon Disclo-sure Project, Lockheed Martin is lead-ing major aerospace and defensecompanies, and many other large indus-trial manufacturers, in hitting theseenvironmental performance targets.

•The company slashed water useby 25 percent, saving more than 1.5 bil-lion gallons of water. This is equivalentto water consumed by 3.9 million aver-age U.S. households every day. Con-tributing factors included upgrading

heating and cooling equipment,installing low-flow fixtures and for-ward-thinking facilities projects such aslandscaping in Denver, Colorado inways that reduce or eliminate the needfor supplemental water from irrigation.

•The company cut its amount ofwaste-to-landfill by 39 percent, or 35million lbs., compared to 2007, itsbaseline year. Examples of contributingefforts included comprehensive recy-cling programs at multiple U.S. facili-ties, efforts in Marietta, Georgia, thatcut the amount of packaging requiredfor major parts, and reducing cafeteriafood waste at several facilities.

The company sliced carbon emis-sions by 30 percent through energyefficiency efforts with lighting andHVAC systems, the purchase of renew-able solar and wind energy and innova-tions such as using wood waste topower its 1.6 million sq. ft. plant inOwego, New York. The total carbonreduction equals the annual greenhouseemissions from more than 85,000 pas-senger cars.

Additionally, as of the first quarterof 2012, 61 percent of the company’s150 energy savings projects identifiedin 2010 and 2011 are partially or fullyimplemented. Together these projectsoffer potential carbon emissions avoid-ance of nearly 100,000 metric tons overthe next year.


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Eielson Air Force Base in Fairbanksmismanaged hazardous waste at its facili-ties and failed to ensure that personnelhandling hazardous waste had propertraining, according to a settlement with theU.S. Environmental Protection Agency(EPA). The base agreed to pay a penaltyfor alleged violations of federal hazardouswaste management laws, correct the viola-tions and improve its waste managementand training practices.

Eielson Air Force Base generates andstores thousands of pounds of hazardouswaste each year from vehicle maintenance,aircraft maintenance and other industrialactivities. The wastes included coatingscontaining chromium, a toxic chemicalthat can be carcinogenic; toxic and highlyflammable paint solvents; and fluorescentlight tubes containing mercury.

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The settlement requires the base topay a penalty of $45,700 and makeimprovements to its standard operatingprocedures and management controls inorder to comply with federal hazardouswaste laws.

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A young man saw an elderly couplesitting down to lunch at McDonald’s. Henoticed they had one meal and an extradrink cup. As he watched, the man care-fully divided the hamburger in half, thencounted out the fries until each had half.Then he poured half of the soft drink intothe extra cup. The old man then began toeat, and his wife sat patiently watching.

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Canadian companies earnhonors as environmentalemployers of the year

Canada’s 2012 EnvironmentalEmployers of the Year (EEYA) have beennamed, with companies from across thecountry winning the top honors.

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The board of directors of Route-ware, Inc. has selected Tom Malone asthe new president and chief executiveofficer (CEO) of the company.

Malone comes to Routeware withmore than 27 years of technology execu-tive experience in telecom and softwarecompanies, including Accero Inc., SRCSoftware, GST Telecom, and Cable andWireless USA. Prior to joining Route-ware, Malone has served as a manage-ment consultant to public and privatecompanies in a variety of acquisition andleadership capacities.

According to Routeware chairmanPat Terrell, Malone will replace RobertDeKoning, who served the company formore than five years.

Routeware hires Malone asnew president and CEO

John Skelly has joined Roll-Rite,LLC, as regional sales manager, transfertrailer market specialist.

Skelly will be responsible for Roll-Rite’s automated tarp system sales fortransfer trailers, plus regional sales inOhio, Indiana, Illinois and Wisconsin.His assignment includes assisting dis-tributors with sales and training, build-ing relationships with current customersand creating new opportunities.

Skelly has over 21 years of experi-ence throughout the U.S. and Canadawith transfer and dump trailers, havingserved in sales management for fourtrailer manufacturers, and as a sales repfor a trailer distributor.

Skelly joins Roll-Rite astransfer trailer specialist

Riverside Products has appointedLarry Hotaling the new president of thecompany.

Hotaling holds 25 years of executivelevel experience managing manufacturingcompanies on an international level toinclude serving as executive vice presi-dent of Flextronics Enclosure Systems, a$30 billion company, division CEO andofficer of Scotsman Industries, and exec-utive vice president of international oper-ations for Foster Refrigerator, as well asthe division president of the Australianand Canadian Operations.

Riverside Productsappoints new president

Vecoplan LLC announced a majorramp-up of manufacturing capabilities attheir High Point, North Carolina facility.As part of the initial stage of thisprocess, Eduard Dirksen has joinedVecoplan LLC as a senior manufacturingengineer.

Transferred from Vecoplan AG, inBad Marienberg Germany, Dirksen’snew responsibilities will include over-seeing the manufacturing cycle of prod-ucts, serving as an interface between theproduction and procurement depart-ments with respect to the purchase ofmaterials and manufacturing schedules,auditing manufacturing capacities andoverseeing product specifications. Hewill also supervise the installation andstart up of new machinery and lean pro-duction cells being added to VecoplanLLC’s facility.

Dirksen joins Vecoplanas senior engineer

Enbridge Acquires Nevada solarproject from First Solar, Inc.

Enbridge Inc. has acquired a 100 per-cent interest in the 50 megawatt (MW) Sil-ver State North photovoltaic project thatFirst Solar has developed and constructedin Clark County, Nevada, near the commu-nity of Primm. Terms of the transactionwere not disclosed.

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Appliance Recycling Centers ofAmerica, Inc. reported that the companyhas promoted Jeffrey Cammerrer to theposition of vice president of accountingand finance. Cammerrer had served asARCA’s corporate controller since June2008. In his new position, Cammerrer isresponsible for the company’s account-ing and financial operations, as well ascorporate compliance.

Prior to joining ARCA, Cammerrerheld the position of director of financefor Milestone AV Technologies. He hasalso held several accounting manage-ment positions, including vice presidentof accounting at Eschelon Telecom, Inc.

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E-Waste Systems, Inc. has reachedagreement with the stockholders of TechDisposal, Inc. on the final earnout pay-ment due in connection with EWSI’sacquisition of Tech Disposal, Inc., anelectronic waste recycler and assetrecovery specialist based in Columbus,Ohio, now named E-Waste Systems(Ohio), Inc.

The agreement includes a finaliza-tion of the amount of earnout paymentand an agreement to convert the shares ofpreferred stock issued at the closing intocommon stock and a termination of theconsulting agreement executed at theclosing.

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Marco Liberal, former transportationmanager for Sims Metal Management, hasbeen named transportation manager ofUpstate Shredding – Ben Weitsman, head-quartered in Owego, New York.

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A New Jersey native, Liberal beganhis scrap metal career with Sims in 2001as a weigh master in Newark, New Jersey.In March 2006, Liberal became trans-portation manager for Sims. Over his 6years in that position, he has been respon-sible for inbound and outbound truckfreight from 14 intercompany locations inNew York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

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June 19th-22ndAir & Waste Management Conference.Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, SanAntonio, Texas. 412-904-6003 • www.awma.org

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HACH DEBUTS FH950 PORTABLEVELOCITY FLOW METER

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Bomag introduced new models of milling machines,the BM500/15 and the BM600/15, both featuring inno-vative rotor geometry to reduce vibration, increaseservice life and greatly simplify drum replacement. Thenew rotor geometry features optimally arranged teethfor uniform, low-vibration and precise cutting. Drumreplacement has been simplified. The cutting width ofthe machines can be adjusted with the removal of justa few bolts. Whereas rotor replacement on other mod-els typically takes 4 hours, the unique design of theBM500/15 and BM600/15 shortens the job to 30 min-utes or less.

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Hach’s new FH950 simplifies the velocity measure-ment process for stream discharge measurements,primary device calibration and sewer spot-checkmeasurements. Instructions guide the user throughthe flow profiling process, and with the ability to logvelocity and entered depth information within themeter, field time is cut in half. Discharge calculationsare available real-time and collected flow data isdownloaded to a computer via the USB connection.

The electromagnetic sensor is disconnectable fromthe meter, has no moving parts and never requiresmechanical maintenance or calibration.

ATLAS COPCO INTRODUCES HB4100 HEAVY BREAKER

Atlas Copco’s addition to its heavy hydraulicbreaker line, the HB 4100, provides better perform-ance and higher efficiency than the preceding modeland weighs less. It has a service weight of 9,039 lbs.,but is as powerful as heavier breakers.

Reduced weight and better performance meansthat similar results can be achieved with a smallerhydraulic breaker. A lighter breaker allows a smallerexcavator to be used. Another improvement is a guidesystem that makes the breaker more stable andresilient. The HB 4100 also includes a number of otherstandard features.

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RMT EQUIPMENT INTRODUCESHELPER7-2 LOADER SCALE

RMT Equipment introduces the helper7 Series 2loader scale from VEI Payload Management Systems.Helper7-2 is an all-in-one loader scale that providesaccurate in-motion load weighing with a single unitincluding built-in monitor, data recorder and printer.Recent updates to the helper7-2 software increase therange of entries and types of data that the loaderscale records automatically and prints out on its loadtickets.

The helper7-2 transfers its data to business com-puters by way of a USB memory stick or by transmis-sion through a choice of cellular and RF options.

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NORTHSHORE DEBUTS LARGESTELECTRIC MATERIAL HANDLER

Northshore Manufacturing has released the BuiltriteModel 6500-SE. Weighing 103,000 lbs., this handler isdesigned for industrial, heavy-duty cycle applicationslike scrap handling, solid waste han dling, dock sidehandling of coal/grain/aggregate and high volumepulpwood applications.

Key features include: 67’ horizontal reach, fabri-cated boom using high tensile steel; high pressurehydraulics and high flow for greater lift capacity andfast cycle times; 350 hp TEFC, 460 volt, three phaseelectric motor with soft start controller; and, 360° con-tinuous rotation on a large pedestal base.

NorthshoreManufacturing, Inc.530 Recycle Center DriveTwo Harbors, MN 55616218-834-5555 www.builtritehandlers.com

Untha shredding technology Amer-ica, Inc. promoted Franz Sunkler to bethe company’s application engineer andcustomer service manager, workingfrom their United States’ offices inHampton, New Hampshire. UnthaAmerica is a division of the Austrian-based Untha shredding technologyGmbH.

Sunkler, who joined Untha in 2008,previously held the position of customerservice manager at their corporate head-quarters. He holds degrees in mechanicalengineering and business, and has exten-sive experience providing customerservice to clients around the globe,including Europe, Australia, Asia andAfrica.

In his U.S. position, Sunkler willcontinue to provide maintenance support,technical support and assistance withupgrades and servicing, but as applica-tions engineer, will also work closelywith the sales team.

Franz Sunkler joins Unthaas applications engineer

Lou Buty is the newly elected presi-dent of the Secondary Materials and Recy-cled Textiles Association (SMART). Butyand the other officers of the Associationwere elected to one year terms atSMART’s annual member’s conferenceheld recently in San Diego, California.

Newly elected as SMART’s vicepresident for 2012 is Jeff Pearl; EricStubin will serve as second vice presi-dent and Elliot Sheftel is the associa-tion’s treasurer.

Newly elected members of the boardof directors serving two year terms areSandy Woyke, Joy Fenton and ElaineBirks-Mitchell. Larry Groipen remains onthe board as immediate past president.

SMART elects newleadership at conference

New Holland Construction is cele-brating 40 years of manufacturing skidsteer loaders. The company’s leadershipin the skid steer loader category began in1972.

Today, New Holland skid steer load-ers are sold in 120 countries around theworld through New Holland Construc-tion and New Holland Agriculture dealerchannels.

Since the introduction of the L35,New Holland Construction has producedmore than 200,000 skid steer loaders forcustomers in the construction, landscap-ing and agricultural markets.

A special 40th anniversary logo hasbeen created to commemorate thisindustry milestone. The logo will beprominently displayed at industry eventsin which New Holland Construction isparticipating this year.

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Other disasters keep pace. The EPAsaid Hurricane Iniki in September 1992created 5 million cu. yds. of debris inKauai, Hawaii. Mecklenburg County,North Carolina, faced 2 million cu. yds.of green materials after Hurricane Hugoin September 1989. In 1991 in Florida,Hurricane Andrew generated 43 millioncu. yds. of disaster debris just in Metro-Dade County. Hurricane Katrina in 2005reportedly churned out 50 million tonswood debris alone.

Recycling debris offers potentialbenefits, from saving money and spacecompared to landfill disposal to generat-ing energy and reducing pollution com-pared to open burning, which are theusual methods. The EPA noted thatgreen materials such as trees and shrubscan be recycled into compost or mulch,concrete and asphalt can be crushed andused for road building, metal can berecycled by scrap metal dealers, brickcan be sold intact for reuse or ground forlandscaping applications and dirt left assediment can be used in agriculture or aslandfill cover.

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The United States EnvironmentalProtection Agency (EPA) has found thatthe U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI) Depart-ment of Health violated federal lawgoverning the handling and storage ofhazardous waste at 2 of its facilities andhas fined the agency $68,000 for theviolations.

EPA inspections at the facilities,the Old Municipal Facility in CharlotteAmalie, St. Thomas and 3500 EstateRichmond, Christiansted in St. Croix,found unlabeled and decaying contain-ers of chemicals and pesticides on theproperties. Many of the containersspilled and the USVI Department ofHealth failed to properly identify whattypes of waste were being stored.

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The Department of Health storespesticide products to be used in theevent of an outbreak of infectious dis-ease. Among the violations, the Depart-ment of Health failed to determinewhich substances should be consideredhazardous waste, as required by law, to

EPA fines U.S.Virgin Islandshealth dept.

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Stericycle has received the 2011Waste Reduction Award from the Cali-fornia Department of Resource Recy-cling and Recovery (CalRecycle).

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The long-term results are positivefor everyone according to CalRecycle.The amount of waste sent to landfills isreduced, resources are conserved, andgreenhouse gas emissions are reduced.As Waste Reduction Award winningbusinesses like Stericycle grow, tax rev-enue is generated and California jobsare created and sustained, according toCalRecycle.

State legislation is being drafted torequire many businesses to implementrecycling programs. At 13 Stericyclesites in 2011, nearly 1 million lbs. ofwaste material were reduced including:408,000 lbs. of reusable plastic sharpscontainers; 84,000 lbs. of pallets;16,000 lbs. of cardboard boxes; 43,000pounds of corrugated cardboard;429,000 lbs. of white paper; and more.

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Dave FournierFocus Section [email protected]

Readers,Welcome to the May 2012

edition of American Recycler.With WasteExpo taking place inLas Vegas this month, wethought it was time to turn ourmonthly Focus back to the wideworld of waste disposal andmanagement.

With the recent spate of nat-ural disasters at home andabroad, author Mark Henricksexplores the management ofdebris generated by destructiveacts of nature. As things standnow, most of the debris generat-ed by severe weather, fires, etc.goes unrecycled. This makessense, considering that the mainpriority after such an event is torestore a semblance of normalcyto an otherwise terrible situation.

In some cases, over a year’sworth of debris may be generatedin a few powerful moments, andmost of that is subsequentlylandfilled. Analysis of the mate-rial disposed of reveals thatmuch of it could have greatreuse/resale value if only some-one would take the time toprocess it properly.

There are many barriers toeffective storm debris recycling,though. Whoever manages toovercome those difficulties couldtap into the unrealized value ofthat wasted debris, and preservevaluable space in landfills. Aportable system could be used atdisaster sites across the nation tohelp responsibly, and profitablyclean up after Mother Nature’stantrums.

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The United States Attorney’s Officefor the Eastern District of Californiaand the U.S. Environmental ProtectionAgency (EPA) announced that ForwardInc., of Manteca, has agreed to a settle-ment to resolve alleged violations of airpollution laws at its landfill in Manteca,California. The settlement requires For-ward to spend approximately $3.8 mil-lion to improve the landfill’s gas collec-tion and control system and to replacetrucks in the landfill’s fleet with lesspolluting vehicles. Forward has alsoagreed to pay a civil penalty of$200,000, to be shared with the SanJoaquin Valley Unified Air PollutionControl District, a co-plaintiff in theenforcement action against Forward.

“Landfill fires that deteriorate theair quality in San Joaquin Valley areunacceptable,” said Jared Blumenfeld,EPA’s regional administrator for thePacific Southwest. “Our federalenforcement action requires the landfillto spend $3.8 million to eliminate therisk of polluting fires and replace olddiesel trucks with cleaner burningvehicles.”

The settlement resolves allegationsthat Forward violated the Clean Air Act(CAA) by operating gas extraction

wells in the landfill’s gas system in vio-lation of the permit it had received fromthe District, and that Forward did notobtain permits required for equipmentat the landfill. Federal law requireslarge landfills that are significant emit-ters of air pollution to install and oper-ate systems that will collect gasses,such as air toxins, organic compoundsand methane, out of the decomposingrefuse and destroy them, rather thanallowing them to escape into the atmos-phere. Methane is a potent greenhousegas. These systems are to be operatedso that they draw and collect as muchgas as possible without pulling air intothe landfill that can start fires in thedecomposing waste. The complaintalleged that Forward operated its gassystem such that it caused multiple firesat the Manteca landfill.

The settlement requires Forward tooverhaul the landfill’s gas system byNovember 2012 to improve gas controland collection and to bring the facilityback into compliance with CAA regula-tions governing landfills, which willrequire an investment of approximately$1.7 million. The settlement alsorequires Forward to implement specificoperations and maintenance actions to

minimize air intrusion and the likeli-hood of subsurface fires at the landfill.

The settlement will also benefit theSan Joaquin Valley’s air and its com-munities by reducing emissions of par-ticulate matter (PM) and nitrogen oxide(NOx), which can cause and exacerbatehealth problems, haze, and smog. PM isa pollutant commonly associated withlandfill fires, and Forward will reduceits PM emissions by replacing 19 dieseltrucks it currently owns with cleanerburning vehicles by the end of 2013, atan estimated cost of $2.1 million. Thiswill directly reduce PM by 3.4 tons andNOx by 83.2 tons, and will result infurther indirect reductions of PM, asNOx is a precursor of PM. The NOxreductions yield a double benefit, asNOx is also a precursor for ozone, andthe San Joaquin Valley is an extremenon-attainment area for ozone, anotherpollutant linked to health problems andsmog.

The consent decree, lodged in theU.S. District Court for the Eastern Districtof California, is subject to a 30-daypublic comment period and courtapproval and may be viewed atwww.justice.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html.

San Joaquin Valley landfill to spend$3.8 million to resolve CAA violations

Stericycle wins waste reduction award

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Nevada landfill to produce3.2 megawatts of electricity

With the nation’s need for renew-able energy increasing, Waste Manage-ment (WM) opened northern Nevada’sfirst and only gas-to-energy power plantat its Lockwood Landfill, which will uselandfill gas produced onsite to generateelectricity. The project will createenough renewable energy to power morethan 1,800 homes. To commemorate theevent, WM hosted a ribbon-cutting cere-mony featuring Nevada Governor BrianSandoval.

When organic materials, like foodand yard waste, decompose, they createa gas comprised of about 55 percentmethane. Collection wells placed allover the site collect this gas and thenpipe it to the power plant, where it isused as a fuel to run two generators. Theproject, which went online in March,will offset the use of about 700 railcars’worth of coal.

When compared to fossil fuels, aswith all other renewable sources of ener-gy, including wind and solar, landfill gashas several benefits:

•It’s endorsed by the EnvironmentalProtection Agency (EPA).

•It’s not dependent on other envi-ronmental factors, like wind or sunlight.

•It’s reliable during peak energyhours.

•It’s an economical alternative toother fuel sources, like natural gas.

In total, WM owns or operates 131landfill gas-to-energy facilities acrossNorth America, producing enough elec-tricity to power nearly 475,000 homes.Combined with the company’s otherrenewable energy projects, Waste Man-agement produces over 9 millionmegawatt hours of electricity per year, orenough for more than 1.1 million homes.Solar energy, according to 2009 tradeassociation data, generates approximate-ly 5 million megawatt hours annually.

“The Gas-To-Energy Facility at theLockwood Landfill ensures that not evengarbage will go to waste,” said JustinCaporusso, Waste Managementspokesperson. “By investing in landfillgas-to-energy, we are powering homesusing the same waste that is left at thecurb.”

“Waste Management has beendeveloping landfill gas-to-energy tech-nology for over two decades, and weoperate more of these facilities than anyother company in the United States,”said Paul Pabor, vice president of renew-able energy for Waste Management. “Weunderstand how landfills operate andhow to use technology to extract themost value from the waste stream.”

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Veolia debuts new fleetof CNG powered trucks

Veolia ES Solid Waste, Inc., thesolid waste division of Veolia Environ-mental Services North America(VESNA), announced the introductionof Indiana’s first fleet of compressednatural gas (CNG) powered refusetrucks to its Evansville, Indiana servicearea. A ceremony attended by MayorLloyd Winnecke, Veolia executives andmembers of the Evansville communitywas held at the Veolia ES Solid Waste –Evansville location to celebrate the com-pany’s new fleet and CNG fuelingstation.

Indiana-based manufacturer Auto-car built the chassis for 20 of the trucksand Kenworth manufactured eight roll-off trucks for Veolia’s new fleet. All willservice over 24,000 residential and com-mercial customers across Vanderburgh,Warrick, Gibson, Posey, Spencer andHenderson counties in the greaterEvansville area. Customers will noticethe new trucks run approximately 15percent (8 to 10 decibels) quieter thantrucks powered with diesel engines. Thetrucks also come equipped with auto-mated collection systems that increaseefficiency, protect the health and safetyof drivers, prolong the life of the truckand further reduce emissions.

The CNG fueling station in Evans-ville utilizes time-fill fueling technology

that allows drivers to fuel their trucksduring overnight hours, minimizingadministrative and operational down-time. In addition, Veolia recentlyreceived a $500,000 Clean Cities grantto support its investment in a new CNGfleet. The grant is supported by federalfunds through the Indiana Office ofEnergy Development in support of theAlternative Fuel Vehicles (AFV)program.

CNG is one of the cleanest andmost socially responsible alternativefuels available today, making the bene-fits of CNG from both an environmentaland economic standpoint hard to ignore.Over 98 percent of CNG fuel resourcesare located in North America, whichmeans there is a reduced carbon foot-print associated with mining theresources and transporting the fuel todomestic locations as compared to for-eign oil and offshore drilling. CNG alsoproduces 29 percent less carbon dioxidethan oil and is 90 percent cleaner thandiesel in its natural state, thus reducingthe trucks’ overall operating impact onthe environment.

As of 2012, Veolia operates 4 CNGfueling stations and over 100 CNG-pow-ered refuse collection and support vehi-cles in North America.

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Compaction is the process of join-ing loose material by compression.When that material happens to be solidwaste, there are many options availablefor those in the market for waste com-paction solutions.

Cram-A-Lot offers a completerange of waste compactors to accom-modate various waste types and vol-umes. Jason Lind, sales director, said,“We manufacture, deliver and installhundreds of compactors annually. Wehave over 70 models of compactors tochoose from, including the stationary,self-contained, pre-crusher, vertical,apartment and special, space-savercompactor varieties. Our compactorcharge chambers range in size from .5cu. yd. to 15 cu. yds.”

Lind said the two main reasonsto use a compactor instead of a stan-dard garbage container are to reducethe volume of the waste, whichresults in fewer hauls or pickups,and to prevent unauthorized accessto waste, which discourages scav-enging. “Our customers includerecycling facilities, industrial manu-facturing facilities, waste transferstations, grocery stores, departmentstores, restaurants, hospitals andschools. When we’re working with acustomer to determine the com-pactor that is the best suited fortheir application, we first considerthe waste type – is it dry or wetwaste? Is it industrial waste, restau-rant waste or municipal waste?

“The type of waste will determinethe style of compactor to be used. It isalso important to understand the sizeand volume of waste generated by theuser. Higher waste volume or bulkywaste requires a larger compactor,which may need to be serviced by a

roll-off truck instead of a front-load orrear-load truck.”

Cram-A-Lot’s most popular com-pactor for industrial applications is theirCC-02 stationary compactor. It featuresa 2 cubic yard charge chamber and aninternal power unit with a 10 hp motorand 6” cylinder. Along with a variety of

hoppers and electrical andhydraulic options, the CC-02 canbe equipped with options such asa full enclosure, drive-on deckand walk-on deck. “Compactorsare exposed to some of theharshest environments you canimagine, so it’s important toselect a product that is both reli-able and durable. Cram-A-Lotcompactors stand out from thecrowd in this respect,” said Lind.

According to sales vicepresident Phil Allen, “K-PAC is a lead-ing U.S. manufacturer of trash com-pactors, focused on providing solutionsto a difficult but essential service – highvolume trash collection. Our goal is tomake quality compactors and we’reknown as an innovator in design andquality features.”

Allen said that K-PAC productsoffer the following benefits: the highestram penetration in the industry,which includes excellent com-paction ratios; the largest cleartop openings on charge cham-bers in the industry; high defini-tion manufacturing processes toensure critical tolerances andlongevity equipment and K-PACis the only compactor manufac-turer to use baked-on DuPont™

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The KP03 “Mini Series”apartment compactor is standardin the industry for chute-fed,high-rise buildings.

The Versa Pac is the most operator-friendly, vertical compactor availablewith a low loading height of only 42”.

The KP2 “Stubby” offers true 2 cu.yd. compactor performance when spaceis at a premium.

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the rear door with a hydraulic dumpingcompactor end.

K-PAC also provides a number ofchute-fed and dock-feed options tomake installations simpler, faster andmore economical. K-PAC is sister com-pany to New Way, one of the fastestgrowing refuse truck body manufactur-ers in the country. As a result, K-PACbenefits from over 30 years of refuseequipment manufacturing expertise anda distributor network of over 50 dealersacross the nation. K-PAC is representedon the WASTEC board, which developsindustry safety standards on compactorsand also contributes expertise to thedevelopment of the American NationalSafety Institute standards.

“The compactor industry has beenaffected by the struggling U.S. econo-my and we need to see improvement inthe retail, manufacturing and construc-tion sectors to see an improvement thecompactor market. Another industrychallenge is related to the growth oforganics collection and how some bigbox stores have dumped a large numberof used compactors on the market,”Allen noted.

Dave Miller is project engineer atSSI Compaction Systems (dba SSI

Shredding Systems, Inc.). The companyspecializes in producing only pre-loadwaste compactors. “Our pre-load com-pactor is designed to compact wastewithin a bale chamber part of the com-pactor. The machine then ejects thecompacted bale into a trailer or contain-er for transport to the landfill. To seehow the system works, a video at ourwebsite depicts the ‘waste by rail’process,” stated Miller.

SSI’s larger models of pre-loadcompactors are designed to operate intransfer station operations of 1,000 tonsper day or more. Miller explained thatin most large transfer stations, 2 or

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Automated EquipmentMark Munson800-309-5431www.autoequipllc.com

Baler and Compaction EquipmentDrew Sigmund, Sr.704-394-2230www.bacecorp.com

Cram-A-LotJason Lind800-678-7320www.cram-a-lot.com

Harmony Enterprises, Inc.Brenda Hoag800-658-2320www.harmony1.com

KenBayTom Meis973-543-3200www.kenbay.com

Komar Industries, Inc.Mandy Howenstine614-836-2366www.komarindustries.com

K-PACPhil Allen712-652-3396www.newwaytrucks.com

Nedland IndustriesDave Nedland800-447-4925www.nedland.com

Sebright Products, Inc.Jeannie Bolt800-253-0532www.sebrightproducts.com

SSI Compaction SystemsDavid Miller503-682-3633www.ssicompactors.com

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In 1998, the Department of Healthasked the EPA for help in removing andproperly disposing of outdated chemi-cal products stored in one of its chemi-cal storage buildings at the Old Munici-pal Facility in Charlotte Amalie, St.Thomas. The EPA responded, removedand properly disposed of the outdatedchemicals and pesticides. Over 850 gal-lons of liquid pesticides and over 1,700lbs. of solid pesticides were removedby the EPA. Subsequently, the EPAstrongly recommended that the Depart-ment of Health develop and follow pes-ticide storage and handling regulationsto avoid a repeat of the environmentalhazard.

In 2008, the EPA conducted aninspection of the St. Thomas facilityand also visited 3500 Estate Richmondin St. Croix. Once again, the EPAobserved conditions of neglect andsloppy practices. Pesticide productswere abandoned and had spilledthroughout the facilities. The EPA reit-erated the need for the development ofand adherence to a pesticide storageand handling program.

On September 30, 2010, the EPAordered the Department of Health toinstitute a program to properly manage

and dispose of pesticide products.Since the initial order, the departmenthas properly removed all outdatedchemicals, conducted an inventory ofthe remaining chemicals, properlystored them and created a pesticidestorage and handling program. The

EPA conducted follow-up inspectionsin 2011 and confirmed that the remain-ing chemicals were properly stored. InMarch 2012, the EPA issued its finalorder in this case, requiring theDepartment of Health to pay a $68,000penalty.

more of these machines are used to shipup to 5 or 6 trailer loads per hour each,moving up to 150 tons of waste per hour.These products are designed to operateautomatically or by radio controls locat-ed in the cab of the loading machine.The compactors are used in transfer sta-tion operations due to their ability tomaximize payloads and minimize trans-portation costs. By building a bale ofwaste in the bale chamber, the trailers orcontainers used to transport the wasteare made as light as possible as theyaren’t required to resist the forces ofother waste compactors compactingdirectly into the trailers or containers.The pre-load compactors are also set onscales, so they are able to weigh thewaste added to the compactor and builda bale to the exact weight allowed by theequipment to transport the waste. Thismaximizes the payload for each traileror container and so reduces operationalcosts. This pays for the capital expensein the short term and saves transporta-tion costs over the long term.

The machines are used worldwide,especially when long distances arerequired to transport waste. Miller saidthat units are operating in Canada, HongKong, Australia, Russia and the UnitedStates. In the U.S., they are primarily

used with rail haul and long distancetrucking, as required in the western partof the country.

“Over the years, we have developedour products for light scrap metal andmobile applications. In the last year, wehave produced ten of these units for thewaste industry on the west coast withinstallations from Northern WashingtonState to Los Angeles County SanitaryDistricts. These custom compactors areself-contained and operate via electrical-

ly-driven hydraulic power units. Trans-portation is provided by specializedheavy equipment and to install and initi-ate operation usually takes about two tothree weeks. Our pre-load compactorsare at the top of the waste compactorfood chain. They have proven to be themost efficient means of loading wastefrom transfer station operations and inminimizing transportation costs in aworld with ever-increasing energy andmanpower costs,” Miller stated.


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The Southern Waste InformationeXchange, Inc. (SWIX) WasteMap web-site (www.wastemap.org) gives Floridaresidents, and businesses across the statethe opportunity to answer an ever-annoy-ing question with regard to managingwaste materials: “What can I do withthis?” WasteMap Florida is actively com-piling a list of facilities, ranging fromrecycling centers to household hazardouswaste disposal facilities and everything inbetween. It’s designed to make gettingmaterials properly managed a whole lotmore convenient.

With more than 700 facilities alreadyon the website, users simply enter their zipcode or address and a range of solid wasteand recycling facilities within 25 miles areimmediately displayed on an interactivemap. Recycling centers are coded with arecycling symbol while yard waste andcomposting facilities feature a leaf. All theother facility types have their respectiveicons that can be toggled on and offdepending on which type of facility theuser is looking for.

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Before Sebright Products was born, the company existed as a service companythat built power units for compactors. In 1984, the company started selling its own2-yard compactors.

But compactors were a common enough product, so about five years later,Sebright developed and patented a machine for paper mills that could “de-liquifyliquid” from the mill to bring it up to 50 percent solid content so it could be used formanufacturing cardboard.

In 2000, the company started selling a belt filter press made from stainless steel.Sebright said that the existing belt filter presses at that time were made from mildsteel, but they were being used in wet and corrosive environments. A stainless steelunit was more durable. Another new product was the Xtractor – a machine that “del-iquified” cans and plastic containers. Sebright explained that in the beverage anddairy industries, products that were past their expiration date were returned to themanufactures for disposal. Full containers couldn’t be recycled, so they needed to beemptied in order to reclaim the aluminum or plastic. The Xtractor removes and con-tains the liquid, leaving the solids clean enough to be recycled.

Another product is the densifier, which compacts polystyrene. Sebright saidthat the densification isn’t about recycling, but is about making shipping to the recy-cler less expensive. A truckload of polystyrene that might weigh 4,000 lbs. in itsoriginal state could weigh 40,000 lbs. after compacting.

Some of the large machines the company builds can take 400 to 500 hours tobuild – it’s not a fast process. And it’s not repetitive – the company designs andbuilds custom machinery to fit customers’ needs.

Sometimes those needs mean that machines need to be designed to fit intoexisting space inside a building. “You have to fit the cubby hole they give you,”Sebright said.

To help the company build the machines and to help customers visualize themachine in their facility, Sebright is working with 3-D software, but it is a longprocess. “You can’t scan a 2-D drawing and make it 3-D,” he said. “You have todraw it.” They’ve been working on making all their products available in the 3-Dsoftware for the past seven years, but Sebright feels that it’s worth it – both for thecompany and for its customers. “When they see a picture and recognize their build-ing, it becomes real to them,” he said.

Since the company builds custom machinery, their customer base is very diver-sified, from paper mills to dairies to beverage companies to department stores. Oneinteresting machine was built for use in the hazardous waste industry and had to beexplosion-proof.

Another specialized machine was built for a baby food company – this time notfor recycling, but to empty large bladder bags filled with mashed potatoes. Themachine was more efficient at squeezing out all of the potatoes, and reduced thefood waste by a significant percentage.

Sebright explained that there are actually two different companies in theSebright family. Sebright Products manufactures compactors and densifiers, whileBright Technologies focuses on the manufacture of most of the stainless steel prod-uct lines. Sebright’s brother, Stuart, runs Bright Technologies.

The company employs 73 people, some of whom have worked there for theirentire working lives. He said, “Our middle management has never worked anywhereelse.” Many of those employees started working for the company right after highschool and have been with the company ever since.

The company’s executive vice president, Lee Murray, has been with the com-pany for 30 years. Another key player in the company is Sebright’s brother, Dave,who is the general manager and chief financial officer and has been with the compa-ny since 1983.

Sebright said that when he talks to a customer about what needs to be done,he’ll bring the concept to his team and ask them, “Could you build a machine likethis?” and “ninety-nine and nine-tenths of the time” they come up with a way tobuild the machine the customer needs.

“That’s our best asset,” he said. “We’ve got some great people.”

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Casella Waste Systemsreleases third quarter results

Casella Waste Systems, Inc., aregional vertically-integrated solidwaste, recycling and resource manage-ment services company, reportedfinancial results for its third quarterfiscal year 2012, and provided updat-ed guidance for its 2012 fiscal year.

Highlights for the quarter included:•Revenue growth of 2.6 percent

over the same quarter last year.•Overall solid waste pricing

growth of 0.8 percent was primarilydriven by collection pricing growth of2.1 percent as a percentage of collec-tion revenues.

•Adjusted EBITDA was $22.2million for the quarter, down $0.2 mil-lion from same quarter last year.

For the quarter ended January 31,2012, revenues were $114.6 million,up $3.0 million or 2.6 percent fromthe same quarter last year. Operatingincome was $4.4 million for the quar-ter, down $1.9 million from the samequarter last year. The company’s netloss attributable to common share-holders was ($24.6) million, or($0.92) per common share for thequarter, compared to a net loss of($6.4) million, or ($0.24) per share forthe same quarter last year.

US GreenFiber LLC incurred a($10.2) million non-cash goodwillimpairment charge during the quarter.The company’s 50 percent share ofthis charge was recorded as a ($5.1)million pre-tax charge to loss fromequity method investments. The com-pany also recognized a ($10.7) million

non-cash impairment of equitymethod investment charge during thequarter to write down the book valueof its investment in US GreenFiber.

“Most of the core fundamentals ofthe business were positive in the quar-ter, with higher collection pricing,improving landfill volumes, and con-tinued customer adoption of Zero-Sort® Recycling services drivinghigher recycling volumes,” said JohnW. Casella, chairman and CEO ofCasella Waste Systems. “However,lower energy prices and weaker recy-cling commodity prices were a signifi-cant offset to our fundamentalstrengths.”

“As a result of the sharp drop innatural gas prices in the late fall, ener-gy prices fell over $30 per megawatthour at our waste-to-energy facility,leading to a $1.4 million decline inoperating income year-over-year,”Casella said. “Recycling commodityprices also declined last quarter, withcommodity prices down 13 percentyear-over-year and down 25 percentfrom our second quarter to third quar-ter. While our hedging strategiesworked as expected and absorbedmuch of the pricing pressure, thelower prices negatively impactedoperating income by $0.7 millionyear-over-year. Commodity priceshave rebounded from the Decemberlows, but we still expect pricing com-parisons to remain negative for thenext 2 to 3 quarters.”

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Numerous problems confoundefforts to recycle disaster debris. Therecyclables are usually heavily commin-gled, with trees and construction debrismixed in with appliances and sediment,including a sizable component of haz-ardous materials. Disasters are hard topredict, making it hard to plan inadvance by, for instance, siting largerecycling facilities where they’reneeded.

Post-disaster relief is often focusedon simply clearing roads and rescuinginhabitants. “When disaster strikes,”Vogt noted, “you just deal with the peo-ple.” There is also a lack of good tech-nology, such as self-contained portablesystems for such jobs as gasifyingwoody debris or removing the paperfrom wallboard so it can be recycled asgypsum.

Some of this is starting to change.The EPA and Federal Emergency Man-agement Association (FEMA) both pro-vide direction about how to recycledebris to communities preparing for pos-sible disasters. For instance, FEMAadvises planners to create lists of recy-clable materials as part of their post-dis-aster debris management plans. Theagency emphasizes focusing on end-usermarkets that can employ recycled disas-ter debris, including identifying recycla-ble product buyers and even securingsales of recyclable materials prior to adisaster striking.

Vogt is working with the Universityof North Dakota on a portable systemfor turning woody and vegetative debrisinto methanol and diesel fuel. The liquidfuels are easier to burn for energy gener-ation and other uses, and are more ener-gy-dense than wood or similar materials,so they are more economical to ship bytruck. Other developers are working onsimilarly portable gasification systemsto transform organic debris into fuel forgenerating electricity.

None of these technologies is in fullproduction yet, however. Vogt said thatfunding is the problem, and that it’s hardto get investors to support a product thatwill only be used in the event of a siz-able disaster. Still, however, on a nation-al scale, disasters happen regularly. TheMarch 2012 tornadoes in Indiana andKentucky and the forest fires in Texas in2011, while not on the scale of a hurri-cane or earthquake, all created sizableamounts of debris, especially comparedto the normal quantities of materialsgenerated in the smaller communitieswhere these disasters struck.

Large or small, few communitiescan manage an effective recyclingresponse when hit with a large disaster.What Vogt would like to see is some sortof federal initiative to help communitiesrecycle what is left over after fire, flood,storm or earthquake. “We need to have abetter national program,” she said.“Instead of just putting money into giv-

ing people trailers to live in, we shouldtry to use that debris.”

Some experiences indicate that dis-aster debris can effectively be recycled.The city of Los Angeles, for example,worked to recycle the Northridge earth-quake debris because of its overridingrecycling goals. After two months ofnegotiating with the city, FEMA, whichwas overseeing post-disaster debris man-agement, allowed the city to recycledebris. Contractors began separate col-lections of wood, metal, dirt, concreteand asphalt and other recyclables.

Concrete and asphalt were crushed,mixed with dirt and sold for road-build-ing sub-base. Dirt was used as landfillcover and soil amendment. Fine piecesof wood sold by the cubic yard for land-scaping, while coarse pieces were usedfor cogeneration fuel or compost.

Ground up brick went to baseballinfields or landscaping. Scrap metaldealers recycled metal materials.

The city’s pilot test suggested apotential 82 percent recycling rate.Eventually almost 56 percent of allmaterials collected since the earth-quake were recycled for less than dis-posal would have cost. With more recy-cling capacity, the city estimated, arecycling rate of over 86 percent wasachievable.

While the Northridge earthquakehappened 18 years ago, similar success-es in recycling disaster debris since havebeen scarce. But with greater interest inrecycling, it may be time for disasters tobegin to contribute more to the field.“The climate’s starting to change,” Vogtsaid, “but it’s been very difficult to getpeople even thinking of this.”


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The tornados in Joplin, Missouri were particularly devastating and created an enormous amount of unrecy-cled debris.

The U.S. Environmental ProtectionAgency (EPA) has entered into an agree-ment with the General Electric Companyand SI Group, Inc. (formerly SchenectadyChemical) to collect and properly disposeof contaminated ground water and liquidleaching from the Dewey Loeffel landfillin Nassau, New York that is threateningseveral nearby drinking water wells. Theliquid seeping from the landfill, calledleachate, and the ground water arecontaminated with volatile organiccompounds.

The EPA is currently collecting thecontaminated liquid waste and sending itoff-site for disposal. Under the agreement,General Electric and SI will take on thecollection and removal of the waste andthe construction of a treatment plant adja-cent to the landfill, all with EPA oversight.The waste will continue to be sent off-siteuntil the construction of the treatmentplant is completed. Treated water from thenew system will be discharged to surfacewater only after the EPA verifies that sam-pling data shows that the treatment systemis working effectively and is capable ofmeeting stringent state discharge limits.GE and SI Group have agreed to reim-burse EPA for certain costs, including anupfront payment of $800,000.

The treatment system to be construct-ed will address potential threats from thecontaminated ground water and leachateand community concerns about truckingthe contaminated liquid off-site. A com-prehensive long-term study is underway,which will identify permanent clean upoptions, called remedial actions, for thecontaminated ground water, surface waterand sediment associated with the site. Thepermanent clean up plan may includechanges to the leachate collection, groundwater extraction and treatment systems.

From 1952 until 1968, the site wasused for the disposal of an estimated46,000 tons of waste materials generatedby several Capital District companies.The waste included industrial solvents,waste oils, polychlorinated biphenyls,scrap materials, sludge and solids.Volatile organic compounds and otherhazardous substances have seeped out ofthe landfill and contaminated the groundwater. PCBs have also moved down-stream, causing contamination of sedi-ment and several species of fish in andnear Nassau Lake.

From 1980 until the site was added tothe federal Superfund list in May 2011,numerous investigations and clean upactions were performed at the site underthe New York State Department of Envi-ronmental Conservation’s Superfund pro-gram. In the fall of 2011, the EPA tookresponsibility for operating ground waterand leachate collection systems that hadbeen installed by the state.

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