CARI in Ottawa

Coming Up at the Convention.

More than 200 delegates are expected in Ottawa June 19-21 for the 47th annual convention of the Canadian Association of Recycling Industries (CARI).

Sidney F. Katzman, Zalev Brothers Ltd, who will complete his term as CARI president at the convention, said that government involvement in the environment is the number one problem facing scrap processors and recyclers in Canada. He said a special environmental-government liaison meeting is scheduled during the convention to bring CARI members up-to-date on the magnitude of environmental legislation.

CARI had originally scheduled "Waste Not, Want Not"--the Canadian Recycling Awareness Campaign and Symposium--just prior to the Ottawa convention. However, because the project developed well beyond expectations, Stanley T. Parker, CARI executive director, said it will now be held March 19-20, 1989. He said this major education program on recycling for the public grew to the point that additional time was "necessary to organize a stronger campaign and to create highly attractive symposium activities, in order to obtain maximum participation."

Parker said the main purpose of the campaign is "to gain the public's favor by demonstrating that recycling is a key solution to future environmental, energy-related, and landfill problems." He said the significance of industry's role in that solution will be evident. "Once the public is convinced of industry's important role," he continued, "it will be a much easier task to deal with the government and the public on the environmental issues which will face most corporations in the future."

Katzman noted that funding for the project has been secured and that the awareness campaign and symposium will be the "biggest single undertaking in the history of CARI."

The CARI president said that two other issues to be discussed at the convention will be the deregulation of rail rates in Canada, and consumer involvement in the purchase of industrial scrap.

Featured Speakers

Roger Phillips, president of IPSCO Inc., will speak on "Canada's Role as a Steel Producer in a Rapidly Changing Environment." He is expected to discuss the globalization of steel trade, currency realignment, free trade agreement, developing countries' expanding role, and protectionist threats.

There will also be a panel discussion at the Ferrous Meeting on environmental issues, transport deregulation, radiation detectors in scrap plants, and production quality in scrap.

Hugh Blaber, senior vice-president, Noranda Sales' Copper Division, will speak on "The Copper Roller Coaster" at the CARI Nonferrous Meeting. He points out that, after years of low and static refined copper prices, the market is now explosive. In formulating his market forecast, Blaber will review the changes that produced copper price volatility and speculate on the changes to come. Jeff Caplan, Compressed Metals Limited, will discuss electronic scrap at the Nonferrous Meeting. He will provide an introduction and general overview to electric scrap. Caplan will also highlight where and how to obtain electronic scrap in Canada, including the most worthwhile sources.

At the Paperstock Meeting, Dr. Marcel Lapointe, Universite du Quebec a Trois-Rivieres, will speak on quality in deinking.