May/June 1989
New materials used by auto manufacturers, source separation of paper and other commodities, a study of potential contamination of shredder fluff, environmental audits--all are among the issues to be analyzed at the Canadian Association of Recycling Industries’ June convention in Quebec City.
The Canadian Association of Recycling Industries (CARI) holds its 48th annual convention June 18-20 in Quebec City at the Loews Le Concorde.
Registration begins at 9:00 a.m. June 18. The welcoming reception and the exhibit opening takes place from 6:30 to 8:30 that evening.
CARI President Albert Adelstein conducts the association's annual meeting following breakfast June 19.
The luncheon keynote speaker that day is Jean Cretien, Liberal party candidate for prime minister of Canada.
Several speakers are planned for the Ferrous/Nonferrous Meeting the afternoon of June 19. During the ferrous portion of the session, a panel representing the automotive, steel, and scrap industries presents perspectives on the new materials being used in automobiles and their impact on recycling. The steel industry panelist, Robert Varah, an economist at DOFASCO, addresses the problem of recycling special formulation steels. He also will project the role of scrap in steelmaking in the future.
At the nonferrous portion of the meeting, Noranda's Robert Stein discusses copper markets.
Consultant Fred Loftin then speaks on Canada's waste hazardous material information system; there is currently a great deal of uncertainty and concern about this government regulation, the major question being whether scrap processors are responsible for preparing material safety data sheets.
A special commodity meeting in two parts is set for the morning and afternoon of June 20: "Review of Source Separation and the Impact on the Markets" addresses paper, rubber, and plastics. Non-CARI members—scrap processors; representatives of recycling centers, environmental activist groups, and municipal recycling organizations; and government officials—are invited to attend this portion of the meeting, for which a special fee is charged.
Between the morning and afternoon commodity sessions, an environmental seminar is expected to cover corporate environmental audits.
Stanley T. Parker, CARI executive director, said a number of issues face the association's board of directors. A major consideration is CARI's role in the next symposium sponsored by the Canadian Alliance for Recycling and the Environment.
Another agenda item is shredder residue and the program CARI initiated with the Ontario Ministry of the Environment. The joint study is examining shredder feedstock to determine Possible sources of contamination in shredder fluff.
For further information about CARI and the convention, contact Stanley T. Parker, Executive Director, CARI, Ste. 1620, 415 Yonge St., Toronto, Ontario M5B 2E7; 416/595-5552; fax 416/595-7027. •
--James E. Fowler
New materials used by auto manufacturers, source separation of paper and other commodities, a study of potential contamination of shredder fluff, environmental audits--all are among the issues to be analyzed at the Canadian Association of Recycling Industries’ June convention in Quebec City.