Special
International Issue
Preview: CARI Vancouver Convention
New Directions Into the 90s
"New
Directions into the '90s" is the theme of the Canadian Association of
Recycling Industries's (CARI) 49th annual convention, June 10-12 in
Vancouver, British Columbia.
CARI
president Albert Adelstein, Sam Adelstein & Co., Ltd., St. Catharines,
Ontario, says the convention theme reflects the changing course the
association will take m the '90s, particularly in the areas of
communications and public relations.
At
the convention, to be held at the
Westin Bayshore, a major plan will be presented to CARI members for taking
the association in new
directions to stay in concert with the times. According to CARI, the
association is deluged with requests for help from the public, government,
and commercial recycling operations that must deal with fast developing
environmental concerns. The plan, to be presented by MWR & Associates,
a Toronto, Ontario-based communications firm, will outline ways CARI can
respond to these requests and how the association can establish a high
profile in the environmental arena. The plan also will address the needs
of CARI members--scrap processors and consumers--and their involvement in
this new approach.
Adelstein
says putting the right public relations program in place is of critical
importance to CARI. The association must be more involved in the public
domain, he states, particularly in matters relating to the environment. He
adds that CARI needs to expand its membership by appealing to grass roots
recyclers.
Since
many environmental regulations are enacted at the provincial level, CARI
members in Alberta and British Columbia want to form chapters, another way
to improve communications. Adelstein says this will require a change in
the CARI bylaws and probably will be proposed for members in Ontario and
Quebec as well.
Larry
Kummer, London Salvage and Trading, London, Ontario, CARI first vice
president and convention chairman, who will be nominated for the
presidency at the Vancouver meeting, believes CARI must let people know
its purpose and who it represents. "We have to step out and let
people know what the scrap industry does and how well we do it," he
says. "We have to have a bigger impact."
Adelstein,
who is completing his second year as CARI president, Kummer, who will
likely serve two years as president, John Kis, International Iron and
Metal Co., Toronto, Ontario, who will be nominated for first vice
president, and Jack Lazareck, General Scrap & Car Shredder, Ltd.,
Winnipeg, Manitoba, who will be nominated for second vice president, all
agree that continuity is necessary for CARI's new public relations program
to be effective.
More
than 300 CARI members and guests are expected at the June convention.
Kummer notes that there is always good attendance in Vancouver and that a
record should be set this year.
Invited
to make the keynote address is Jake J. Farber, Alpert & Alpert Iron
& Metal Co., Los Angeles, and president of the Bureau International de
la Recuperation.
British
Columbia Roundtable on the Environment Chairman Charles Connaghan, C.I.
Connaghan Associates, will outline new environmental directions for
British Columbia. An industrial relations consultant, Connaghan has a
background in the steel industry and is a former member of the Economic
Council of Canada. Norman Clark, president of the Motor Vehicle
Manufacturers' Association, will speak on the environmental course of the
auto industry. David Fingold, Slater Steel, will assemble a panel of steel
mill representatives to discuss scrap quality assurance and specifications
in his presentation.
The
CARI Environment Committee will receive a report on a shredder fluff study
and will hear John Cox, of Exploranium, G.S., Ltd., speak on radioactive
contaminants.
Norbert
Bunte, Bunte & Bunte, Chartered Accountants, Waterloo, Ontario, will
tell CARI members about Canada's new general sales tax (GST) in his
presentation, "GST: The Bottom Line for the Scrap Industry."
Although parliament has not taken its final vote on GST, the majority
government is pushing the proposal through and it is expected to take effect January 1, 1991.
The
convention also will feature exhibits of equipment and services for the
scrap industry. LaBounty Manufacturing, Inc., Two Harbors, Minnesota, will
sponsor the reception prior to the keynote luncheon. American Iron and
Metal Co., Montreal, Quebec, will sponsor the ferrous seminar. House of
Metals Co., Ltd., Toronto, and London Salvage and Trading will sponsor the
nonferrous seminar.
For
additional information on the CARI convention, contact CARI headquarters,
415 Yonge Street, Suite 1620, Toronto, Ontario M5B 2E7 Canada;
416/595-5552.
--James
E Fowler
Special
International Issue
Preview: CARI Vancouver Convention
New Directions Into the 90s
"New
Directions into the '90s" is the theme of the Canadian Association of
Recycling Industries's (CARI) 49th annual convention, June 10-12 in
Vancouver, British Columbia.
CARI
president Albert Adelstein, Sam Adelstein & Co., Ltd., St. Catharines,
Ontario, says the convention theme reflects the changing course the
association will take m the '90s, particularly in the areas of
communications and public relations.
At
the convention, to be held at the
Westin Bayshore, a major plan will be presented to CARI members for taking
the association in new
directions to stay in concert with the times. According to CARI, the
association is deluged with requests for help from the public, government,
and commercial recycling operations that must deal with fast developing
environmental concerns. The plan, to be presented by MWR & Associates,
a Toronto, Ontario-based communications firm, will outline ways CARI can
respond to these requests and how the association can establish a high
profile in the environmental arena. The plan also will address the needs
of CARI members--scrap processors and consumers--and their involvement in
this new approach.
Adelstein
says putting the right public relations program in place is of critical
importance to CARI. The association must be more involved in the public
domain, he states, particularly in matters relating to the environment. He
adds that CARI needs to expand its membership by appealing to grass roots
recyclers.
Since
many environmental regulations are enacted at the provincial level, CARI
members in Alberta and British Columbia want to form chapters, another way
to improve communications. Adelstein says this will require a change in
the CARI bylaws and probably will be proposed for members in Ontario and
Quebec as well.
Larry
Kummer, London Salvage and Trading, London, Ontario, CARI first vice
president and convention chairman, who will be nominated for the
presidency at the Vancouver meeting, believes CARI must let people know
its purpose and who it represents. "We have to step out and let
people know what the scrap industry does and how well we do it," he
says. "We have to have a bigger impact."
Adelstein,
who is completing his second year as CARI president, Kummer, who will
likely serve two years as president, John Kis, International Iron and
Metal Co., Toronto, Ontario, who will be nominated for first vice
president, and Jack Lazareck, General Scrap & Car Shredder, Ltd.,
Winnipeg, Manitoba, who will be nominated for second vice president, all
agree that continuity is necessary for CARI's new public relations program
to be effective.
More
than 300 CARI members and guests are expected at the June convention.
Kummer notes that there is always good attendance in Vancouver and that a
record should be set this year.
Invited
to make the keynote address is Jake J. Farber, Alpert & Alpert Iron
& Metal Co., Los Angeles, and president of the Bureau International de
la Recuperation.
British
Columbia Roundtable on the Environment Chairman Charles Connaghan, C.I.
Connaghan Associates, will outline new environmental directions for
British Columbia. An industrial relations consultant, Connaghan has a
background in the steel industry and is a former member of the Economic
Council of Canada. Norman Clark, president of the Motor Vehicle
Manufacturers' Association, will speak on the environmental course of the
auto industry. David Fingold, Slater Steel, will assemble a panel of steel
mill representatives to discuss scrap quality assurance and specifications
in his presentation.
The
CARI Environment Committee will receive a report on a shredder fluff study
and will hear John Cox, of Exploranium, G.S., Ltd., speak on radioactive
contaminants.
Norbert
Bunte, Bunte & Bunte, Chartered Accountants, Waterloo, Ontario, will
tell CARI members about Canada's new general sales tax (GST) in his
presentation, "GST: The Bottom Line for the Scrap Industry."
Although parliament has not taken its final vote on GST, the majority
government is pushing the proposal through and it is expected to take effect January 1, 1991.
The
convention also will feature exhibits of equipment and services for the
scrap industry. LaBounty Manufacturing, Inc., Two Harbors, Minnesota, will
sponsor the reception prior to the keynote luncheon. American Iron and
Metal Co., Montreal, Quebec, will sponsor the ferrous seminar. House of
Metals Co., Ltd., Toronto, and London Salvage and Trading will sponsor the
nonferrous seminar.
For
additional information on the CARI convention, contact CARI headquarters,
415 Yonge Street, Suite 1620, Toronto, Ontario M5B 2E7 Canada;
416/595-5552.
--James
E Fowler