Scrap Beat: September/October 2009

September/October 2009

OSHA Targets Region IV Recyclers
OSHA (Washington, D.C.) has initiated a regional emphasis program that targets scrap operations in Region IV, according to a letter from the OSHA Atlanta-West area office (Smyrna, Ga.). Region IV consists of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. OSHA Region IV area offices will inspect operations they identify as having potential exposures to common industry health hazards. Visit www.osha.gov.

Mercury Switch Funding Dries Up
The incentive fund for the voluntary National Vehicle Mercury Switch Removal Program ran out of money in July, but the program will continue to accept switches through 2017-the estimated date by which all of the covered mercury switches will be collected. Incentive payments will continue in states where they are legally mandated, including Arkansas, Illinois, Iowa, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Rhode Island, and Utah, or in states that fund their own programs, such as North and South Carolina and Washington. Payments in other states have stopped. The NVMSRP collection program will continue to recover and recycle switches and transport buckets at no cost to participants. Visit www.epa.gov/mercury/switch.htm or www.elvsolutions.org.

Aluminum Can Recycling Reaches New High
The U.S. used beverage container recycling rate reached the highest recycling rate of any beverage container-54.2 percent-in 2008, according to the Aluminum Association, Can Manufacturers Institute, and ISRI. An estimated 53.2 billion cans, or nearly 1.6 billion pounds of aluminum, were collected for recycling last year. The recycling rate increased 0.4 percentage point, from 53.8 percent in 2007. Visit www.aluminum.org, www.isri.org, or www.cancentral.com.

Coca-Cola Sets 100-percent Recycling Goal
Coca-Cola Enterprises (Atlanta) plans to recover the equivalent of 100 percent of its packaging by 2020 and use more renewable, reusable, and recyclable resources, it says. It recovered and reused about 125,000 mt of packaging materials in 2008, according to its latest corporate responsibility and sustainability report. Visit www.cokecce.com.

EPA Issues Final Foundry Emissions Rule
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (Washington, D.C.) has issued a final rule on national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants for area source aluminum, copper, and other nonferrous foundries. The rule imposes different requirements for copper and other nonferrous foundries based on their start-up date and size. New foundries-those launched after Feb. 9, 2009-had to be in compliance by June 25, 2009, or when they opened. Existing foundries-those operating prior to Feb. 9-have until June 27, 2011, to comply.

Under the rule, the affected foundries must

• cover or enclose-as much as practicable-melting furnaces that have covers or enclosures during the melting process.
• purchase scrap material with as little as possible aluminum, copper, or other nonferrous foundry hazardous air pollutants for use in the melting furnace-except when such materials are specified.
• develop and operate under a plan for minimizing emissions from melting operations that apply the above two practices.
• retain records that demonstrate they use the practices during melting operations.
• achieve specific particulate matter control efficiencies.

Affected foundries might need to perform additional performance tests and visible-emissions monitoring. The rule also requires certain notification, recordkeeping, and reporting. The final rule does not refer to scrap providers and does not contain any provisions for auditing or requiring assurances from providers of scrap metal. Visit www.epa.gov.

Gerdau Shutters and Idles Facilities
Gerdau Ameristeel Corp. (Tampa, Fla.) has closed its rolling mill in Perth Amboy, N.J., and has suspended production at its Sayreville, N.J., steel mill. The company says it will resume production at the Sayreville facility once business improves. That facility still offers products for shipment or pickup. Gerdau also is considering whether to close its steel mill in Sand Springs, Okla. Visit www.ameristeel.com.

Caraustar Declares Bankruptcy
Caraustar Industries (Austell, Ga.) and its domestic subsidiaries have filed voluntary petitions for reorganization under Chapter 11 in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court. Caraustar plans to restructure its debt and become a private company. Visit www.caraustar.com.

RPA Expects Record Number of Licensees
If the 100% Recycled Paperboard Alliance (Washington, D.C.) stays on track, it will add 40 new licensees by the end of 2009, the group says. In the first six months, 18 companies signed license agreements, which allow them to display the RPA 100-percent recycled symbol on their packaging. Currently, more than 150 companies use the symbol, which is reserved for 100-percent recycled paperboard products and packaging. Visit www.rpa100.com.

Communities Pump Up Recycling
A variety of cities and states have launched new recycling initiatives or reached new recycling records:

• Boston and Green Bay, Wis., have switched to single-stream recycling as of July 1 and June 29, respectively.
• Georgia's "You Gotta Be Kidding!" campaign targets 25- to 34-year-olds and raises awareness about the convenience and benefits of recycling. The program takes a humorous approach while highlighting excuses people use for not recycling.
• Seattle set a new record in 2008 for recycling-50 percent of the city's residential, commercial, and self-haul material went to recyclers, a 1.8-percent increase from 2007. Single-family homes kept 65.4 percent of their discarded material out of landfills through recycling and composting, up from 64.8 percent in 2007. Multifamily homes recycled 28.3 percent, up from 27.6 percent; and commercial recycling increased to 54.7 percent, up from 52.5 percent.
• Atlanta Recycles, a coalition to increase recycling in the Atlanta area, has launched a Web site (www.atlantarecycles.com) to promote recycling and provide information on recycling programs and opportunities in the city.
• San Francisco now requires residences and businesses to use the city's compost and recycling collection programs. The city says it currently has the nation's highest recycling rate-72 percent. It estimates that two-thirds of what still goes to the landfill is compostable or recyclable.
• Illinois is targeting plastic bag recycling. The state developed a pilot program in one county that places special bins at retail locations that volunteer to participate for consumers to drop off clean grocery, retail, bread, newspaper, and produce bags and toilet paper, napkin, and paper towel wraps as well as other plastic packaging films.

Campaign Promotes Recycling Washers
The U.S. Department of Energy (Washington, D.C.) has introduced the Energy Star Make a Clean Change: Recycle Your Old Washer campaign to encourage consumers to recycle their old washers and, if needed, replace them with new Energy Star-qualified models. The federal economic stimulus package provided funding for state-level programs that provide rebates on the purchase of Energy Star washers and other appliances. Visit www.energystar.gov/recycle.

Mergers and Acquisitions

• Sims Metal Management (New York) has acquired the assets of Fairless Iron & Metal (Morrisville, Pa.), a full-service ferrous and nonferrous recycler that operates two principal facilities, including a state-of-the-art megashredder, nonferrous recovery systems, and a deep-water port export facility. Fairless processes about 60,000 tons of scrap metal per month. Visit www.simsmm.com.
• Cascades (Kingsey Falls, Qu‚bec) has acquired the tissue business of Atlantic Packaging Products (Scarborough, Ontario). Through the acquisition, Cascade will increase its annual capacity for producing recycled tissue by 55,000 mt and its converting capacity by 70,000 mt, the company says. Visit www.cascades.com.
• JMC Tire Recycling (Houston) plans to merge with NanoSensors (Farmington Hills, Mich.). Although NanoSensors will absorb JMC, the corporate name will remain JMC Tire Recycling. Visit www.jmctirerecycling.com.
• Liberty Tire Recycling (Pittsburgh) has acquired Able Tire Co., a Texas-based tire recycler with facilities in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, Houston, and San Antonio. Able processes an estimated 15 million tires annually. Visit www.libertytire.com or www.abletire.com.
• Palfinger North America Group (Niagara Falls, Ontario) has acquired Automated Waste Equipment (Trenton, N.J.), a producer of cable-hoist and hooklift container-handling systems. Visit www.palfinger.com.

Openings and Expansions

• Industrial Services of America (Louisville, Ky.) has acquired two parcels of land adjacent to its facilities in Louisville. ISA says it acquired the land, in part, because its recently installed shredder rests on the property. Visit www.isa-inc.com.
• Premier Metal Services (Solon, Ohio) is a new company offering ferrous and nonferrous brokerage and processing services led by Michael Eisner, formerly executive vice president of Lakeside Scrap Metals (Cleveland). Visit www.premiermetalservices.com.
• Waste Management (Houston) has opened the Detroit Recycling Center, a 63,000-square-foot facility that can sort and bale up to 150 tons of recyclable material a day and serves southeast Michigan. Initially, the facility will handle OCC, office paper, shredded paper, and industrial plastics.

  The company also has opened a construction and demolition processing and recycling center in El Cajon, Calif., that can process up to 130,000 tons of commercial construction materials annually as well as traditional recyclables. The $7 million sorting line, custom-built by Lubo USA (Stamford, Conn.), separates C&D items from the waste stream, the company says. The line also has TiTech optical sorting capabilities to process dry recyclables such as aluminum cans, glass, and newspapers. The facility can employ up to 30 people and can process 30 to 35 tons an hour of C&D materials and about 25 tons an hour of dry recyclables, the firm says.

Another C&D recycling center the company has opened in Hillsboro, Ore., collects, sorts, and reclaims construction and demolition castoffs such as concrete, asphalt, and metals. WM designed and constructed the 65,000-square-foot center to meet Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design standards, it reports.

In addition, the company has introduced the Green Squad, a consulting service that assesses a wide range of "green" practices for clients, including waste stream management. Visit www.wm.com.

• Greenstar North America (Houston) has opened what it calls Texas' largest recycling facility. The 180,000-square-foot, automated, single-stream facility in San Antonio can process 20,000 tons a month and accepts materials from recycling programs across central and southern Texas. Visit www.greenstar-na.com.
• Johnson Controls (Milwaukee) plans to open a $100-million automotive battery recycling facility in Florence, S.C. Visit www.johnsoncontrols.com.

• Hilex Poly (Hartsville, S.C.), a plastic bag and film manufacturer and recycler, plans to double the recycling capacity at its North Vernon, Ind., facility. Visit www.hilexpoly.com.

• Magnum D'Or Resources (Magog, Qu‚bec) has formed Magnum Recycling USA for its growth into U.S. markets. The company has opened new corporate executive offices at 110 East Broward Blvd., Suite 1700, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301. The phone number is 954/315-3883. Visit www.magnumresources.net.
• Outagamie County, Wis., is operating the Tri-County Single-Stream Recycling facility (Appleton, Wis.), which opened in July. The $9.9 million facility serves more than 60 communities and 200,000 households in Outagamie, Brown, and Winnebago counties. Initially, the site will process 50,000 tons of recyclables a year. Visit www.co.outagamie.wi.us.
• RecycleBank has expanded to Westland, Mich., as part of the city's new single-stream recycling program, which began June 29. More than 26,000 single-family households received recycling carts with an identification tag that the hauler scans to track recycling activity. RecycleBank converts the amount recycled into points the households can use for discounts at local and national retailers. Visit www.recyclebank.com.
• Tomra Pacific (Corona, Calif.) has opened the Tomra Recycling Center (San Francisco) for consumers to recycle plastic, glass, and aluminum beverage containers with a redemption value. The center has a drive-through weighing service and self-service reverse vending machines. The center can handle 5 million containers per month. Visit www.tomra.com or www.replanetusa.com.
• Sonoco Products (Hartsville, S.C.) has expanded its Charlotte, N.C., Sonoco Recycling Center. The $2 million expansion adds 23,500 square feet as well as state-of-the-art sorting and baling equipment. The redesign improves traffic flow and unloading at the facility, the company says. It accepts and processes OCC and other paper, metals, and plastics from households. It also offers flatbed pick up of baled material; van service for loose, palletized, or baled material; and roll-off service for 30- and 40-yard open- and closed-top containers. Visit www.sonoco.com.
• CNH Parts & Service (Racine, Wis.) plans to open a 250,000-square-foot distribution center in Portland, Ore., in early 2010. The facility will serve more than 130 New Holland, Case IH, and Case Construction equipment dealerships in the Pacific Northwest. CNH also plans to open CNH Reman, a full-scale remanufacturing operation and services company with Springfield Remanufacturing Corp. (Springfield, Mo.). The partnership allows dealers to offer a larger line of remanufactured products, the company says. Visit www.cnh.com.

Electronics Recycling Roundup

• Creative Recycling Systems (Tampa, Fla.) has received a contract to recycle electronic equipment from South Carolina's state agencies, counties, municipalities, school boards, and other state entities. Creative's facility in Morrisville, N.C., will process the equipment. Visit www.crserecycling.com.
• U.S. senators Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Susan Collins (R-Maine), and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) have introduced legislation to promote research and development for electronics recycling. The Electronic Device Recycling Research and Development Act would provide research grants to find ways to recycle used electronics and keep hazardous materials from entering landfills. Universities, government labs, and private industry would compete for the grants for research, development, and demonstration projects for electronic device recycling, reuse, and refurbishment, as well as the development of environmentally friendly electronics materials. Visit www.klobuchar.senate.gov.
• Technology Recycling Group, with locations in Cincinnati and Louisville, Ky., and its technology deployment group, National Technology Resource Group, have become 2trg. The firm has expanded and moved into a 100,000-square-foot facility at 11093 Kenwood Road, Building 7, Blue Ash, OH 45242. The phone number remains 513/761-5333. It has installed state-of-the-art monitor recycling equipment including the CRT Angel-a CRT processing machine-and the Glass Devil for cleaning CRT glass, both manufactured by CRT Heaven (Highbridge, England). Visit www.2trg.com.
• Dell (Round Rock, Texas) and Goodwill Industries International (Rockville, Md.) have expanded Reconnect, a free drop-off consumer recycling program for computer equipment, to 451 new donation sites in seven more states: Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and West Virginia. They also are expanding the program to the southeastern and south central parts of Wisconsin. Reconnect is now available in 18 states and Washington, D.C., at more than 1,400 Goodwill stores nationwide. Consumers can drop off any brand of used computer equipment. Visit www.reconnectpartnership.com.
• LG MobileComm USA (Oakland, Calif.) and Bay Area Rapid Transit partnered this summer in an effort to recycle any brand of mobile phone, chargers, and accessories. LG placed recycling receptacles at six high-traffic BART stations from June 8 to July 6. Consumers also could get postage-paid mailers to recycle the devices by requesting them online or via text message. Visit www.ecomobilize.com.
• Most of the six television manufacturers that offer takeback programs-Sony, Samsung, LG, Panasonic, Sharp, and Toshiba-improved their scores from November 2008 to June 2009 from Ds to Cs or better, according to the latest Electronics TakeBack Coalition (San Francisco) report card for television company recycling. The report card also notes that Best Buy has launched a national takeback program that accepts televisions up to 32 inches for a $10 fee. Companies that received a failing grade include Vizio, Funai, Philips, Mitsubishi, JVC, Sanyo, and retailer Target. The coalition found that companies "try harder" in states with strong producer responsibility laws. Visit www.electronicstakeback.com.
• AT&T (Dallas) has expanded its recycling efforts through its more than 2,000 stores, community locations, advocacy programs, and online. AT&T accepts used phones at all of its retail locations nationwide and now provides free prepaid shipping labels and envelopes at the stores as well as online. The company expects to collect about 14 million wireless devices for recycling by the end of 2011. Visit www.att.com/recycle.
• NorthStar Moving Corp. (Chatsworth, Calif.), a residential and commercial moving and storage company, has partnered with E-Cycle Environmental (Los Angeles) to recycle electronics that households discard during the moving process. Visit www.northstarmoving.com or www.ecycleenvironmental.com.
• Gazelle (Boston), a company that accepts used electronics for resale and recycling, and Costco Wholesale Corp. (Issaquah, Wash.) are working together to recycle electronics, including digital cameras, laptops, MP3 players, and cell phones. Consumers who return devices that still have resale value will receive Costco cash cards, or they can recycle items with no monetary value free. To do so, they go online to determine the item's worth. They then ship the item to Gazelle at no cost and receive a cash card, if applicable. Visit www.costco.gazelle.com.

Scrap Metal Becomes Art
Artists in the Minneapolis area brought out the beautiful side of scrap in the ninth annual Art of Recycling metal sculpture contest, which Northern Metal Recycling (Minneapolis) sponsored as part of the city's July Aquatennial celebration. Contestants had an hour to select their pieces of scrap from Northern Metal Recycling's Minneapolis facility and six weeks to create art made entirely from scrap metal. Chronicles of a Warrior (above) by Rabi Sanfo took first place, one of six awards given in the contest. Visit www.scrappy.com.

Recycler Goes Batty
River Metals Recycling (Fort Mitchell, Ky.) lent its support to Bat Conservation International (Austin, Texas) and the American Cave Conservation Association's (Horse Cave, Ky.) efforts to clean up a cave known as Saltpeter Pit in Pulaski County, Ky. RMR became involved through its charter membership in Kentucky Excellence in Environmental Leadership (Frankfort, Ky.). The company paid for the use of a skid-steer loader to help haul out items people illegally dumped in the cave, such as refrigerators and other household goods. In 2007, workers recovered more than 5 tons of scrap metal from the cave in a three-week period. Work continued in 2008, ultimately removing about 200 tons of material. Visit www.rmrecycling.com.

Awards and Milestones

• Schupan & Sons (Kalamazoo, Mich.) has been named one of West Michigan's 101 Best and Brightest Companies to Work For for the second consecutive year by the Michigan Business and Professional Association. Visit www.schupan.com.
• MyBoneYard.com, a Web site for recycling household electronics free, received two awards of distinction at the 15th annual Communicator Awards, given out by the International Academy of the Visual Arts (New York). One was for the green/eco-friendly category, and the other was for display advertising, business to consumer category, both in the interactive group. Visit www.myboneyard.com.
• Cascades (Kingsey Falls, Qu‚bec) has received a Level 3 performance certificate from Recyc-Qu‚bec for its industrial complex in Kingsey Falls, which has six plants and 11 service units. The distinction-the highest in Recyc-Quebec's program-recognizes Cascades' reduction, reuse, recycling, and management of residual matter as well as employee education efforts regarding the "Ici On Recycle" program. Visit www.cascades.com.
• Harris (Peachtree City, Ga.) has received the Patriot Award from Employer Support of the National Guard and Reserve (Arlington, Va.), a U.S. Department of Defense organization. The award honors companies that exceed their legal requirements by providing exceptional support to employees who serve in the Guard. Visit www.harrisequip.com.
• Sennebogen (Charlotte, N.C.) has recognized three of its North American heavy-equipment distributors for being top sellers in 2008: Howell Tractor & Equipment (Gary, Ind.), Gibson Machinery (Cleveland), and Tractor & Equipment Co. (Birmingham, Ala.). Visit www.sennebogen-na.com.
• Bobcat Co.'s (West Fargo, N.D.) manufacturing facility in Bismarck, N.D., has received ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 certification for its environmentally friendly operation and safe and healthy work setting. Visit www.bobcat.com.

New Ventures

• Cozzi Partners (Burr Ridge, Ill.) and O'Brien Recycling Corp. (Franklin Park, Ill.) and its affiliates have formed Cozzi/O'Brien Recycling. The full-service ferrous and nonferrous recycling company operates out of two O'Brien locations in Franklin Park and one O'Brien location in Melrose Park, Ill. Frank Cozzi is chairman and chief executive officer, George O'Brien III is president and chief operating officer, and George O'Brien Jr. is executive vice president. Frank Cozzi Jr. and Anthony Cozzi are involved in the day-to-day operations. Visit www.cozzigroup.com.
• Appliance Recycling Centers of America (Minneapolis) and Diagnostico y Adminstracion de Logistica Inversa (San Luis Potosi, Mexico) will jointly provide refrigerator recycling services for more than 160 appliance retailers and manufacturers in a Mexican government-sponsored refrigerator replacement program. The program offers Mexican residents low-interest financing and a cash rebate of up to 50 percent of the cost of a new, energy-efficient refrigerator when turning in an older, operating model. Major new-appliance retailers deliver the new appliance and remove the old unit for recycling. DALI operates more than 35 facilities throughout Mexico to process the old refrigerators.

  In other ARCA news, Xcel Energy (Minneapolis) has awarded the company a refrigerator recycling services contract for its residential electric customers in Colorado and New Mexico. The program runs through Dec. 31, 2010. Customers will receive a $35 incentive check from Xcel for turning in less efficient, working refrigerators. Visit www.arcainc.com.

• The Bureau of International Recycling (Brussels) was the main sponsor of Project Kaisei's (Sausalito, Calif.) two-boat expedition to assess the impact of and techniques for removing debris in the Pacific Ocean. Researchers studied the North Pacific Gyre and the millions of tons of plastic debris that have collected in that oceanic region. The goal is to explore ways to capture the debris and convert it into diesel fuel. Visit www.projectkaisei.org.

Manufacturers Select New Distributors

• Sennebogen (Charlotte, N.C.) has named Midlantic Machinery (Hatfield, Pa.) the official distributor of its purpose-built material handlers for central Pennsylvania. The line is available in Midlantic's Harrisburg, Pa., and Wilkes-Barre, Pa., locations. Visit www.sennebogen-na.com or www.midlanticmachinery.com.
• Advanced Industrial Marketing (Noblesville, Ind.) has become a distributor for Winkle Industries (Alliance, Ohio) for northern Indiana. The Winkle line includes above-the-hook and below-the-hook lifting devices, mechanical and electrical crane products, ground-mounted material handling equipment, and aftermarket services. Visit www.winkleindustries.com or www.advindmktg.com.
• Titan Trailers (Delhi, Ontario) has named Ocean Trailer (Coquitlam, British Columbia) exclusive distributor for British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba. Visit www.titantrailers.com or www.oceantrailer.com.

Equipment Sales and Installations

• Texas Metals & Recycling Co. (Abilene, Texas) has installed a GS 9 shear from Harris (Peachtree City, Ga.). Visit www.harrisequip.com.
• LYNXS Shredder (Chesterfield, England) has delivered three custom-made shredder systems in England. Sackers Recycling (Ipswich) and BW Riddle Recycling (Bourne) have installed 935-kW LYNXS TMR 185 x 225 shredders, which have a full downstream separation plant, and MDJ Light Brothers (Southerham) has purchased a specialized nonferrous recovery system based on a 600-kW LYNXS TMR 180 x 170 shredder. Visit www.lynxs-shredder.co.uk.
• Cooper Tank Transfer (Brooklyn, N.Y.) has installed a Dust Control Technology (Peoria, Ill.) DustBoss DB-30 dust suppression system at its 40,000-square-foot facility, which processes more than 400,000 tons of construction and demolition materials annually. Visit www.dustboss.com.

Companies on the Move

• Smurfit-Stone (Creve Coeur, Mo.) has moved its Chicago corporate office to 222 N. LaSalle St. The main phone number remains 312/346-6600. Visit www.smurfit-stone.com.
• SiCon has moved to Vordere Insbach 26, D-57271 Hilchenbach, Germany. The postal address is P.O. Box 1348, D-57261 Hilchenbach; and the phone number is 49/2733-81176-0. Visit www.en.sicontechnology.com.

Plastics Recycling News

• PWP Industries (Vernon, Calif.) has opened an 80,000-square-foot plastics recycling facility in Davisville, W.Va., with an annual capacity to recycle 40 million pounds of RPET flake. PWP is working with Coca-Cola Recycling (Atlanta) to convert postconsumer PET bottles into FDA-compliant resin for food-grade-suitable material. Visit www.pwpindustries.com.
• Plastic Technologies (Holland, Ohio) has formed PTI Recycling Systems (Holland, Ohio) to market the LNOc recycled PET production process. The compact, modular system produces food-grade RPET resin and addresses international demand for blow molding, injection molding, and thermoforming applications by turning postconsumer PET containers into reusable food-grade resin, the company says. Plastic Technologies has produced the resin for U.S. commercial use for the past two years. Visit www.ptirecyclingsystems.com.
• GoodPac Plastics (Atlanta) has teamed up with ENSO Bottles (Phoenix) and RESILUX America (Pendergrass, Ga.) to create an ENSO PET water bottle that's bio-degradable and recyclable, the companies say. The material can mingle with standard PET during recycling, and third-party testing has certified its biodegradability and recyclability. Visit www.goodpac.com, www.ensobottles.com, or www.resilux.com.
• Naked Juice (Azusa, Calif.) has become the first nationally distributed brand to move to a 100-percent postconsumer recycled plastic or PET bottle, it says. The company expects to transition its entire product line to RPET by 2010 and has already converted its 32-ounce bottles to Naked reNEWabottles. Visit www.nakedjuice.com.
• Solo Cup Co. (Highland Park, Ill.) has expanded its Bare by Solo line to include deli containers and lids made with 20-percent postconsumer RPET. The containers replace Solo's deli containers made from virgin PET. The line is the industry's first full line of single-use foodservice products made with recycled, recyclable, compostable, or renewable materials, the company says. Visit www.solocup.com.

Resources

• Scrap Tire Markets in the U.S., the ninth report on scrap tire markets issued by the Rubber Manufacturers Association (Washington, D.C.), is available free online. The report cites 2007 data showing a record 89 percent of tires are recovered (about 4.1 million tons), up 13.5 percent from 2005. About 54 percent of recovered tires are burned for fuel, whereas 29 percent go to ground rubber or civil engineering projects. Visit www.rma.org.
• Research and Markets (Dublin, Ireland) has produced two reports on electronics recycling. Electronics Recycling and E-Waste Issues analyzes the global "e-waste" landscape, including supply chain structures, legislative and regulatory issues, market drivers and inhibitors, and in-depth profiles of key industry players worldwide.
• Green IT Asset Disposal & Recycling covers the composition and sources of scrap electronics, material composition of computers, disposal of IT assets, data sanitization, and risk factors involved with e-recycling. It also addresses what drives investment in e-recycling, among other issues. To purchase either report, visit www.researchandmarkets.com.

OSHA (Washington, D.C.) has initiated a regional emphasis program that targets scrap operations in Region IV, according to a letter from the OSHA Atlanta-West area office (Smyrna, Ga.).