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On TopicScrap Metals MarketWatchSalvaging MillionsEvents CalendarBusiness BriefsAdvertiser IndexNew Product Showcase AR ClassifiedsFocus SectionEquipment SpotlightA Closer Look

California tire recyclers get $3million financial boost. Page A6

Study finds construction workers miredin economic depression. Page B2

New regulation in effect for NewYork on open burning. Page A8

Home remodels recover in secondquarter 2009. Page B3

UNC and Duke Energy signcontract to develop coastalwind pilot project. Page A14

FLOAT house completed: Hopes tomitigate flood damage. Page B5

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Getting seriousabout reclaimedbuilding materials

Demolition is all about speed, safety and maximizingthe use of equipment to level a structure and remove thedebris from the site as cost efficiently as possible – recy-cling scrap metal, wood, or concrete is often a secondaryconsideration and much is dumped in landfills.

Conversely, deconstruction or hand-dismantlinginvolves the slower, meticulous process of tearing down abuilding to maximize material recovery for recycling orreuse. With new home construction and the remodelingbusiness in the dumps, dismantling and the sales of recov-ered building materials is holding its own, even prosper-ing in many areas of the country.

Gary Delp, the owner of Heritage Timber in Mis-soula, Montana, has been dismantling buildings for 15years and has removed buildings as large as 50,000 sq. ft.Delp said, “Over last year we’ve had a 10 to 15 percentincrease in our business.”

Brian Alferman, a board member of the BuildingMaterials Reuse Association, and the associate director ofHabitat for Humanity’s ReStore in Kansas City, said, “Weare in a very low period of deconstruction right now. Infact, we have only deconstructed one house this year – lastyear and the year before we were doing about 25 a year.This economy and the housing market specifically havetaken a toll on our deconstruction opportunities.”

Reclaiming old growth wood is highly competitivesimply because it has become very profitable. Venera-ble grains are highly prized and in strong demand byarchitects, decorators and builders for their aestheticqualities they bring to projects. As the supply of treas-ured beams and boards become scarcer, prices areclimbing. “There’s been a general trend in the kind ofmaterials we deal with, including antique lumber and

large timers, where there’s been greater value placed onthem by high-end home builders, homeowners trying tomake more sustainable choices, and even commercialbuilders. All of a sudden the material is more valuable,”said Delp.

For the first job Heritage did, Delp didn’t have to buythe building. He tore it down and sold the materials. “Butif I were looking at the same job today there’s a goodchance I would have to pay for the building. Back then

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Plastics scorecard evaluatesenvironmental impact

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Deconstructing profits prove worthy

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Habitat for Humanity in Kansas began its deconstruction program in 2001. Today it operates a 37,000 sq. ft. ReStore retail outlet and is planningto open a second location.

A new tool for those looking to replaceharmful plastics with more environmentally-friendly alternatives is available.

The “Plastics Scorecard,” developed byClean Production Action and Pure Strategies,charts a course for manufacturers, purchasersand government agencies to evaluate variousplastics based on their impact across their life-cycles – from feedstock production and manu-facturing to use and disposal.

While plastics are an essential materialused in many products, they often rely on non-renewable resources; are manufactured withtoxic chemicals that can be released intohomes, offices and cars; and typically containlittle to no recycled content. States across the

nation have enacted or are considering legisla-tion aimed at limiting the use of chemicals inplastics that pose environmental hazards, butuntil now there has been no easy-to-use toolthat charts the path to more sustainable alterna-tives.

“The Scorecard is essentially a decision-making tool aimed at improving the design ofplastic products,” said Clean ProductionAction’s research director Mark Rossi. “Asmore and more consumers demand productsthat do not include toxic chemicals, compa-nies, governments and environmental organi-zations need a way to assess the environmentalpreferability of the various alternatives.”

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Ex-Navy destroyer Radfordto be sunk as artificial reef

As part of the first multi-state reef-ing effort, Delaware soon will take titleto the decommissioned Navy destroyerex-Arthur W. Radford to have the formerwarship sunk next year at an artificialreef off the Indian River Inlet.

The Radford, at a length of 563 feet,will be the longest vessel ever reefed inthe Atlantic, with the sinking to takeplace at the Del-Jersey-Land Inshore sitelocated 26 miles southeast of the IndianRiver Inlet.

The sinking is expected to occur inlate spring or summer of 2010, over thejointly-developed Del-Jersey-Land reef.The reef is a collaborative effort of the

three states cited in its name – Delaware,New Jersey and Maryland – and com-prises an area of about one square milewith a depth of 120 to 130 feet.

The ex-USS Arthur W. Radford will become thelargest vessel ever sunk in the Atlantic Ocean forreefing habitat.

Equipment grant awarded toTuftonboro, New Hampshire

New Hampshire theBeautiful has awarded Tufton-boro, New Hampshire, $2,500towards the purchase of a newvertical baler. DarrenMedeiros said, “Tuftonborostarted an advanced recyclingprogram and with this newbaler they are now able to balesteel and aluminum cansalong with their cardboard.”

John Dumais, AssociatedGrocers/NHtB board memberpresented the check to DarrenMedeiros.

Also present were Daniel Duffy, chairman board of selectman and Mike Durfor,of the Northeast Resource Recovery Association.

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my wholesale price for timbers was $.50 aboard foot. My wholesale price for timbersnow is $2.00 a foot.”

Generally speaking, older woodwith aged patina and a distressed look ismuch more expensive than new wood. InHeritage’s market, the most in demandwood is Douglas Fir due to the richbrown color it gains with age. “There’sno way to compare the price of newwood to 80 to 100 hundred year old tim-bers that have rich, dark color becauseyou can’t buy it new.”

Of course, not all wood coming outof a deconstruction is that desirable.“Newer lumber out of an older buildingis cheaper than new wood by anywherefrom 10 to 50 percent, depending oncondition,” said Delp.

Roof-down deconstruction requiresheavy manual labor supplemented byarticulating cranes, forklifts, power sawsand pneumatic de-nailers. Heritageprocesses material on-site, which involvesde-nailing, cutting off split ends, recordinginventory, unitizing by grade and wrappingand banding for shipment. “We’re gettingmore into retail because the mark-up isbetter. On big jobs, it used get loaded ontotrucks and go directly to whoever was buy-ing it,” said Delp.

There’s more in old buildings thanwood, however: “If the fixtures are insome way unique, or antique, or justcool, we store and sell them. Otherwisewe donate them to our local reuse center.I think dismantling could be a growthindustry,” said Delp. Many buildingcodes are ambiguous about usingreclaimed wood. In theory, each piece ofused wood should be inspected by alumber grader, but in most cases it’s notenforced. Heritage sells scrap metal, I-beams as structural steel and sprinklerpipe is recycled by a company thatmakes cattle feeders.

“For now, most of the money wemake is with the decorative wood.Whether or not that continues wouldhave a big impact on our business. Ayear ago we hired a marketing managerand that’s where our growth is comingfrom. We are creating opportunities todevelop our relationships with differentowners of larger industrial buildings,”Delp concluded.

For materials that cannot be easilymonetized, many dismantlers and home-

owners sell or donate to the growingnumber of material reuse retailers, ordonate to non-profits like ReStores, theretail recycling arm of Habitat forHumanity. Founded in 1976 by Millardand Linda Fuller, Habitat has built over300,000 houses around the world for 1.5million people. By using volunteer laborand donations of money and materials, itbuilds and rehabilitates houses for part-nering families. In addition to a downpayment and monthly mortgage pay-ments, homeowners invest sweat equityin their house and the houses of others.Houses are sold to partners at no profitand financed with affordable loans.Mortgage payments are used to buildmore houses.

In 2008, Habitat built 5,495 housesin the United States, all made with newmaterials, but the recycled buildingmaterials, appliances and fixtures sold atReStores make an important contribu-tion to the overall objective – raisingmoney to build new houses and supply-ing new materials for projects. In doingso, ReStore has grown to become by farthe largest North American retailer ofused building materials. From the firststore in Winnipeg in 1994, Habitat affili-ates now have 550 United States outletsand 50 in Canada. And, it’s growing.Between January 2008 and May 2009,53 new Restores stores were opened.The majority of ReStores report that 85percent of inventory is used buildingmaterials. All ReStores are local affili-ates of Habitat for Humanity, are not-forprofit, and are open to the public with allproceeds going to Habitat.

Mark Little, manager of supportservices for ReStore in Lexington, Ken-tucky, provided insight into a typicalmid-sized operation. “We have two loca-tions, one of 6,000 square feet andanother of 9,000. We sell furniture,home accessories, building materials andappliances. Anything that can be used tobuild, remodel or decorate a home.”

Lexington builds about 20 newhomes every year, all of new materials,but also has an active deconstructionprogram that supplies a large portion ofRestore inventory. If a property owner isdemolishing or remodeling a home,Restore dismantles and takes the mate-rial away, salvaging from 75 to 85 per-cent of the structure for resale and reuse.For kitchen or bath remodels, it takes outcabinets, appliance and fixtures, usuallyin a half-day or day. An entire structuretakes four to six weeks. Generally, they

do not charge for kitchen and bath sal-vage, but for a full structure hand-dis-mantle they submit a bid and charge.ReStore encourages prospects to getcomparative estimates from demolitioncompanies and for-profit dismantlers toestablish fair value for a possible chari-table tax deduction. That’s because thereis a conflict of interest for ReStore tovalue a donation as well as receive it.Otherwise, they provide the buildingowner with a list of materials salvagedand the deduction can be based on theactual sales price of the items as theyoccur, which may be of greater valuethan an estimate.

ReStore’s estimate includes stafflabor and disposal costs for the unsal-vageable. It does not charge for volun-teers who may work on adeconstruction. “In the span of a yearwe generally deconstruct 10 to 12 fullstructures, but we are averaging 4 proj-ects or more per month when youinclude kitchen and bath removals, “saidLittle.

Prices at the Lexington outlets forused and new materials, appliances andfixtures are pegged at 50 percent ofretail, or lower depending on condition.Donations of new items compriseapproximately 15 percent of inventory.“Local retailers don’t have the red tapeto donate new items that the big boxretailers have, but Lowe’s donates mate-rials and appliances on a national scaleand has been one the bigger partners forHabitat,” Little mentioned.

ReStore looks for higher value onsome goods, 100 year old barn wood forexample. “We still want to go lower thanfair market value because we want to becompetitive and want people to get abargain here,” Little added.

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While researching the article DeconstructingProfits, I interviewed Bob Falk, president of theBuilding Materials Reuse Association. Falk’sfull time job is research engineer at the U.S.Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory.He’s authored a book about deconstruction.We agreed to swap novels – one of mine forhis book, “Unbuilding”. Falk kindly mailed anautographed copy along with his businesscard.I was impressed to find a glossy, coffee-tablesized volume with hundreds of color photosand illustrations. Falk holds a PhD and was aPE. After spending a few hours with his book, Ifelt that readers of American Recycler shouldknow about it and our publisher, EstherFournier, agreed.For anyone interested in dismantling, this is amust-have reference – a step-by-step guidethrough the entire process – from evaluatingdeconstruction opportunities to an assessmentof materials to safety and environmental healthto whole-house deconstruction. It’s completewith checklists for tools needed and hands-onadvice on every aspect of dismantling. Falkand Brad Guy have combined hard-won, realworld deconstruction experience and a thor-oughly professional engineering approach tothe subject. This book could be a time and money saver foranyone contemplating even the smallestdeconstruction project. Virtually every material,fixture and appliance is addressed with thebest methods to remove, stage, store and sellthe items. The book is ideally suited to train aworkforce. Moreover, it is sprinkled with per-sonal stories of how and why people are drawninto this fascinating business. It’s a comprehensive reference book with adetailed index and other useful information.

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The Scorecard rates plastics on a setof criteria that simultaneously advancesustainable raw materials, green chemistryand closed loop systems. The criteria for

moving up the spectrum toward “preferredplastics” were selected to progressivelyincrease the sustainability of the plastic ateach stage of its lifecycle.

The Plastics Scorecard grades the dif-ferent plastics from F to A+. The parame-ters can be used to inform the greenermanufacture of plastics as well as theprocess of evaluating their sustainability.

Chemicals of high concern may becancer causing, or toxic to the reproduc-tive, neurological or endocrine systems.These chemicals are used in the produc-tion of some common plastics used inhousehold items, such as electronics. Theyinclude PVC, polycarbonate, acrylonitrilebutadiene styrene and polystyrene.

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City of Woodland teams upto increase recycling options

The City of Woodland, California,the American Chemistry Council (ACC),Keep California Beautiful (KCB),PG&E and the Yocha Dehe WintunNation have unveiled a new program thatgives Woodland residents and businessesmore access to “away-from-home” recy-cling opportunities, to help keep plasticsand other products out of the wastestream and in recycling bins.

A total of 24 bins will be installed atthe Woodland Community & SeniorCenter, Ferns Park and other locationsthroughout the city, to help protect thestate’s environment for future genera-tions.

Woodland is the latest communityto join in an effort that began in 2008when representatives from the CaliforniaDepartment of Parks and Recreation,ACC and KCB launched a beach recy-cling program at state park sites in theLos Angeles and Central Coast areas.The program soon spread to state parkbeaches in San Diego, Monterey, SantaCruz, and the City of Brentwood.

The recycling of plastics in Califor-nia, particularly in away-from-home set-tings, can help reduce litter and marinedebris. As a result, program participants

welcome opportunities to work withcities like Woodland to deliver additionalrecycling bins and educational displays,reminding people that plastics are toovaluable to waste and should be recy-cled.

Since its inception, the “Plastics.Too Valuable to Waste. Recycle.” cam-paign has found success in a variety ofareas.

“Our combined efforts have led tothe placement of more than 500 perma-nent and seasonal recycling bins ondozens of state park beaches along Cali-fornia’s coastline,” said Christine Flow-ers-Ewing, director of Keep CaliforniaBeautiful.

“In times like these, such public-pri-vate partnerships can sometimes be theonly way to provide important services,”she added.

More than 80 percent of UnitedStates households have access to a recy-cling program, be it curbside collectionor community drop-off centers. Whilethere are approximately 2,100 certifiedrecycling centers in California, too manypeople still see plastics as trash insteadof valuable materials that should berecycled.


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absorbed by soil and vegetation and canalso be protected or enhanced through landmanagement policies.

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ment and materials managementapproaches should be part of the nation’stoolbox to meet the target of an 83 percentreduction in greenhouse gas emissions by2050.

The Pennsylvania Department ofEnvironmental Protection (DEP) hasapproved two plans to collect and recyclemercury thermostats, which will reducethe amount of mercury released into theenvironment. The plans are part of the newMercury-Free Thermostat Act whichrequires the recycling of out-of-servicemercury thermostats. The law will takeeffect December 8.

A single thermostat contains approxi-mately four grams of mercury. The UnitedStates Environmental Protection Agencyestimates that, each year, six to eight tonsof mercury ends up in solid waste facilitiesand up to two tons are released into the air.

Under the new law, manufacturerswho have sold mercury thermostats inPennsylvania must collect and recyclewaste mercury thermostats at no cost tocontractors and homeowners. Wholesalerslocated in Pennsylvania must serve as col-lection sites for the thermostats. The lawalso requires retailers and contractors toeither participate as collection points orprovide notice to customers that recyclingof mercury thermostats is required by lawand identify locations of nearby collectionpoints.

DEP received two plans for manufac-turers to establish collection and recyclingprograms in Pennsylvania. The plans weresubmitted by the Thermostat RecyclingCorporation (TRC) of Arlington, Virginiaand EWC Controls Inc. of Englishtown,New Jersey. TRC is a nonprofit organiza-tion that currently represents 29 manufac-turers nationwide that have distributedover 65 brands of mercury thermostats.TRC sponsored collection sites will acceptall brands of mercury thermostats. EWCControls sold thermostats nationwideunder its brand name through wholesaleoperations from 1989 to 2007. This collec-tion and recycling program is for EWCControls brand name thermostats only.Both companies are voluntarily collectingthermostats in advance of the law’s effec-tive date in December.

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LKQ Corporation has acquiredGreenleaf Auto Recyclers, LLC fromSchnitzer Steel Industries, Inc. (SSI).

In addition, SSI has acquired fromLKQ, four retail-oriented, self-servicerecycling facilities in Oregon and Wash-ington. LKQ also sold certain businessassets to SSI related to two self-servicefacilities in Northern California and aself-service facility in Portland, Oregon.LKQ will close the two self-servicefacilities in Northern California and con-vert the operation in Portland, Oregon toa wholesale recycling business.

LKQ has also agreed, subject tocustomary closing conditions, to sell SSItwo self-service recycling facilities inDallas, Texas with an anticipated closingdate in mid-January 2010. Terms ofthese transactions were not disclosed.

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Georgia Recycling Coalition topromote shoe recycling

Along with soda cans and old news-papers, Georgia residents can bring theirgently worn shoes to be recycled.

In partnership with Soles4Souls®, theGeorgia Recycling Coalition (GRC) willplace bins at their locations to offer analternative to residents throwing their wornshoes away. The collected shoes will beshipped to Soles4Souls for distribution tothe 1.5 billion people without shoes.

Soles4Souls takes gently wornshoes and repurposes them in one of 125countries around the world. A small per-centage which cannot be distributed willbe recycled.

The Alaska Department of Environ-mental Conservation (DEC) has received athree-year-grant from the United StatesEnvironmental Protection Agency (EPA).The $160,000 award is funded through theEPA’s State Environmental Justice Coop-erative Agreement Program. The grant isone of five of its kind awarded nationwidein 2009.

Environmental justice is broadlydefined as the fair treatment and meaning-ful involvement of all people regardless ofrace, color, national origin, culture, educa-tion, or income with respect to the devel-opment, implementation, and enforcementof environmental laws, regulations andpolicies.

With this funding, DEC will partnerwith rural organizations to find new waysto work together on environmental andhuman health issues. The grant will alsohelp to create an approach for integratingtraditional knowledge into agency deci-sions. “The grant will give us a new oppor-tunity to collaborate with experiencedenvironmental justice staff from the EPAand to explore ways of enhancing our dia-logue with rural Alaskans,” said DECWater Division Director Lynn Kent.

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The tire equipment loan program isdesigned to help tire recyclers purchasenew or updated equipment, enabling themto improve their recycling processes andincrease the number of waste tires theyrecycle into new, premium-value tire-derived products. It is anticipated thatalmost 1.8 million tires will be divertedaway from California landfills annually asa result of these two loans.

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annually, while Bulldog Rubber andRecycling will find new uses for 13,000tons of waste tires annually.

California generates an estimated 44million waste tires per year. Approxi-mately 32 million waste tires (or 73 per-cent) are diverted through reuse or newproducts while the remaining 12 million(about 27 percent) are sent to landfills.

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Golden By-Products, Inc. dba ScrapTire Company will use proceeds of a $1million loan to expand its tire processingbusiness and purchase upgraded equip-ment, including a second granulator toimprove the overall efficiency and outputof the existing tire shredding system.

The new equipment will allow thecompany to expand its waste tire pro-cessing capacity to handle an additional7,500 tons per year of waste tires.

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Bulldog Marketing, LLC dba Bull-dog Rubber and Recycling will use its $2million loan proceeds to purchase equip-ment for its new tire recycling facility inVista.

The loan will finance a tire shred-ding system, processing equipment andvehicles such as trucks and forklifts. Thisequipment will enable the business torecycle, shred and convert whole tiresinto buffing and crumb rubber. These tireproducts can be used in landscapingapplications, playgrounds, asphalt over-lays, and sports fields.

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Florida Tire Recycling Inc. (FTR), anenvironmental solutions provider,announced the launch of FTR Polymetrics,a company subsidiary focused on produc-ing ultra-fine recycled rubber powders in80 mesh, 140 mesh and 200 mesh sizes.

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Turley: What we’ve seen is a fallback on publicworks projects that would use recycled aggregates,which is our main market. In California they arebroke, so they are not doing a lot of road and infra-structure work. That really hurts our roadbase mar-ket for recycled aggregate, concrete and asphalt.What’s happening in California is occurring in otherparts of the country.

However, a lot of other markets still remain strong –C&D wood as a fuel product and asphalt shinglerecycling still seems to be expanding because of theeconomic advantages it brings.

With the recession ongoing, have markets forthe recovered C&D materials been expandingor have they remained stable? How is theindustry coping in these tough times?

C&D materials not always landfill-restricted

Turley: Increasing the tipping fee at landfills is kindof an artificial barrier that you are creating. It wouldprobably help, but developing an end-market forthese products would pull more materials from thewaste stream.

Should states be increasing the tipping fees forC&D materials to as a means to help improvethe recycling rates of materials recovered fromdemolitions?

Turley: LEED remains a driver for mixed C&D recy-cling, especially the mixed C&D recyclers. I did a pollseveral months ago at our board and learned thatLEED accounts for 15 percent of their business.Because of the recession in construction, a lot ofcommercial projects are not seeking LEED certifica-tion because it can cost a little more. For quasi-gov-ernmental jobs such as universities, there are stillmany LEED projects.

To what extent are LEED certified constructionprojects helping in terms of the recycling ofC&D materials?

Turley: There has been more interest in this and wehave seen a few more cities and states passing lawsrequiring that. Anyone can pass a law saying “thoushall recycle,” but it’s more important to develop themarkets and many times these same cities andstates that are requiring these materials to be recy-cled are not the ones buying it back all the time.

The best example remains recycled aggregates. Thebiggest market for these materials is to be put backinto roadwork and the biggest customer for newroads and upgrades are the cities and states, butthey don’t complete the circle. We would like to seemore actions that lead towards that goal.

Are more cities and states passing laws toincrease the percentage of materials that mustbe recovered and recycled from demolitions?

Turley: It depends, and usually we are seeingasphalt shingles doing well because it provides anopportunity for hot mix producers using the shingles– the biggest market for shingles – to save $2 to $4per ton. If you are doing 100,000 to 200,000 tons peryear, it adds up to real money. Asphalt shinglesseem to be doing the best.

In terms of recovered C&D materials, whichproducts are providing the highest return?

We have a lot of issues with LEED and there areproblems with some sham recycling going on, suchas a sub-par recycling facility claiming an incrediblerecycling rate that is not possible with the equipmentand techniques that it uses. There is no way to cer-tify that it is being done correctly. We are currentlyworking with the United States Green Building Coun-cil to solve that problem to develop a third party cer-tification program.

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Turley: We have not seen this demand, but weexpect it to grow. There have been some questionsabout the use of C&D wood as a fuel product, evennatural wood/forest wood, by environmental groups.

While it does make sense to use this wood, some-times our only alternative for it is the landfill becauseit is good for nothing else. We should recover theBTU value. We are not seeing a demand increaseyet, but there are a lot of biomass plants on theboard and we are hoping that it will eventually drivethe demand and prices to develop a market for it.The State of Maine uses a lot of C&D wood, but Cal-ifornia is still the leader.

As governments push for increased productionof alternative energy, has there been a corre-sponding increase in demand for recoveredC&D wood to help produce biomass?

Turley: One of the most interesting projects I knowof is the use of gasification systems, not to be con-fused with incineration. These systems can takeC&D materials to generate power.

Although they are not there yet, it is exciting thatthey are working on systems to take our residuals torecover BTU value and create fuel. It would be niceto eliminate the need to send this material to a land-fill and instead sent it to a gasification system afterwe are done pulling out everything we can.

Have any new practices or innovations in thefield of C&D recovery and recycling been intro-duced? Are there any interesting pilot projectsand research that are showing promise?

Turley: It depends on what you are looking at. Theroad building industry would like to use as muchrecycled aggregates as possible because it ischeaper. The engineering characteristics work andthey don’t have to truck out the old material andbring in the new, especially for the base of the road.They usually try to do that as long as state depart-ments of transportation go along with it.

Is the construction industry doing enough topromote the use of construction materialsmade from recycled content for road work andcommercial and residential construction?

Turley: Not really. They usually offer a sales taxcredit for the purchase of recycling equipment. Wewould love to see tax credits offered for the pur-chase of building materials made from recycled con-tent. If you want to see an increase in C&D recyclingrate, just give us more markets.

Are there any federal or state programs thatprovide tax credits for using building materialsmade from recycled content?

WASTENew regulation in effect forNew York on open burning

The New York State Department ofEnvironmental Conservation (DEC) hasexpanded restrictions on the open burn-ing of residential waste. The open burn-ing of residential waste is nowprohibited in all communities statewide,regardless of population, with excep-tions for burning tree limbs and branchesat limited times and other certain cir-cumstances. Previously, the ban appliedonly in towns with populations of20,000 or more.

Once considered harmless, recentstudies demonstrate that open burningreleases substantial amounts of danger-ous chemicals into the air. A study bythe United States Environmental Protec-tion Agency, in conjunction with DECand the New York State Department ofHealth, found that emissions of dioxinsand furans from backyard burning alonewere greater than those from all othersources combined for the years 2002through 2004. Trash containing plastics,polystyrene, pressure-treated andpainted wood and bleached or coloredpapers produce harmful chemicals when

burned. The study found that burningtrash emits arsenic, carbon monoxide,benzene, styrene, formaldehyde, leadand hydrogen cyanide, among others.

In addition to releasing pollutants,open burning is the largest single causeof wildfires in New York State. Datafrom DEC’s Forest Protection Divisionshow that debris burning accounted forabout 40 percent of wildfires between1986 and 2006 – more than twice thenext most-cited source. In 2006 alone,debris burning triggered 98 wildfires inthe state.

Open burning of residential wastesin any city or village or in any town witha population of 20,000 or more has beenprohibited since 1972. DEC moved toexpand the prohibition to all communi-ties after holding meetings to receiveinput from stakeholders and state agen-cies. A proposal was released in May2008 and was followed up with publichearings and an extended public com-ment period. Approximately 1,800 com-ments were reviewed by DEC.

Covanta Energy partnerswith Ocean Conservancy

In October, thousands of volunteershit beaches, lakes and rivers to helpremove trash from waterways by partici-pating in Ocean Conservancy’s 24thannual International Coastal Cleanup. Tohelp with that effort, Covanta Energy part-nered with Ocean Conservancy to convertsome of this year’s collected debris intoclean renewable energy.

Covanta Energy will dispose ofmarine debris collected in Washington,DC and Cape Cod, Massachusetts in itslocal energy-from-waste facilities. Ratherthan being landfilled, the material col-lected during the one day event will beturned into clean, renewable energy topower local homes.

“Trash in the ocean is one of the mostwidespread pollution problems threateningour ocean and waterways, yet it’s entirelypreventable,” said Dianne Sherman, direc-tor of the International Coastal Cleanup.

“The Cleanup gives everyone a chance towork in their backyard and be a part of animportant global movement to end the tideof ocean trash.”

In just one day last year, volunteerscollected 6.8 million pounds of debrisfrom 6,485 sites in 100 countries. Withinthe States, volunteers worked to collectcoastal debris in 42 states and the Districtof Columbia.

Each year during Ocean Conser-vancy’s International Coastal Cleanup,volunteers from around the world work toremove trash and debris from waterwaysand catalog every piece of trash they find.Ocean Conservancy uses that informationto produce the world’s only annual coun-try-by-country, state-by-state index of themagnitude of marine debris. The report isshared with the public, industry, and gov-ernment officials as we work together toend to problem of marine debris.

Hampton Roads SanitationDistrict in Virginia agrees tosettle clean water violations

Hampton Roads Sanitation District(HRSD), based in Virginia Beach, hasagreed to pay a $900,000 civil penaltyand to take corrective actions to reducealleged sanitary sewer overflows fromits collection system and nine sewagetreatment plants that have polluted theChesapeake Bay and its tributaries, theJustice Department, United States Envi-ronmental Protection Agency (EPA), andthe Commonwealth of Virginiaannounced.

Under a settlement filed in federalcourt in Norfolk, Virginia, HRSD isrequired to collect data, conduct com-puter modeling, and, working with themunicipalities that it serves, develop aregional plan to ensure that the HRSDsewer system has adequate capacity tohandle flows from severe storms and toprevent overflows of sewage. Subse-quently, HRSD must implement theregional plan. Since HRSD has not iden-tified the projects pending completion ofthe plan, the cost of that effort is cur-rently unknown although it is expectedto cost millions of dollars.

The settlement also requires HRSDto make major upgrades and improve-ments to the sewer system infrastructureover the next eight years. Theseupgrades are estimated to cost at least$140 million. The settlement requiresthat HRSD evaluate, replace, rehabili-tate, or upgrade pipes, pump stations andother infrastructure where inspectionsand screenings show a material risk offailure. HRSD also must submit andimplement a plan to effectively manage,operate and maintain the sanitary sewersystem to help prevent future sanitarysewer overflows.

In a joint complaint filed by theUnited States and Virginia, the govern-ments alleged that HRSD illegally dis-charged nine million gallons ofuntreated sewage and other wastes fromits sewer system and sewage treatmentplants into various bodies of waterincluding the Atlantic Ocean and Chesa-peake Bay. These discharges allegedlyoccurred on at least 249 occasions since2003 and were not authorized underexisting wastewater discharge permits.In addition, HRSD allegedly caused orcontributed to at least 118 municipal

overflows of sewage and other pollutantsthat occurred from the sewer systems ofthe municipalities during times whenflows into the HRSD sewer systemexceeded its capacity and the sewageand other wastes backed up and over-flowed from manholes and other loca-tions in the municipalities. Themunicipalities did not report the volumefor most of the 118 violations but it isbelieved to be substantial.

HRSD treats wastewater for 17counties and cities in Virginia and serves1.6 million people. HRSD has the capac-ity to treat up to 231 million gallons ofwastewater per day and includes 13sewage treatment plants, 81 pumpingstations, and over 500 miles of pipes.


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Casella Waste opens newZero-Sort recycling facility

Casella Waste Systems, Inc. cele-brated the grand-reopening of theirnewly renovated, state-of-the-art recy-cling center, located in Charlestown,Massachusetts.

The Charlestown center is a zero-sort (single stream) recycling facility. Allrecyclable materials come to the facilitycompletely unsorted. With eight opticalsorters, seven disk screens and threemagnets throughout the facility, thematerial is sorted as it arrives and isprocessed through the facility. Casella’szero-sort facility has the ability toprocess 45 tons per hour of material andcurrently processes 750 tons per day.

The new facility was retrofittedbeginning in September 2008. Withmunicipalities looking towards single-stream recycling as a way to savemoney, Casella recognized there wouldbe a need for such a facility located inBoston. A similar Casella facility islocated in Auburn, Massachusetts toserve the central region.

“Casella undertook this multi-mil-lion dollar renovation because webelieve single-stream recycling is thewave of the future,” said John Casella,president and CEO of Casella WasteSystems. “By going to a Zero-Sort

process, municipalities can save moneyon trash disposal while increasing therate of recycling among residents andlocal businesses.”

The City of Boston began zero-sortrecycling with Casella in July 2009.Residents of the city are no longerrequired to separate paper and plasticwaste items, combining everything inone 64-gallon wheeled barrels. Resi-dents place all their recyclables in thebarrels, including paper, plastics, glass,and cardboard.

The cost of disposing of solid wastein landfills averages $80 per ton. Casellahas found that by going to a Zero-Sortprocess, towns and cities can increaserecycling by upwards of 40 percent anddecrease solid wastes by more than 20percent, due to the ease and convenienceof recycling without sorting.

In 2007, the Town of Holden, Mas-sachusetts began zero-sort recycling.The initial goal was to increase the recy-cle rate of the town from 13 percent to30 percent. In the first two months of theprogram, the recycle rate for the townwent to more than 35 percent, saving thetown significant money in the area ofsolid waste collection and disposal.

Waste Management issued permitfor facility containing closedhazardous waste landfill cells

United States Environmental Protec-tion Agency (EPA) Region 7 has issued apost-closure hazardous waste managementpermit to Cyprus Specialty Metals Com-pany, Roquette America Railway, Inc., andthe City of Keokuk, Iowa, for a localindustrial facility property containing twoclosed hazardous waste landfill cells.

The facility, located at 2301 TwinRivers Drive, also known as One Commer-cial Street, in Keokuk, has shared owner-ship. Cyprus Specialty Metals Companyowns the two now-closed hazardous wastelandfill cells at the property. The facilityproperty other than the two landfill cells isowned primarily by Roquette AmericaRailways, Inc., with smaller portionsowned by the City of Keokuk.

EPA has issued a post-closure haz-ardous waste management permit to theproperty owners under provisions of the

federal Resource Conservation and Recov-ery Act (RCRA). The permit requires theparties to monitor the integrity of the twoclosed hazardous waste landfill cells byinspecting and maintaining the landfillcovers.

The permit also requires the permit-tees to conduct annual ground water sam-pling and analysis around the landfill cells.If unacceptable levels of contamination aredetected around the landfill cells, the per-mittees must correct the release. The per-mittees must also investigate and respondto releases of hazardous waste from otherareas at the facility, besides the two landfillcells, that have been identified as havingthe potential for such releases.

The post-closure hazardous wastemanagement permit is in effect for aperiod of 10 years from issuance.

Concern that elevated under-ground methane levels could lead to anexplosion has prompted St. Bernardand Ohio Environmental ProtectionAgency (EPA) to reach an agreementabout how the city will investigateand correct problems at its closedlandfill.

The landfill stopped receivingwaste in the 1970s and closed in 1985.

Under state law, St. Bernard isrequired to monitor the landfill’sboundaries for methane gas producedby waste that moves undergroundbetween soil particles and along utilitypipes. Ohio EPA is concerned thatmethane is moving underground fromthe landfill and may collect in lowareas or people’s homes at levels capa-ble of igniting or exploding.

Methane levels have fluctuated,but they have since returned to unac-ceptably high levels. Based on theseresults, the city needs to perform addi-tional remedial measures in order tominimize landfill gas production.

Landfill owners or operators mustmonitor methane gas levels at theirproperty boundaries and take action toprotect occupied structures, such ashomes, that are located within 1,000 feetof landfill waste placement. In 2008, St.Bernard reported that 9 homes arewithin 200 feet of waste. Two hundredthirty-four occupied structures arewithin 1,000 feet of waste.

Since 2000, the city has monitoredmethane gas levels, reported gas levelexceedances, and installed remedialmeasures. Despite these measures,exceedances continue to occur. In2003, Ohio EPA ordered St. Bernardto abate or minimize the formation ormigration of explosive gas from thelandfill. The city was required todevelop, submit and implement a planto remediate explosive gas migration.The city also was required to revise itsexplosive gas monitoring plan. Whilemethane levels initially dropped, theyhave returned to unacceptably highlevels.

Ohio EPA and St. Bernard haveagreed that the city will do additionalwork to bring levels down.

The city has agreed to:•Delineate exactly where waste

explosive gas has migrated; this willinvolve drilling monitoring probes inpeople’s yards;

•If waste is found beyond the areain which it is believed to be, additionalwork must be done while performingthe gas delineation;

•Propose remedial measures toabate or minimize explosive gas levels;

•Convert its current gas extractionsystem into a continuously operating,automated system;

•Revise its gas monitoring planwhich may include additional monitor-ing probe installation;

•Unless damaged or inaccessible,leave current and future monitoringprobes in place; and

•Install gas alarms in homeswhere property owners authorizeaccess.


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Connecticutcompany finedfor toxic wasteviolations

A Bridgeport, Connecticut companythat treats, stores and disposes of toxicwaste has paid $26,000 to settle claimsby the Environmental Protection Agency(EPA) that it violated federal regulationscovering the storage and handling ofpolychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs).

Bridgeport United Recycling wascharged with misidentifying 5,000 gal-lons of waste containing PCBs that itpicked up in April 2007 from the formersite of the Bridgeport Brass Company inBridgeport at the request of ConnecticutTransfer Company.

EPA claimed that Bridgeport Unitedviolated the Toxic Substance ControlAct and PCB regulations by failing tocomply with all of the requirements forPCB waste manifests when it shippedthe waste for recycling. Specifically, thecompany failed to: identify the wastematerial as PCB waste; list the weight ofthe waste in kilograms; and indicate theearliest date of removal from service fordisposal.

According to EPA, a BridgeportUnited vacuum truck in April picked up883 gallons of waste material from two55-gallon drums and a transformer. Twoweeks earlier, the company had a sampleof the waste tested and did not detect thepresence of PCBs. After leaving the site,the truck made pickups at three othercompanies before returning to its recy-cling facility with 3,317 gallons ofwaste. The mixed waste from the truckwas again analyzed and again PCBswere not detected.

The company “topped off” this loadwith waste from other sources for a totalvolume of 5,000 gallons of waste and onApril 2 shipped the mix to Norlite, ahazardous waste treatment and recoveryfacility in Cohoes, New York, to use asfuel. Norlite, which is not permitted toreuse oil containing PCBs, analyzed thematerial and found a PCB concentrationof 2,006 parts per million. The companynotified Bridgeport United of its find-ings and sent the waste back.

Bridgeport United, which is ownedby United Oil Recovery, eventuallydetermined that the waste indeed washighly contaminated with PCBs andshipped it for disposal to Clean HarborsDeer Park, an approved PCB disposalfacility in Texas.

In February 2008, BridgeportUnited and United Oil agreed to pay acombined $325,000 in civil penalties foralleged violations of RCRA in settle-ment of a suit filed in 2003 by theDepartment of Justice and EPA. As partof the settlement, Bridgeport United alsoagreed to automate and upgrade thedevice that controls organic air emis-sions at its facility, including installationof high-level alarms, automatic switch-ing of the carbon beds, and increasingthe operational rate of the blower.

New regulationsissued for medicalwaste incinerators

The United States EnvironmentalProtection Agency (EPA) has establishednew emission regulations that will affectmost existing hospital, medical and infec-tious waste incinerators.

The EPA released its new guidelinesthat strengthen existing emission limits forall regulated pollutants emitted by thefacilities.

The rule contains a MACT “floor”, ora minimum level of stringency, that thefacilities must achieve.

The rule requires additional stacktesting for existing and new sources;imposes additional monitoring require-ments for new sources; requires annualinspections of emission controls and aone-time visible emissions test of ash-han-dling operations; lays out procedures fortest data submittal; and revises waste-man-agement plan provisions.

Roark Capital Group, an Atlanta-based private equity firm, announced thatits affiliate has made a $100 million equityinvestment in Waste Pro USA, Inc., head-quartered in Longwood, Florida.

Founded in 2001, Waste Pro providessolid waste collection, disposal and recy-cling services to more than 825,000 resi-dential and 32,000 commercial customersin the Southeast and has over 80 exclusivemunicipal franchise contracts in Florida,Georgia, South Carolina and Alabama.

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The pilot turbine installation willfacilitate utility-scale wind energy devel-opment by enabling studies to optimizemeasuring and predicting the windresource, quantifying ecologicalimpacts, and demonstrating turbine per-formance in tropical storm conditions.

In September, government represen-tatives along with representatives fromUNC and Duke Energy, held a meetingon the Outer Banks to get communityfeedback on the pilot project. Over the

coming weeks and months, UNC andDuke Energy will continue to seek outcommunity comments and answer ques-tions about the project.

“This project is the critical step thatwill determine the future of wind poweroff the Outer Banks,” North CarolinaSenator Marc Basnight said. “It willallow for community feedback and col-laboration, and it will be a very positiveinformation-finding effort. People willbe able to view the turbines working andwe will gain a greater understanding ofhow to use wind as a renewable energysource. What we learn from this projectwill chart the future of offshore windenergy for our state.”

Places with the best conditions forproducing constant, strong windsinclude rounded hilltops, mountain gaps,open plains, shorelines and over theocean. To generate power from thesewinds, a wind turbine uses specially-shaped blades that connect to a driveshaft that then turns an electric generatorto produce electricity.

Although wind power producedonly about 1.5 percent of the world’selectricity in 2008, its usage doubledbetween 2005 and 2008, according to areport by the non-profit World WindEnergy Association.

Duke Energy has 634 megawatts(MW) of land-based wind energy inPennsylvania, Texas and Wyoming,

another 99 MW under construction andan additional 251 MW of wind projectsscheduled to begin operation in 2010.

PHOTO COURTESY OF UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA

Republic Services, Inc. and Amerescohave partnered to develop and expandrenewable energy sources for California toprovide power to residents of and busi-nesses in Palo Alto and Alameda.

Ameresco designed and built thelandfill gas-to-energy plant. Using enginesfrom General Electric, the facility gener-ates approximately 3.8 megawatts of elec-tricity, enough to power nearly 2,200homes. The electricity will be used by thecities of Alameda and Palo Alto.

Including Keller Canyon, Republichas gas-to-energy projects at seven Cali-fornia landfills which produce approxi-mately 30 megawatts of electricity, orenough to meet the needs of nearly 18,000homes. The landfill gas project is one ofRepublic Services’ 76 alternative energyprojects at their landfills nationwide.

The Keller Canyon Landfill, which isowned and operated by Republic’s sub-sidiary, Allied Waste, opened in 1992 andis one of the main recipients of refusefrom residents and businesses in the area.The landfill covers 2,600 acres of land andsupports 7.21 acres of wetlands. Theobjective of the wetlands project is toincrease the total amount of available habi-tat on the property by constructing newwetlands and enhancing existing wetlandand riparian habitat. The landfill employsmore than 20 area residents.

Keller Canyonlandfill gasproject to provideresidential power


ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Joint venture turns oldbatteries into energy

W2 Energy, Inc., a developer of mass-to-energy technology, and Toxco, Inc., abattery recycler, announced they haveentered into a joint venture in which W2Energy will take approximately 600 tonsyearly of carbon cake and plastics gener-ated in Toxco’s battery recycling plant inBritish Columbia and will convert that bat-tery waste into electricity and ultra lowsulfur diesel.

Through its Big Green Box program,Toxco receives batteries of all sorts fromsome of the largest and most environmen-tally progressive companies, municipali-ties and educational institutions in NorthAmerica. Using a set of proprietaryprocesses, Toxco safely strips the metalsout of these batteries and sells it. Up untilnow Toxco has been sending the shreddedbattery cases to the landfill.

W2 Energy takes this waste, primarilyplastic and carbon, and converts it toelectricity and diesel fuel using a set oftechnologies developed over the last nineyears.

W2 Energy’s technology will convertthe hydrogen, carbon and oxygen whichcomprise Toxco’s battery waste into arenewable source of fuel and electricity.

W2 Energy will be building a mobilemass-to-energy unit which will fit on asingle 45 foot truck trailer. Inside the truckwill be a complete mass-to-energy plantwhich will process up to four tons per dayof plastic and carbon waste. While thisplant will require electricity to start it,once running, W2 Energy’s low tempera-ture gasifier and high efficiency steamengine will actually generate excess elec-tricity. The resulting synthetic gas will beconverted into liquid fuel. That fuel willeither be used by Toxco or sold to a fuelblender for resale.

The carbon and nitrogen oxides nor-mally generated by combusting waste willbe sequestered in the W2 Energy’s algaereactor, in which various strains of algaewill grow on these flue gases. The result-ing algae will be gasified and turned intomore fuel and electricity.

Cow manure to provideelectricity in Washington

Farm Power, a Skagit Countyrenewable energy company, and PugetSound Energy, Washington’s oldest localutility, announced the entry into serviceof the state’s newest source of clean,sustainable power – an anaerobic dairydigester that transforms cow manure intoa source of electricity and economicvitality for the region’s agricultural com-munity. The dairy digester is capable ofproducing up to 750 kilowatts of elec-tricity – or approximately the energyneeded to power 500 homes – and willprovide electricity to PSE’s GreenPower Program.

Farm Power’s expected annual elec-tricity output of approximately 6,000megawatt-hours will go exclusively toPSE’s Green Power Program, whichallows the utility’s customers to sign upto have some or all of the equivalent ofthe energy needs be purchased on theirbehalf by the utility from certifiedrenewable energy producers. With morethan 24,000 participating PSE cus-tomers, the Green Power Program isamong the largest of the nation’s 600similar efforts.

The program was recognized by theUnited States Department of Energy andEnvironmental Protection Agency for itsrole in spurring the development of newsources of energy including biomass,such as the Farm Power digester, as wellas solar and wind projects around thePacific Northwest. The energy projectssupported by the Green Power Programare separate from – and in addition to –the renewable energy projects of PSE,which is the Pacific Northwest’s firstand the nation’s second-largest utilityowner and operator of wind power

according to the American Wind EnergyAssociation.

The Farm Power site is located westof Interstate 5 and just north of theSkagit River in Rexville. It will utilizethe manure of two neighboring dairyfarms, along with other agriculturalwaste products such as spoiled fruit andcheese whey, as well as remnants fromchicken processing. In addition to pro-ducing electricity, the dairy digester’sother environmental benefits includereduced odor, a lowering of residualnitrogen in field-applied manure and theproduction of fiber bedding for use onthe farms.

The Maas brothers credit SenatorMary Margaret Haugen (10th district –Skagit County) and Governor Chris Gre-goire for their support, including a$500,000 grant from the WashingtonState Department of Commerce as wellas the passage of legislation that fosteredtheir project and other alternative energyprograms in Washington.

Daryl Maas notes that the twoneighboring farms providing manure tothe digester, Beaver Marsh Farms andHarmony Dairy, are owned by the sonsof families they have known since gradeschool.

Like a number of other digesterprojects across the country, Farm Powerreceived a grant and loan package fromthe USDA Rural Energy for AmericaProgram. A $500,000 grant from thefederal agency added to equity con-tributed by local investors, while $2.1million in USDA loan guarantees cov-ered long-term borrowing from Shore-Bank Pacific.

Ford expands productionwith a new plant in China

Ford Motor Company announced thatits successful joint venture in China –Changan Ford Mazda Automobile(CFMA) – is building a highly flexiblepassenger car plant in Chongqing, China,scheduled for completion in 2012.

The investment, valued at $490 mil-lion, represents a significant step in Ford’saggressive expansion strategy in the AsiaPacific and Africa region. The new plantwill initially be capable of producing150,000 units a year, boosting total annualproduction capacity at CFMA operationsto 600,000 units by 2012.

The facility will be equipped withstate-of-the-art automation and will becapable of producing a diversified range ofproducts in the future, the plant will beginmanufacturing Ford’s next-generationFord Focus in 2012.

The plant in Chongqing will buildupon Ford’s successful CFMA joint-ven-ture operations that already manufacture abroad lineup of Ford brand vehicles for theChina market. In addition to the car manu-facturing plant already operational inChongqing – where the Focus, Mondeoand S-MAX are built – the joint venturehas a manufacturing facility in Nanjing,China, where the Ford Fiesta is built.

The new 1-million-plus-square-meterassembly plant will be fully integrated tosupport stamping, body assembly, paint,trim and final assembly. A new paint shopwill utilize Ford’s environmentallyfriendly 3-wet technology paint process,which significantly reduces volatileorganic compounds, CO2 emissions andwaste.

AUTO

Pull-A-Part Used Auto Part Superstoreswins recycling award in Georgia

Pull-A-Part Used Auto Part Super-stores has received the first ever Con-serve Georgia Recycling Award,recognizing outstanding achievements tominimize the impact of waste and pro-mote recycling.

They also received the 2009 Part-nership for a Sustainable Georgia Sus-tainability Award, recognizingextraordinary achievements by a partnerto reduce their environmental footprint

and create a model of sustainable prac-tices. Two of Pull-A-Part’s Georgia loca-tions are among the 11 total Gold LevelNEPT (National Environmental Per-formance Track) Partners.

The Conserve Georgia Awards recog-nize those helping to create a culture ofconservation through energy, land, wildlifeand water conservation; the improvementof air quality; the prevention of litter; andthe promotion of recycling.


by Ron SturgeonAutosalvageconsultant.com

Salvaging Millions

Remember, only you can make BUSINESS GREAT!This article was provided by autosalvageconsultant.com, which was formed in 2001 by

recyclers for recyclers, to help them improve their businesses.

Three old men are at dinner. Theyhave a splendid meal – steaks, bakedpotatoes, veggies. But they have aproblem. They have only one set ofteeth. It’s going to take them a while toeat. I’ll let you imagine whether theyshare a little at a time or one finishesbefore passing the teeth on. Gross, Iknow.

Sharing teeth is not efficient. Itcreates a bottleneck at the dinner table.How many of your employees are shar-ing teeth? In the recycling industry, wetend to be cheap because we’re boot-strappers. And many of us have had lit-tle training in decoding the financialand operating metrics that could showthe costs of sharing teeth. Couple thatwith our aversion to debt, and it’s easyto see why many of us have employeessharing teeth.

How can this help you make moremoney?

When I was an auto recycler, weshared teeth for a long time. For years,we had three dismantlers and one fork-lift. The dismantlers always wantedanother forklift. They often waited for30 minutes or more because the forkliftwas tied up unloading a transport truckor doing other duties. While theywaited, they would divert their effortsto a lower productivity task or just takea break.

They had asked for the forklift andI had dismissed their request as whin-ing. Eventually, however, I listened,and I studied how long they waited touse the forklift.

I asked them to tell me how manyadditional cars they could process perweek with a second forklift. When Ireconciled their numbers against howmany minutes were lost per day peremployee, buying another forklift wasan easy decision. The forklift decisionwas good because we could dismantle

the extra cars using our existing baysmore efficiently since we could not addany more.

Doing this exercise with myemployees and considering how a sec-ond forklift might alter the other met-rics of my business is part of doingbottom up budgeting.

I used the same method when wewere struggling to hit sales targets.Using bottom up budgeting helped mesee that sales growth required hittingdelivery targets. Eventually, we real-ized we needed another truck. Later weimproved per driver deliveries bychanging compensation from hourly topay per stop. After these changes, ourdismantlers and drivers made moremoney, and we earned a higher returnon assets.

Understanding metrics and chang-ing my employee compensation planhelped my business grow at theexpense of my local competitors.Where did I learn to use metrics andget the pay per stop idea? I belonged toa group of auto recyclers that met twicea year to compare metrics and discusssuccessful business growth techniquesspecific to our industry. One of theother members had much better metricsfor per driver deliveries than the rest ofus. He shared the idea with the group,and I made a lot of money applying it.

If your business could benefit fromfresh ideas to lower costs, raise rev-enues, and increase profits, join anindustry specific Peer BenchmarkingReview Group. If you would like tolearn more about how to use metrics tomanage your business better, I will befacilitating these groups for recyclersand other industries in coming months.To make certain that these groups aremade up of non-competitors, we arelimiting participation to one businessowner in each market.

Are you sharing teeth in your operation?

Scrap Metals

MarketWatch

DISCLAIMER: American Recycler (AR) collects pricing and other information from experienced buyers, sellers and facilitators of scrap metal transactionsthroughout the industry. All figures are believed to be reliable and represent approximate pricing based on information obtained by AR (if applicable) prior topublication. Factors such as grades, quality, volumes and other considerations will invariably affect actual transaction prices. Figures shown may not be con-sistent with pricing for commodities associated with a futures market. While the objective is to provide credible information, there is always a chance forhuman error or unforeseen circumstances leading to error or omission. As such, AR is not responsible for the accuracy or completeness of the informationprovided, or for outcomes arising from use of this information. American Recycler disclaims any liability to any person or entity for loss or damage resultingfrom errors or omissions, including those resulting from negligence of AR, its employees, agents or other representatives.

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Commodity Zone 1 Zone 2 Zone 3 Zone 4 Zone 5#1 Bushelings per gross ton $180.00 $175.00 $233.00 $238.00 $275.00#1 Bundles per gross ton 178.00 175.00 229.00 236.00 270.00Plate and Structural per gross ton 200.00 175.00 214.00 224.00 255.00#1 & 2 Mixed Steel per gross ton 205.00 170.00 230.00 235.00 240.00Shredder Bundles (t in) per gross ton 185.00 165.00 180.00 170.00 165.00Crushed Auto Bodies per gross ton 180.00 165.00 180.00 165.00 172.00Steel Turnings per pound 125.00 65.00 72.00 85.00 98.00#1 Copper per pound 2.56 2.26 2.50 2.48 2.55#2 Copper per pound 2.46 2.20 2.43 2.29 2.47Aluminum Cans per pound .51 .49 .51 .50 .63Auto Radiators per pound 1.59 1.45 1.55 1.60 1.58Aluminum Core Radiators per pound .50 .42 .52 .53 .57Heater Cores per pound 1.20 1.20 .85 1.04 1.38Stainless Steel per pound .65 .67 .75 .74 .74All prices are expressed in USD. Printed as a reader service only.

METALS

August steel import figures lowest to date in 2009Based on preliminary Census Bureau

data, the American Iron and Steel Institute(AISI) reported that the United Statesimported a total of 855,000 net tons (NT)of steel in August 2009, including 786,000NT of finished steel (down 14 percent and12 percent vs. July final data).

These were the lowest monthlyimport figures to date in 2009. Total andfinished steel imports on an annualizedbasis are down 51 percent and 44 percent.

Annualized total imports of steel in2009 would be 15.7 million NT. Finishedsteel import market share, which was anestimated 15 percent in August, remains atan estimated 24 percent year-to-datethrough 8 months.

Key finished steel products withincreases in August 2009 compared toJuly include wire rods (up 86 percent),hot rolled sheets (up 44 percent) andcold rolled sheets (up 32 percent).

In August, the largest volumes offinished steel imports from offshorewere from South Korea (84,000 NT, up12 percent), Brazil (37,000 NT, up 358percent) and China (30,000 NT, up 3percent).

Based on the first eight months of2009, finished imports from Chinawould annualize at 1.9 million NT,which would be 61 percent less than in2008 but above any other offshoresupplier.

U.S. IMPORTS OF FINISHED STEEL MILL PRODUCTS BY COUNTRY OF ORIGIN (Thousands of Net Tons)

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843730282115148

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758

308725253243

565890

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49317373571354

1,0092,052

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2,305436

4,8211,6141,122

662827

1,10213,06725,956

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-39.2%-12.8%-60.9%-37.4%-54.3%-39.0%-32.9%-41.5%-40.3%-43.7%

Steel import permit applications upBased on the Commerce Depart-

ment’s most recent Steel Import Moni-toring and Analysis (SIMA) data, theAmerican Iron and Steel Institute (AISI)reported that steel import permit applica-tions for the month of September totaled1,252,000 net tons (NT). This was a 26percent increase from the 997,000 per-mit tons recorded in August 2009 and a47 percent increase from the August pre-liminary imports total of 855,000 NT.

Import permit tonnage for finishedsteel in September was 1,024,000 NT, anincrease of 30 percent from the prelimi-nary imports total of 786,000 NT inAugust. September 2009 total and fin-ished steel import permit tons wouldannualize at 15,629,000 NT and14,344,000 NT, down 51 percent and 45percent, respectively, from the31,927,000 NT and 25,956,000 NTimported in 2008

In September 2009, the largest fin-ished steel import permit applicationsfor offshore countries were for Korea

(64,000 NT, down 24 percent fromAugust), The Netherlands (51,000 NT,up 89 percent), Japan (45,000 NT, up 63percent) and China (44,000 NT, up 45percent). Finished steel import marketshare in September is estimated at 16percent and at 23 percent year-to-date.

Finished steel import permits forproducts that registered increases in Sep-tember vs. the August preliminaryinclude line pipe (93 percent), oil coun-try goods (81 percent), cut length plates(79 percent), heavy structural shapes (68percent), hot dipped galvanized sheets(49 percent) and hot rolled sheets (34percent).

“The September import surge is ofserious concern,” Thomas J. Gibson,AISI president and CEO, said. “Onceagain, we see a significant increase inimports threatening important productmarkets, including, as the data indicates,line pipe, oil country goods and heavystructural shapes, among others.”

Two leading nonprofit environmen-tal organizations, ChemSec and CleanProduction Action, announced a newprecedent-setting research report oncompanies that lead the electronicsindustry by moving away from chemi-cals that can lead to health and environ-mental problems. The report, “GreeningConsumer Electronics: Moving Awayfrom Bromine and Chlorine,” featuresseven companies who have engineeredenvironmental solutions that negate theneed for most – or in some cases all –uses of brominated and chlorinatedchemicals.

High volume uses of bromine andchlorine in flame retardant and plasticresin applications such as brominatedflame retardants (BFRs) and polyvinylchloride (PVC) gained worldwide atten-tion when scientific studies demon-strated their link to the formation ofhighly toxic dioxin compounds. Dioxin,a potent human carcinogen that is toxicin very low amounts, along with otherproblematic compounds, are uninten-tionally released into the environmentduring the burning and smelting of elec-tronic waste.

The current recycling and wasteinfrastructure to safely reuse and recycleobsolete equipment is insufficient for thefastest growing waste stream in theworld.

The following seven companies fea-tured in this report demonstrate bestindustry practices and provide criticalguidance for the development of envi-ronmentally robust and sound industry-wide standards and policies.

Apple – Apple established an inno-vative program that restricts the use ofnearly all bromine and chlorine com-pounds across all their product lines. Assuch, Apple now offers a wide range ofPVC and BFR-free consumer productsincluding iPhones and iPods, as well ascomputers that are free of BFRs andmost uses of PVC.

Sony Ericsson (UK) – Sony Erics-son is not only removing substances ofconcern from their products, but alsotaking on the complicated task of estab-lishing full chemical inventories for alltheir product lines. The company’s prod-ucts are now 99.9 percent BFR-free andwill have no PVC components by theend of 2009.

Seagate – The largest disk drivemanufacturer in the world is now creat-ing new disk drives that no longer usechlorine- and bromine-basedchemistries. This success was largelyfacilitated by the company’s full mate-rial disclosure system.

DSM Engineering Plastics(Netherlands) – This major plasticmaterial manufacturer is among the firstto offer a complete portfolio of engineer-ing plastics that are free of bromine andchlorine. They developed and produceda new high temperature polyamide 4Tpolymer with bromine-free grades forconnectors and sockets as well as a ther-moplastic co-polyester that can be usedas a replacement for PVC-based wireand cables.

Nan Ya (Taiwan) and Indium –Nan Ya, a major laminate manufacturer,and Indium, a high-end manufacturer ofsolder paste and flux, both overcamemajor technical challenges to producebromine and chlorine-free componentsfor printed circuit boards that met thesame reliability standards of their halo-genated counter parts.

Silicon Storage Technology, Inc. –This semiconductor manufacturer wasthe first in the industry to supply Appleand others with bromine-free chips.

The report was produced independ-ently and did not receive funding fromany commercial entities.


EventsCalendar

November 5th-6th4th Asphalt Shingle Recycling Forum byCMRA. Doubletree Hotel Chicago, Chicago,Illinois. www.shinglerecycling.org

November 5th-7th4th China Plastics Recycling Exhibition &Conference (ChinaReplas2009). Hangzhou,China.

November 15th-19th2009 Water Quality TechnologyConference and Exposition (WQTC).Washington State Convention & TradeCenter, Seattle, Washington. 303-347-6138 • www.awwa.org

December 3rdThe 11th Annual Global Energy Awards.Cipriani Wall Street, New York, New York.800-851-2710 • www1.platts.com/GEAWeb

December 14th-15thStormwater Management: Permits andPlans. Crowne Plaza San Diego, San Diego,California. 410-897-0037 • www.aarcherinstitute.com

January 20th-22nd, 20109th International Electronics RecyclingCongress, IERC 2010. Salzburg Congress,Austria. www.icm.ch

January 24th-27thUS Composting Council’s 18th AnnualConference & Tradeshow. WyndhamOrlando Resort, Orlando, Florida.631-737-4931 • compostingcouncil.org

March 28th-30thC&D World Annual Meeting of the CMRA.Rio Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada.630-585-7530 • www.cdrecycling.org

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Coca-Cola unveils OlympicTorch Relay sustainabilityplan and expands hybrids

The Coca-Cola system in Canadawill expand its fleet of hybrid-electricdelivery trucks across Canada andreleased details on its sustainabilityplans for the Vancouver 2010 OlympicTorch Relay.

The Company will expand Canada’slargest fleet of heavy-duty hybrid diesel-electric delivery vehicles. An additional15 hybrid single-axle tractors will beadded to the existing hybrid fleet of 20side-bay trucks and 2 straight trucks.

“The expansion of our hybrid truckfleet across North America is a criticalcomponent of our commitment to reduceour overall carbon footprint by 15 per-cent by the year 2020,” said John Brock,chairman and CEO, Coca-Cola Enter-prises, Inc.

In July, the Company announced itscommitment to achieve its overall corpo-rate responsibility and sustainabilitygoals by the year 2020. Called Commit-ment 2020, goals include a reduction oftheir overall carbon footprint by 15percent. Other Commitment 2020 goalsinclude having a water-neutral impact onlocal communities and recoveringthe equivalent of 100 percent of its pack-aging.

The hybrid delivery trucks use anestimated 30 percent less fuel and pro-duce approximately 30 percent fewer

emissions than standard tractors. Thesefirst-of-their kind vehicles will first bedeployed across five cities – Vancouver,London, Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal.

As Presenting Partner of the Van-couver 2010 Olympic Torch Relay,Coca-Cola hopes to inspire people totake positive action in their communitiesby demonstrating its commitment toactive living and sustainability. Earlierthis year, Coca-Cola announced itsOlympic Games Sustainability Plan.One pillar of the plan is the first carbonneutral Olympic Games activation. Thiscommitment includes carbon neutralactivation of the Olympic Torch.


BY Myles MellorMONTHLY CROSSWORDACROSS1. ___ footprint, the effect one's daily activities have on the environment6. Fossil ___, coal, oil, and natural gas9. ___thermal energy, heat that comes from the earth11. Pacino or Capone12. Cover story13. Fuel ___, a technology that uses an electrochemical process to convert energy into electrical power14. After school non-profit16. Internet address17. Thai people19. Bounce back21. Canadian province, abbr.22. WEEE part24. ___water, waste water that does not contain sewage and can be reused for irrigation after filtration25. "He's a good __ boy..."26. Photo follower28. Exists29. Single, before a vowel30. Normal34. Cleaning essential36. And everything else, abbr.37. Type of plastic resin that can be recycled38. ___-hours, used to measure electricity and natural gas usage41. Energy from the sun43. Compass point44. Means inside, at the beginning of a word45. Bismarck's first name46. Doc48. Code of life49. A belief51. King Henry number?52. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, for short53. Heart problem?55. A recycling operation that sorts the materials by type57. Carbon ___, a charge on fossil fuels based on their carbon content58. Promotional item60. ___ paper, commonly called white office paper61. Position horizontally62. Des Moines dweller64. Not well65. Pea place67. Waste ___, the total flow of waste materials from homes, industry and community activities68. Earth's protective layer

DOWN1. Emissions ___, a limit placed on companies regarding the amount of greenhouse gases it can emit

2. ___ative energy, wind power or solar energy3. College degree4. Hodge-podge5. Sharp flavor6. Land___, dump area7. ___-friendly, aka green8. The, in Paris9. Type of bottles and jars that can by recycled endlessly10. Proprietor15. Expert18. Out and ___20. ___electric energy, electric energy produced by moving water21. Pub purchase23. ___ contaminant, particular matter, dust, fumes, gas, mist, smoke or vapor24. Stared at25. Growth of produce without the use of pesticides or fertilizer27. Recyclable material made from petroleum31. Duplicate

32. Very much (2 words)33. ___composting, the process whereby worms feed on slowly decomposing materials35. Wonderment37. Sound system, for short39. Kind of tube40. Grassy area42. It's all you need?47. Carbon ___, a naturally occurring greenhouse gas in the atmosphere50. Toyota's boxy ride53. Waste ___, the process of identifying types and quantities of items in the waste stream54. Common greeting55. Disordered condition56. Equitable57. Printing error59. Anonymous Jane60. Cousin to pow!63. Or. neighbor66. Light switch option

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BUSINESS BRIEFS

Smurfit-Stone Container Corporationannounced that Tom Gibson has beennamed vice president and general managerof its sheet feeder region, which includesthe company’s Milwaukee IPC and twoIllinois sheet feeder plants.

A 25 year industry veteran, Gibsonhas served in a variety of positions, includ-ing area general manager of Smurfit-Stone’s Springfield, Missouri, containerplants. He most recently served as busi-ness unit sales manager for the company’ssheet feeder region.

Smurfit-Stone names newVP and general manager

Waste Pro’s regional vice president,Tim Dolan, announced that Waste Prohas acquired the former AmericanLaFrance manufacturing facility locatedin Sanford, Florida.

The 77,000 sq. ft. facility is locatedon over 9 acres and will bring over 100jobs with an estimated annual impact ofmore than $3 million for SeminoleCounty.

This location will be used as WastePro’s central Florida regional headquar-ters, housing the truck fleet, maintenanceand administrative operations. Waste Prowill be servicing its municipal service con-tracts with Seminole County, and the citiesof Casselberry, Sanford, Longwood, Win-ter Springs and Deltona, as well as 1,600individual commercial accounts from thisfacility.

Waste Pro combinestwo regional operations

Hallco Industries Inc., Tillamook,Oregon, the originator of the LIVEFLOOR™ conveyor system, has namedRuss Halvorsen president and generalmanager. Halvorsen has 15 years in theconveyor industry and over 10 years in thetrailer industry.

Hallco Industries namesnew president, manager

The Environmental Quality Companyannounced that Mario Romero joins thecompany as vice president of operations.

He will lead EQ’s network of treat-ment, storage and disposal facilitiesincluding Wayne Disposal and MichiganDisposal in Belleville, Michigan, EQResource Recovery in Romulus, Michiganand EQ Detroit.

Romero previously worked withWOW Energies Inc., where he was co-founder, president and CEO. He has overtwenty-five years of experience in envi-ronmental industries, primarily in alter-native fuels, renewable energy,recycling, reuse and resource recovery.He previously held executive positionsat Energis LLC, Safety-Kleen Corp.,Philip Services Corp. and The GNIGroup.

EQ appoints Mario Romeroas VP of operations

The firm of J. Clark & Associates(JCA) will now represent the materialhandling products and services of Win-kle Industries in the midwest.

Winkle finalized agreements nam-ing JCA as business development agentsin Illinois, Indiana, southern Wisconsinand eastern Iowa.

JCA was established in 2007 to spe-cialize in the sale of engineered productsfor the steel and scrap industry. Based inGriffith, Indiana, JCA will representWinkle-engineered mill duty productsfor material handling systems, as well asconsulting services and aftermarket partssupply.

The agreement also authorizesClark to represent LiftTech IndustrialServices, an affiliate of Winkle Indus-tries, which provides technical field sup-port, repair services and maintenancemanagement to the steel, scrap and millrelated industries.

Winkle Industries expandsMidwest sales network

The more you say, the less peopleremember.

—François Fénelon

Astec Industries, Inc. announced theacquisition of Industrial Mechanical &Integration (IMI) located in WalkertonOntario, Canada.

IMI is a small company with uniquemachine technology used to make woodpellets. Rick Minke, President of IMI,and other key employees have agreed toremain with the Company to furtherdevelop and promote this new technol-ogy. IMI has been testing the technologyfor two years and is now making the firstgroup of production machines.

With this acquisition, Astec Industriescan provide a pellet plant that processesmaterial from round wood all the way tothe finished product. The acquisition alsoaids the Company’s effort to grow therenewable fuel portion of the business.

Astec acquires IndustrialMechanical & Integration

The All Family of Companiesannounced the appointment of Mike Krag-uljac as general manager of All CarolinaCrane & Equipment of Raleigh, NorthCarolina. He brings 21 years’ experiencein the crane and construction industries,most recently as operations manager for aManitowoc distributorship where heworked closely with All for most of thoseyears. Previously, he was a mechanic for aconstruction firm, where he gained valu-able knowledge on the equipment mainte-nance side.

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Magnum D’Or Resources, Inc.hired Marc Boulerice as the new produc-tion manager of its Magog facility.Boulerice brings twenty years of experi-ence as a director of manufacturing, spe-cializing in fluid injection molding.

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Waste2Energy Holdings, Inc. hasappointed Peter Bohan to the post ofchief executive officer in addition to hisexisting position as president. The Com-pany has also appointed Craig Brown aschief financial officer.

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RAYCO Manufacturing Inc.announced the addition of Ditch Witchof Houston (DWH) to their worldwidenetwork of dealers.

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Metso and M&J Industries A/S, acompany controlled by Dansk Kapita-lanlaeg, have signed a sale and purchaseagreement according to which Metsowill acquire 100 percent of the shares ofM&J Industries A/S, a Danish company.The value of the transaction is approxi-mately $24 million.

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M&J Industries is located in Horsens,Denmark and has approximately 100employees. Its forecasted net sales in 2009are approximately $40 million.

Metso enters recyclingequipment business

Tube City IMS, LLC announcedthat Electa Boyle has been promoted tovice president of financial operationsand corporate controller. Boyle has abachelor’s degree in accounting fromWest Virginia University and a master’sdegree in business administration fromthe University of Pittsburgh. A certifiedpublic accountant, Boyle joined thecompany in 2008.

Kirk Peters has been promoted tovice president, treasurer and principalaccounting officer. Peters, who joinedthe company in 2005, has a bachelor’sdegree in business administration andaccounting from Bucknell University inLewisburg, Pennsylvania. Peters is a cer-tified public accountant.

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American Ecology Corporationannounced that its board of directors hasadopted a CEO Transition Plan as part ofits officer succession planning whichincludes the appointment of presidentand chief operating officer James R.Baumgardner as chief executive officereffective January 1, 2010. StephenRomano, who will step down as chiefexecutive officer at the end of his currentemployment contract on December 31,2009, will continue to serve as chairmanof the board of directors.

Baumgardner, rejoined AmericanEcology in January 2009 as presidentand chief operating officer responsiblefor disposal facility operations, sales andmarketing and management of strategicacquisitions. Baumgardner served as theCompany’s senior vice president andchief financial officer from 1999 to 2006and worked closely with Romano on thetransformational acquisition of Ameri-can Ecology’s Grand View, Idaho opera-tion in 2001.

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SiCon GmbH, designers and systemsuppliers of recycling plants, has movedinto its new administrative building atthe Hilchenbach (North Rhine-West-phalia) headquarters.

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TerraCycle has chosen London asthe location to expand into the UK andEurope. Think London, a foreign directinvestment agency for London, workedtogether with UK Trade and Investmentto further strengthen London’s positionas a center of excellence for sustainablebusinesses.

Founded in 2001 by Tom Szaky, Ter-raCycle focuses on building a new, moreresponsible way of doing business. Onannouncing its expansion into the UK,TerraCycle will also reveal details of itsfirst commercial partnership, with KraftFoods UK which will see Kenco and Tas-simo coffee packaging diverted away fromlandfill.

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Waste Services, Inc. announced thatit has completed an acquisition of theoperations and related assets of RepublicServices, Inc. in Miami-Dade County,Florida. In a separate transaction, WasteServices, Inc. acquired the Miami-Dadeoperations of DisposAll, Inc.

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Perhaps this slow economy hasbeen the catalyst that has sparked agrowing interest in reclaimed materials.It seems as though all the public educa-tion in green building practices hasengendered a waste not, want not mind-set where reclaiming materials is not justabout cost savings, but is also source ofpride in conserving natural resources.

A broad understanding has beenarrived at by industry – that a great dealof value is going unclaimed. With a littlecommon sense and cooperation,reclaimed materials can be better man-aged and more easily classified as com-modities and approved for reuse. Anincreased emphasis on reclaimed con-struction and demolition (C&D) materi-als could create new jobs and new rev-enue for contractors, recyclers, proces-sors and retailers. Other benefits includeconserving landfill space, lowering dis-posal costs, reducing the environmentalimpact of producing new materials andhelping to lower construction expensesby negating purchases.

Due to the drop in new construction,the demolition and dismantling industriescertainly need a monetary shot in the armand even modest conservation of virginmaterials is a net plus for everyone. Italso appears that the government andbusiness climates are ripe for change.Proactive green-building and urban rede-velopment projects are popping up allover the country, the latter a potentiallyrich source of reclaimed materials as wellas job creation.

Mike Taylor, executive director ofthe National Demolition Association

(NDA), gave an update on the state ofthe industry. “With the economy slow,generation rates have dropped on thematerials we are used to receiving. Weestimate that we generate about 115 mil-lion tons of debris every year and werecycle anywhere from 40 to 50 percent.During these recessionary times it’sprobably less.”

Taylor forecasts a steady recoveryand he is beginning to see some positive

indicators. “We think things will gradu-ally improve as we move into 2010 andare optimistic that by 2011 we will beback on an even keel,” Taylor predicted.

Demolition expects to get its fairshare of stimulus dollars from the Amer-ican Recovery and Reinvestment Act of2009 that allocated approximately $50billion to infrastructure spending onbridges, roads, rail, and other transporta-tion projects. The Department of Energy

also has funds available that NDA hopeswill produce work in building retrofitsfor energy efficiency to earn Leadershipin Energy and Environmental Design(LEED) points.

NDA members also indicate confi-dence in the future. Bookings for boothspace for the 2010 NDA trade show areat or exceeding previous years’ growthbeing led by heavy equipment manufac-

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Regulations and legislation cover-ing construction and demolition(C&D) debris – consisting of bulkyheavy materials, such as concrete,wood, metals, glass and other salvagedcomponents – generated during theconstruction, renovation and demoli-tion of buildings, roads and bridges

are becoming more common across thecountry.

Most of the new regulations arebeing driven at the state and local level,said William Turley, executive directorof the Construction Materials Recy-cling Association. Several cities, forexample, have banned C&D debrisfrom either the disposal of it in landfillsor require a certain amount of materialgenerated from C&D to be recycled.

The Eola, Illinois-based trade asso-ciation estimates that there is more than325 million tons of recoverable C&Dmaterials generated in the United Statesannually. These recyclable materialsinclude aggregates such as concrete,asphalt, wood and metals.

“C&D used to be the quiet wastestream. Not many people were con-cerned about it, as opposed to MSW(municipal solid waste),” Turley said.

“The general public always knew andsupported recycling the material theyput in their blue bins down at the end oftheir driveways, but no one really knewwhat C&D was and what happened toit.”

As more governmental entitieshave become interested in recyclingmore of the waste stream, however,Turley said regulators are starting to

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Reclaimed wood is put through stress testing to ascertain its suitability for use in other projects. Markets for recovered lumber are expected to grow as soon as cur-rent grading standards are updated to include standards for recovered wood.

A Letter fromthe Editor

Hello again Readers,It’s November, the month of

turkey, cranberries, chutney, sweetpotatoes and a host of other deliciousdishes. It’s also a month during whicheveryone is supposed to give thanks, soI thought it would be nice to sit backand take a moment to reflect on thosehappenings that we perhaps ought to bethankful for.

Everyone with an interest in thispublication knows about and should begrateful for the turnaround in the met-als markets. We’re finally seeing morebuying and selling, and with creditunfreezing and with movement in themarkets, we’re on track to see business-as-usual resume. And business-as-usualholds the promise of greater economicsecurity, which is something everyonecan appreciate, particularly right beforethe holiday shopping season.

Anyone with any investmentsshould have taken note of the recentsurge in the stock markets. If you’venoticed your 401(k) coming back fromthe brink, I imagine you’re probablygrateful that your retirement fundshaven’t been wiped out.

And for those of you who keepyour cash stuffed in a mattress buriedsomewhere in the scrap yard, you tooshould also be grateful for the recentstock surges. The markets are an over-all indicator of the health of our econo-my, and with investor confidence onthe rise, hopefully jobs, tax revenuesand a nation’s collective sigh of reliefaren’t far behind.

So enjoy this holiday season, andtry to fill it with time spent in the com-pany of family and friends. If it was abad year, try to see the good in it.Maybe you learned a lesson about effi-ciencies. Perhaps you figured out waysto reduce expenses and cut back over-head. Possibly you were forced into anew business venture that you wouldn’thave otherwise embarked upon.

And for those of you who’ve beendoing just fine, well, gratitude should-n’t be quite so hard to come by. Enjoywhat you’ve earned, and consider help-ing one or more of the charitableorganizations who take care of thosefolks who haven’t fared quite so well.Given the economy’s downswing, Iimagine that there are more people thanusual in need of a Thanksgiving meal.

I hope you enjoy this latest issueof American Recycler. As always, wewelcome comments, questions, criti-cisms and expressions of gratitude, sofeel free to write, call or e-mail meanytime.

Thanks for reading,

Dave FournierFocus Section [email protected]

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While recession abates for somesectors of the American economy, theconstruction equipment industryremains stalled in a deep depressioncaused in part by a scarcity of new fed-eral investment in needed transporta-tion improvements. In fact, 8 percent ofall jobs lost during the recession – or 2out of every 25 – can be traced to thisailing industry, according to a newstudy.

The research – conducted by IHSGlobal Insight, an economic and finan-cial analysis firm – came one day priorto the expiration of federal transporta-tion funding. Congress has yet to pass anew multi-year reauthorization bill, andmany experts consider that legislation tobe the best opportunity for lawmakers tohelp stimulate the slumping constructionsector this year and improve traffic.

To highlight the report’s findingsand rally support for swift governmentaction, construction equipment workersand business leaders have launched theStart Us Up USA! campaign. Led by theAssociated Equipment Distributors(AED) and the Association of Equip-ment Manufacturers (AEM), Start UsUp USA! aims to secure passage of ade-quately funded transportation legislationbefore the spring construction seasonbegins in early 2010.

“The current recession has placed asevere drag on the construction equip-ment industry, which is consequently

holding back the broader economy fromrecovery,” said Scott Hazelton, directorof construction services for IHS GlobalInsight and principal author of the study.Other key findings include:

•The construction equipment indus-try – which includes manufacturing, dis-tribution and equipment service facilities– has shed 37 percent of its workforce.By comparison, auto manufacturing anddealership jobs are down by 16 percent,while job losses in the finance and insur-ance industry amount to 6 percent oftheir workforce.

•Spending on construction equip-ment has fallen by more than 50 percentcompared to its peak in 2006.

•The economic output of this indus-try has contracted by nearly 40 percent

and resulted in the loss of approximately550,000 jobs. That’s eight percent of alljobs lost since the start of the recession.

•In 2008, the construction equip-ment industry contributed $243.3 billionin United States economic output andsupported nearly 1.25 million jobs. Thejobs supported by this industry wereroughly equal to the number of men andwomen employed in manufacturingcomputer and electronic equipment.

IHS Global Insight also analyzedthe impact of the construction equip-ment depression on individual states.From “peak-to-trough” – roughly 2006to 2009 – the states suffering the greatestlosses are California, North Dakota,Texas and Wyoming.

New study finds construction equipmentworkers mired in economic depression

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California 53368 Wyoming 1.17% Texas 53020 West Virginia 1.01% Florida 33063 North Dakota 0.86% Illinois 32974 Iowa 0.69% Pennsylvania 25816 Kentucky 0.64% Ohio 24632 Montana 0.64% New York 23783 South Dakota 0.60% North Carolina 19804 Louisiana 0.59% Georgia 17497 Alabama 0.57% Virginia 16701 Kansas 0.56%

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Texas $11.37 North Dakota 3.77% California $9.23 Iowa 2.62% Illinois $9.22 West Virginia 2.08% Pennsylvania $5.16 Wyoming 1.80% Florida $4.64 South Dakota 1.79% Ohio $4.54 Wisconsin 1.63% New York $4.49 Illinois 1.56% North Carolina $3.84 Oklahoma 1.53% Wisconsin $3.67 Kentucky 1.41% Iowa $3.17 Kansas 1.40%

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Coldfoot Environmental Services,Inc., an asbestos abatement and demolitioncontractor in Anchorage, Alaska, hasagreed to pay a $5,100 penalty and per-form a community service project to settlewith the Environmental Protection Agency(EPA) for alleged violations of the asbestosNational Emission Standard for HazardousAir Pollutants (asbestos NESHAP).

In August 2007 and April 2008,EPA conducted asbestos complianceinspections at three Alaska demolitionsites – Harborview Hospital and PublicWarehouse #2 in Valdez, and the Sub-port Building in Juneau. The results ofthose inspections found that Coldfootfailed to update their written noticeswhen the official start dates hadchanged, making it more difficult forEPA’s inspector to arrive at the righttime to observe the projects. At the hos-pital job-site in Valdez, the contractor

expanded the project to include an addi-tional 75,000 square feet of regulatedasbestos debris in the crawlspace, againwithout updating the notice to EPA.

In addition to paying the fine, Cold-foot will perform a supplemental environ-mental project valued at $14,800. The proj-ect requires Coldfoot to remove asbestosinsulation from a boiler and piping in abuilding owned by a local nonprofit theatergroup located in Anchorage, Alaska. Thetheater group lacks funds to safely removethe asbestos.

Federal regulations require a thoroughinspection of a facility for the presence ofasbestos prior to any demolition or renova-tion activity. Contractors are required toremove and dispose of the material accord-ing to certain requirements such as, care-fully handling, bagging and labeling ofwastes, and properly disposing of them atpermitted landfills.

Alaska asbestos contractoragrees to pay nearly $20,000

A man went to visit a friend and was amazed to find him playing chess with hisdog. He exclaimed, “That's the smartest dog I've ever seen!”

“Nah, he’s not so smart,” the friend replied. “I've beaten him three games out offive.”

—IHS Global Insight, September 2009

The United States EnvironmentalProtection Agency (EPA) recently honoredinnovative green building design ideas thatreduce the environmental and energyimpacts of buildings. These concepts aimto help architects and builders reduce morethan 88 million tons of building-relatedconstruction and demolition debris sent todomestic landfills each year and the cli-mate impacts of buildings and buildingmaterials.

The EPA awards recognize studentand professional designs for buildings andbuilding projects, as well as special cate-gories, including the creation of greenjobs.

“These cutting edge designs are partof a new innovative trend in environmentalprotection,” said Jeff Scott, the EPA’swaste management division director forthe Pacific Southwest region. “Lifecyclebuilding strategies will help all of us getthe most possible out of our naturalresources and ultimately save money.”

Lifecycle building emphasizesdesigning buildings to facilitate disassem-bly and material reuse to minimize waste,energy consumption and associated green-house gas emissions. Also known asdesign for disassembly and design fordeconstruction, lifecycle building createshigh-performance buildings today that arestocks of resources for the future. The EPArecently reported that doubling the reuse

and recycling of construction and demoli-tion debris would result in an emissionssavings of 150 million metric tons of CO2equivalent per year, equal to the entireannual carbon emissions from the state ofNorth Carolina.

The EPA, along with its partners, theAmerican Institute of Architects, WestCoast Green, the Collaborative for HighPerformance Schools and stopwaste.org,invited professionals and students nation-wide to submit designs and ideas that sup-port cost-effective disassembly and antici-pate future use of building materials. Thecompetition was open to architects, reuseexperts, engineers, designers, planners,contractors, builders, educators, environ-mental advocates and students. This year,the competition was extended to includeinternational participants who hailed fromSingapore, Taiwan, Argentina, Columbia,France, Egypt and the United Kingdom.

The winning designs were recentlyfeatured at a poster session at West CoastGreen, the largest conference on greeninnovation for the built environment.

Professional Product Winner – TheModular Temporary ConstructionWall/Barricade by Douglas Spear andAaron Barnes, ENVY Modular Wall Sys-tems LLC, Las Vegas, Nevada.

This modular temporary constructionwall system consists of panels and extrud-ed joining parts that are recyclable,reusable and can be recycled into newproducts with zero waste. It replaces wallsystems that are used for a short period oftime (1-18 months) and often end up in alandfill. Replacing conventional materialsused to create temporary walls savesapproximately 1 ton of material from thelandfill per 70 linear feet of standard

height wall. The modular temporary con-struction wall system is being used in theMGM Mirage City Center Project in LasVegas, where it will conserve over 100tons of construction debris.

Outstanding Achievement Awardfor Best Green Job Creation – ReAni-mateLA: Center for Ecological & UrbanRecovery by Hayley Stewart, Cal PolyPomona, Pomona, California.

ReAnimate LA would create up to100 green jobs maintaining the sustainableelements of the building, such as theextraction and reuse of salvaged materialsin construction, photovoltaic and ground-source heat pump systems, and bioremedi-ation planting. ReAnimate LA speaks tothe changing public values on environ-mental policy and the urban networks thatare essential in bringing back value to alocalized, organic way of life in the Amer-ican city.

Student Building Honorable Men-tion – The Political Ply Arid Zone ShadeStructure by Jason Griffiths, Arizona StateUniversity, Tempe, Arizona.

Political Ply explores methods of re-purposing existing political campaignsigns to form a temporary arid-zone shadestructure. The structure is composed ofhexagons and each cell has a self con-tained cooling structure. The project isdesigned for disassembly, and each hexag-onal cell is tapered to allow cells to stacktogether for convenient transportation.

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RemodelorMove.com’s UnitedStates Remodeling Activity Report™, asampling of remodeling permits in theUnited States, was issued for the sec-ond quarter 2009, revealing an increasein remodeling activity in certainregions of America for the first time inmore than a year.

According to RemodelorMove.com’sRemodeling Activity Report, the valueof remodeling projects in the Statesincreased in the second quarter overthe first quarter of 2009. The size ofthese projects is the most notablechange – the average expenditure byhomeowners in the sampled regionsfor permitted remodeling projects wasmore than 20 percent greater thanspent in the same quarter of both 2007and 2008.

The report’s authors said, “Thisincreased activity was not surprising,however, as predicted by the Spring2009 Remodeling Sentiment Report,which reported a 5 percent increase inthe number of homeowners who

reported they were likely to remodel inthe next 12 months.”

According to research, recent gov-ernment stimulus packages, rebates forenergy efficient remodels and steepreductions in overall remodeling costshave encouraged many homeowners tobegin remodeling projects in the sec-ond quarter of 2009 that were previ-ously on hold.

According to the report, theNortheast and Southwest regionsshow the most signs of improvementin remodeling expenditures during thesecond quarter of 2009 compared tothe same quarter in 2008. The rest ofthe country has yet to see much of arecovery, while remodeling in theSoutheast remains in decline.

RemodelorMove.com’s forward-looking Remodeling Sentiment Reportwill provide additional insight on thestrength and duration of the economicrecovery as it relates to Americanhome remodeling market through theend of 2009 and 2010.

Home remodels recoverin second quarter 2009

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The owner of a Chattanooga, Ten-nessee salvage and demolition company,Watkins Street Project LLC, pleadedguilty in federal court in Chattanooga,for conspiring to violate the Clean AirAct and to defraud the United States.

Gary Fillers pleaded guilty beforeUnited States District Judge Collier forthe Eastern District of Tennessee to onecriminal felony count for conspiring toviolate the Clean Air Act’s “work prac-tice standards” related to the properstripping, bagging, removal and disposalof asbestos.

According to the charges, Fillersand other co-conspirators engaged in ayear-long scheme in which substantialamounts of regulated asbestos-contain-ing materials were removed from theformer Standard Coosa Thatcher Plantwithout following the Clean Air Actand the regulations governing Environ-mental Protection Agency notificationrequirements; removing all asbestosprior to demolition; and stripping, bag-ging, removal and disposal of suchasbestos.

Fillers faces up to five years inprison and a fine of up to $250,000 ortwice the gross gain or loss to the vic-tims. The plea is related to the indict-ment of Watkins Street Project LLC,Mathis Companies Inc., Donald Fillers,James Mathis and David Wood. All ofthese defendants pleaded not guilty torelated conspiracy, Clean Air Act, falsestatements and obstruction of justicecharges on September 14, 2009. Trial isset to begin on November 18, 2009,before Judge Collier.

Owner of Tennesseedemolition companypleads guilty

Construction and demolition recy-clers work in conditions of dust, dirt,noise and danger. But the stress on theequipment is worse. While grindersand other size reducers ultimately canhelp turn lumps of concrete, steel,wood and other materials into an easi-ly recyclable size, construction anddemolition debris typically starts offin a size format too large for efficientsize reduction.

That’s where mobile constructionand demolition shears come in. Thesepowerful hydraulic cutters attach toexcavators, front-end loaders, skidsteers and other wheeled equipment,allowing construction and demolitionrecyclers to bring tremendous shearingpower wherever it’s needed. Theyserve as replacements or additions toother tools and techniques such assaws and cutting torches. Items suchas steel rebar, steel I-beams, concreteblock, bricks, poured concrete, pipe,railroad ties, wire and even steel platesare all susceptible to cutting withhandy and efficient mobile C&Dshears.

“It’s a tremendous tool for dis-mantling a structure such as a bridge,a parking ramp or buildings,” saidCurt Helmen, inside salesperson withGenesis Attachments in Superior, Wis-consin. “Shears cut the material withno open flame. They take the place ofa number of torch cutters, which isexpensive and can even be dangerous.A shear is much quieter and safer andmuch, much faster.”

Genesis’ shears draw their powerfrom the hydraulic system of an exca-vator or other equipment. The compa-ny makes 11 sizes, each available withor without rotation for a total of 22different size models. “We fitmachines from skid steer loaders to

excavators over 500,000 pounds inweight,” Helmen said.

Genesis’ XP Mobile Shear fea-tures a patented bolt-on piercing tipthat can be replaced without grindingor welding. The cutting blades arefour-way indexable to provide fouruseable cutting edges. An auto-lubesystem reduces maintenance, andspeedy cycle times increase the num-ber of cuts-per-hour operators canexpect, the company said. Modelsrange from the GXP 200, suitable forexcavators 25,000 lbs. to 40,000 lbs.

to the GXP 2500Rwhich itself weighs54,000 lbs. and can bemounted on excava-tors from 240,000 lbs.to 360,000 lbs. The“R” series of XPshears allow for con-tinuous 360 rotation.

Helmen said thecompany’s main chal-lenges are unsafeusage or poor mainte-nance. It addresses

these issues, in part, by offering exten-sive customer training in safe opera-tion and proper maintenance.

Business has slowed lately but ispicking up, he said. “We pretty muchride the same wave as the price ofscrap steel, which has strengthened inthe past months, so we are busier thanwe were, but not as busy as we were acouple of years ago,” he said.

Rob Murray, product line manag-er at Stanley LaBounty in Two Har-bors, Minnesota, said the Company’s

mobile shears offer extended longevityto wear parts, as well as cutting advan-tages, with the help of a patentedblade-lubrication system. “You’re notcutting dry metal on dry metal so itcuts easier,” Murray explains.

The feature allows blade-lubricat-ed versions of Stanley Labounty’sextensive line of mobile shears to han-dle tougher cutting jobs than similarnon-lubricated models. In addition,the lubrication reduces wear on theexcavator hydraulic system. “Some ofthat stems from the fact that whenyour blades and jaws are lubricated,you overcome binding of dry metal todry metal, which creates hydraulicspike pressures back to the excavator.That is nonexistent in the lubricatedmodel,” said Murray. Stanley Laboun-ty has offered Saber Lube since about2006.

The Saber-Lube feature is avail-able on most of Stanley’s MSD Saberline of sheers. “But it’s not availableon the very small sheers that go onmini-excavators and skid steers,” hesaid. Stanley Labounty MSD Sabershear ranges from the MSD 7R forvehicles up to 15,000 lbs., to the MSD9500-SL, a blade-lubricated designsuitable for excavators up to 170,000lbs.

The company also employs spe-cial blade designs. “The advantage onthe blade patents is twofold,” saidMurray. “One is that it totally encom-passes all the wear areas, makingthose wear areas bolt-on surfaces. Thesecond advantage of that feature is

that the way it’s designed, it doesn’tdepend on the bolt on retract, so youdon’t bend or break the bolts.”

Murray said Stanley Labounty’sbusiness has also slowed along withthe market for recycled steel. “Ithasn’t totally rebounded yet, but themarket has shown some relief,” hesaid. “In 2010, it will still be comingback from the low of last year.”

Through the downturn, demoli-tion has been a relatively healthy busi-ness for Stanley Labounty. “Basically,all demolition has stayed fairlystrong,” he said. “I’m not going to sayit was as strong as it was, but it didn’tfall as hard as the scrap.”

Stanley Labounty’s history ofinnovation in the field will continue,Murray said, with the futureannouncement of significant refine-ments to its mobile shear product linein the works. “We do have some newdesigns we’re working on,” he said,“but nothing that we’re ready torelease.”

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Morphosis Architects, under thedirection of architect and UCLA profes-sor Thom Mayne, has completed thefirst floating house permitted in theUnited States for the Make It RightFoundation in New Orleans. TheFLOAT House is a new model forflood-safe, affordable and sustainablehousing that is designed to float secure-ly with rising water levels.

Mayne led a team from MorphosisArchitects and graduate students fromUCLA Architecture and Urban Designin this innovative housing project tohelp with the rebuilding of the LowerNinth Ward post-Hurricane Katrina.The concept emerged from a study ofthe flooding record, social and culturalhistory of the city, and the ecology ofthe Mississippi Delta.

In the event of flooding, the baseof the house – reconceived as a chassis– acts as a raft, allowing the house torise vertically on guide posts, securelyfloating up to twelve feet as water lev-els rise. While not designed for occu-pants to remain in the home during ahurricane, this innovative structureaims to minimize catastrophic damageand preserve the homeowner’s invest-ment in their property. This approachalso allows for the early return of occu-

pants in the aftermath of a hurricane orflood.

Designed in response to NinthWard residents’ specific needs, theFLOAT House serves as a scalable pro-totype that can be mass-produced andadapted to the needs of communitiesworld-wide facing similar challenges.On track for a LEED platinum rating,the state-of-the-art home uses high-per-formance systems, energy efficientappliances, and prefabrication methodsto produce an affordable, sustainablehouse that generates its own power,minimizes resource consumption andcollects its own water.

Like the traditional New Orleans“shotgun” house, the FLOAT House sitson a raised four-foot base, preservingthe community’s vital front porch cul-ture and facilitating accessibility forelderly and disabled residents. Thishigh-performance “chassis” is a prefab-ricated module, made from polystyrenefoam coated in glass fiber reinforcedconcrete, which hosts all of the essentialequipment to supply power, water andfresh air. The chassis is engineered tosupport a range of home configurations.

Of his involvement with the proj-ect, Thom Mayne said, “The immensepossibilities of the Make It Right initia-tive became immediately apparent tous: how to re-occupy the Lower 9thWard given its precarious ecologicalcondition? The reality of rising waterlevels presents a serious threat forcoastal cities around the world. Theseenvironmental implications require rad-ical solutions. In response, we devel-oped a highly performative, 1,000square foot house that is technically

innovative in terms of its safety factor –its ability to float – as well as its sus-tainability, mass production and methodof assembly.”

While the Morphosis floatinghouse is the first to be permitted in theUnited States, the technology wasdeveloped and is in use in the Nether-lands where architects and developersare working to address an increaseddemand for housing in the face of risingsea levels associated with climatechange.

The chassis was designed and builtby Morphosis Architects and UCLAgraduate students on the UCLA cam-

pus. In July 2009 the chassis was trans-ported to New Orleans where prefabri-cated modules designed by the groupwere assembled on-site. Constructionservices were donated by general con-tractor Clark Construction Group, Inc.

Mayne’s Morphosis was amongthirteen local, national and internation-al architects selected to participate inthe first stage of the Make It Right proj-ect. The architecture firms were calledupon to re-imagine traditional NewOrleans housing types, such as the“shotgun” house, to provide affordable,sustainable and high design qualityhousing.

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FLOAT house completed: Hopes to mitigate flood damage

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In the event of flooding, the base of the house acts as a raft and allows the house to rise vertically onguide posts – up to twelve feet – as water levels rise.

The FLOAT House sits on a raised four-foot base, pre-serving the community’s vital front porch culture.

The home hosts all of the essential equipment tosupply power, water and fresh air.


Fast, Safe, Impact-Free Filling of ContainersSTECO Scrapper® CL20 is an innovative, complete container loading system designed to safely and quickly load 20-foot standard overseas shipping containers to their maximum capacity while minimizing damage to container walls or floors. The two-part system is comprised of the transfer-trailer base and the container packer/loading sleeve (CL unit).

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Ideal Recycling, anasphalt shingle recyclingoperation in Michigan, wasformed in 2006 by partnersChris Edwards and ToddFoster, but dealing with stateregulations delayed theopening of the recyclingfacility until June of 2008.

Edwards explained,“They looked at it as solidwaste. It was consideredgarbage.” That definitionmeant that the material had to be handled differently than something that wasclassified as recyclable. Finally, the shingles were classified as “site source sep-arated material” which cleared the way for the recycling to begin.

While Ideal is the first asphalt shingle recycler in Michigan, Edwards saidthat there are similar companies in 13 or 14 other states, and when he and Fos-ter were researching the process of recycling shingles, they got a lot of helpfrom one company in Maine who is in the business. Even government officialsin Maine helped – the head of environmental quality for the state agreed to talkwith counterparts in Michigan.

Today, Ideal is taking in shingles from about a half-dozen local roofingcompanies. Edwards said that while Ideal charges the roofers, “it’s cheaper forthem than landfills.” Another benefit is that homeowners may prefer a contractorwho recycles over one that hauls everything to a landfill.

When the shingles come in to Ideal, employees sort out the tar paper andother debris, and the shingles are ground. Right now, all the material is manual-ly sorted, but Edwards would like to find a way to streamline the process in thefuture. Nails are removed after grinding, and the ground shingle material is soldfor use in commercial parking lots.

Edwards said that other markets arepossible, including use in roadway mate-rial, cold-patch, a road de-icer, and asdust control on unpaved roads. But fornow, state regulations limit the use of thematerial. He also said that asphalt shinglematerial burns cleaner than coal and pro-duces more BTUs. “It’s a slow process,”Edwards said of working on changingregulations, but “it’s been done in otherstates.”

Edwards said that the east coast isahead of Michigan in terms of recycling,because in Michigan “it’s cheaper for theconsumer to throw it away.” But a tour ofsome landfills convinced Edwards that

there was too much being discarded that could be recycled. “There’s not a lotthat you throw away that can’t be recycled.”

He also said that education is key. People have a negative opinion of asphaltshingles that is hard to change. “We’re fighting opinion instead of fact.” But headmitted that before he got into the business, he was less interested in recyclingthan he is now. “It’s exciting to me now,” he said.

However, it’s been a challenge to get some of the contractors to understandthat the shingles aren’t garbage anymore, and need to be kept separate at thejob-site. “We have to recycle 90 percent of what comes into our yard,” Edwardsexplained. So if there’s too much trash mixed with the shingles, it has to go to alandfill rather than be sorted and recycled. “When we deal directly with theroofers, the loads are cleaner,” he said.

Homeowners also play a role. Edwards said that homeowners sometimescall him to say that they want their shingles recycled, and he would like to seemore of that attitude in the future. However, when a dumpster appears in aneighborhood “the whole neighborhood thinks it a trash dumpster” and theloads can be contaminated, even if the homeowner and the roofer have goodintentions.

Before founding Ideal, Edwards worked in the automotive industry for 11years, but ended up moving from job to job as shops closed up. “Todd was awaste hauler,” Edwards said of his business partner. Foster had owned his ownwaste hauling company, then sold it and worked for someone else, but foundthat he liked being his own boss.

Looking to the future, Edwards said, “we hope to become a full C&D recy-cler.”

A Closer Look


Ideal RecyclingChris Edwards • 248-396-2240

by Donna Currie

—Chris Edwards and Todd Foster

realize that C&D presents an additionalopportunity for states and municipali-ties to increase their recycling rates.

Many of the regulations, however,only impact one part of the recyclingprocess, Turley said, noting that recy-cling consists of three parts; generation,processing into a product, and end use.But only the generator is being requiredto recycle C&D debris.

“On the one hand we have govern-ment agencies requiring the recyclingof C&D materials, but on the otherhand we have government agencies thatshould be the biggest consumers ofrecycled C&D products,” Turley said.“There should be more of a focus onincreasing the demand for recycledproducts, rather than on requiring recy-cling.”

One example is the state highwaydepartments. Recycled concrete couldbe used as a roadbase product in high-way projects. Turley said it has suitableengineering characteristics to replacevirgin aggregates and is almost alwayscheaper. Therefore, the highway depart-ments could help with recycling effortsby using more C&D materials.

Approximately 170 million tons ofbuilding-related C&D materials weregenerated in 2003, according to the lat-est figures gathered by the Environmen-tal Protection Agency (EPA). Of thatamount, 48 percent of it was recovered.

The federal government does nottrack the number of regulations con-cerning C&D debris, said KimCochran, an environmental engineer forthe EPA in Washington D.C. Nor doesthe EPA have any plans to regulateC&D, she said, noting many of theordinances concerning C&D by statesare relatively new. The EPA, however,actively works with the states to sup-port their various efforts to increaseC&D recycling.

“Recycling C&D materials createsgreen jobs, provides lower-cost materi-als, decreases the need for landfillspace within communities, reducesgreenhouse gas emissions, conservesenergy, and conserves naturalresources,” Cochran said.

Examples of regulations promotingC&D recycling at the state level includelandfill disposal bans on various C&Dmaterials, state recycling goals or man-dates, requirements for governmentalbuildings to achieve some level ofgreen building status, and requirementsthat state procurement agencies pur-chase recycled materials.

One of the most prominent exam-ples is Massachusetts, Cochran said. Ithas implemented a combination of reg-ulations to increase C&D recycling,including implementing recyclinggoals, landfill disposal bans for various

C&D materials, and requirements forthe state procurement agency to pur-chase recycled C&D material.

In addition to states, cities andcounties have implemented ordinances,Cochran said. Examples include requir-ing contractors to submit constructionwaste management plans with theirbuilding permit applications, requiringcontractors to pay a deposit when filingfor a building permit, requiring govern-mental buildings to achieve some levelof green building status, and placingbans on landfill disposal of C&D mate-rials.

Regulation of the C&D wastestream has slowed down recently, saidMike Taylor, executive director of theNational Demolition Association. TheDoylestown, Pennsylvania-based tradeassociation represents more than 1,000companies.

A number of states had a flurry ofregulations concerning C&D debrisseveral years ago, Taylor said, givingCalifornia as an example. The statemandates that by 2010, 60 percent ofeach county’s waste has to be recycled,including C&D debris.

Across the country there are cur-rently 38 states that have specific regu-lations concerning C&D debris. Taylorsaid that the regulations can be verybrief, from one or two sentences, tovery elaborate regulations, encompass-ing hundreds of pages.

“I think the trend now is to pro-mote more recycling of these materi-als,” Taylor said. “You haven’t seen thatpushed from a regulatory standpoint. Ithink state governments are trying todevelop systems whereby they providemarket support.”

The recession took the wind out ofa lot of the efforts to regulate C&Dmaterials, Taylor said, adding that thedownturn in the economy has alsocaused a drop in companies using recy-clables that are produced from munici-pal recycling centers.

The National Demolition Associa-tion has identified 14 constituents of astructure from a technological stand-point that can be recycled. Right now,however, there are only two or threematerials from the C&D debris that areprofitable to recycle, including thesmallest piece of metal to other aggre-gate materials like concrete and brick.

Taylor said it might be helpful ifthe EPA developed a national C&Drecycling policy. This might help someof the states and other local entitiesremove some of the administrative bar-riers currently in place and help set upsome economic incentives.

“Over time more of these C&Dcommodities would start to appear inbuildings and you would lessen the bur-den on landfills and people would getused to using them. That’s a lot betterthan putting this stuff in a hole in theground,” Taylor said.

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turers. The association which representsmore than 1,100 demolition and generalcontractors, civil engineering firms,recycling companies, landfill operatorsand salvage operations in the UnitedStates and Canada is now sharplyfocused on public policy issues towardsincreasing the volume of demolishedmaterials that can be reused or recycled.“We want to work with federal EPA,state environmental protection agenciesand local agencies to determine the nextsteps,” Taylor said.

The next steps towards increasingthe volumes of marketable, profitablecommodities derived from construction,demolition and dismantling appear torequire several essential agreements: abroad recognition, especially by stateand local agencies such as highwaydepartments, planning boards and build-ing inspectors that quality, reliable, non-hazardous supplies of these recycledmaterials will be available as strongerdemand emerges from them, and that itis in the public interest to purchase thesematerials; a commitment by demolitioncontractors, reclaimers and recyclingentrepreneurs to deliver commoditiesthat meet expected quality control stan-dards and faster, simpler procedures forapproving or certifying reused materialsfor use in new construction.

Overriding everything is the factthat the transaction should be primarily alocal one, because the costs associatedwith transporting heavy materials overlong distances negate some of the posi-tive aspects of using non-virgin materi-als.

Demolishing and dismantling struc-tures result in a dozen or so potentiallymarketable commodities. Unfortunately,only a few can be practically monetizedin volume: metal, concrete, asphalt andwood. Aside from scrap metal, muchstill goes to landfills whereas much morecould be recovered, recycled or reused inmore profitable applications.

Most ferrous and non-ferrous met-als from the largest I-beam to the small-est fixture usually find their way to ascrap dealer. Architectural elements ofvalue such as doors, windows, staircas-es and fixtures are often salvaged andfind ready markets. However, as appre-ciation for these items increase, and asmore dismantling companies areformed and retail outlets are estab-lished, industry experts believe thatlarger markets are likely.

The EPA estimates that well over100 million tons of concrete are recycledevery year, but much greater and higher-value recovery is needed. Concrete andbrick can be crushed at the site and usedthere as fill or as a grading aggregate fornew construction. This efficient usageavoids carting and disposal, and reducesor eliminates the need to buy and truckstone. In many areas of the countrywhere virgin aggregates are scarce,therefore more expensive, concrete rub-ble is in high demand for back-fill,drainage or processing. It only pays totruck it short distances, however, usuallyless than 50 miles, before fuel and laborcosts erode profit.

Having well-distributed concretecrushing plants is crucial to higher valueand higher volumes. Modern concreteprocessors can effectively recover metalslike rebar, as scrap as well as grind outconsistent, quality products rangingfrom riprap to various sized aggregatesthat can be used for construction androad building, if approved by the localgoverning agencies.

“All of this material can be gradedto size for sub-base on roads, parkinglots and as an additive for the wearingcourse. Our plan is to get the FederalHighway Administration, state depart-ments of transportation and AmericanAssociation of State Highway andTransportation Officials to look at thequality control issues they need to haveto guarantee that roads will be safe. If itlasts as long as virgin material, why notuse it? It makes a lot more sense,” Taylorstated.

Asphalt recovered from pavement,roof shingles and roofing felt has a wait-ing market if an asphalt plant is closeenough to justify the transport cost. Pub-lic policy encouraging the recycling ofasphalt could lead to new plants andmore recovery.

Reclaimed wood presents one of themost complex challenges. One of thecountry’s leading experts on reclaimedlumber is Bob Falk, a research engineerat the USDA Forest Products Laboratoryin Madison, Wisconsin. Falk is alsopresident of the Building MaterialsReuse Association (BMRA) and authorof ‘Unbuilding: Salvaging the Architec-tural Treasures of Unwanted Houses’(Taunton Press).

There is scant data on the size of thereclaimed lumber sector, but from anec-dotal evidence there has been hugegrowth over the past decade in the num-ber of new dismantlers, wholesale andretail outlets. The BMRA website(www.bmra.org) directory lists over1,000 organizations related to reclaimedlumber that Falk admits is woefullyincomplete.

“There’s been growing interest inour association and the reuse industry asa whole. We hold a national conferenceevery two years and people attend fromall over the country and around theworld. The spectrum of people interestedin reuse is growing and we are seeing alot more federal and local governmentagencies getting involved – representa-tives from the EPA, local municipalities,recycling coordinators, architects,builders, and those interested in greenbuildings,” said Falk.

BMRA is collaborating on fiveDepartment of Labor grants under theRecovery Act to develop a national train-ing standard for worker safety andindustry recognized procedures fordeconstruction and building material sal-vage. There are hundreds of thousandsof buildings in rust belt cities that needto come down. In Chicago alone, for

example, 600 structures need to beremoved for the O’Hare Airport expan-sion. BMRA believes that even minimaltraining can prepare workers, createjobs, reclaim useful materials and transi-tion people to jobs in new constructionas well as create new small businesses inurban areas.

While there is a brisk market forreclaimed building materials, a hurdlefacing the reuse industry is gettingreclaimed lumber formally recognized innational and local building codes forreuse in house framing and other struc-tural applications. Currently, allowableuse varies by jurisdictional codes, orindividual support beams must beapproved by an engineer on a per projectbasis and then approved by the permit-ting agency. Many old beams are re-sawn for flooring and wood such as barnsiding used for decoration usually do notpresent code problems.

Grading rules for lumber have beencarefully developed over 200 years andare regulated by the Department ofCommerce through the American Lum-ber Standards Committee (ALSC) whichis composed of members from govern-ment and the wood industry. In turn, theALSC accredits 20 regional lumbergrading agencies in America that assurelumber quality through a grading and alumber stamping process.

Some agencies are more interestedin reclaimed lumber than others. TheWest Coast Lumber Inspection Bureau,for example, will grade old lumber usingexisting grading rules. They can be hiredto provide structural ratings. But otherrating agencies do not deal with old lum-ber. There is no uniform standard forreclaimed lumber. That’s the main prob-lem. “We would see a lot more lumbersalvaged if existing grading rules were

amended to reflect the use of reclaimedlumber,” said Falk. “This will require acombined effort of the wood industry,the grading agencies, and the reuseindustry. The market is there. Most peo-ple I talk to at reuse stores tell me that ifthey get reclaimed lumber in it’s gone ina few days. In many cases, it’s sold atnew lumber retail prices.”

Falk has been working to get thewood industry to proformaly recognizereclaimed in the grading standards. Atthe USDA Forest Products Laboratory,he has graded and tested thousands ofpieces of reclaimed wood to evaluate itsstrength relative to new lumber and con-cluded it is suitable for single-familyconstruction. Many people think thatlumber from big, old growth trees has tobe better than new wood. In many casesit is, both in strength and appearance. Insome cases it is not, since it has beenthrough a lifetime of use, damaged whennailed in place and may have beendrilled for wires and pipes and perhapsfurther damaged when dismantled.“There is some statistical strength loss,but not enough loss to say it cannot beused again. We just have to adjust whereand how it is used,” Falk believes.

If reclaimed wood can be certifiedby professional graders, more of it willcome into use. “In time, we will get tothe point where reclaimed lumber willbe graded as it is generated, be treatedlike any other lumber and go into seconduse construction. First, we have to getthis lumber recognized in our buildingcodes as adequate for structural reuse,then our industry needs to generateenough volume so it makes economicsense to bring in professional gradersto lower the cost per piece,” Falkconcluded.


Serious reuse■Continued from Page 1

There is no uniform standardfor reclaimed lumber. That’sthe main problem. Existinggrade rules need to reflect

the use of reclaimed lumber.

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