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As smart phones get smarter andsmaller, they also get slimmer, more fragileand more prone to breaking. But most willbecome obsolete and be upgraded to newer,more powerful devices before they crack.The same can be said for regular cell phones,pagers, PDAs, e-readers, mobile MP3 play-ers and the new breed of wearable electronicsnow entering the marketplace. Whereverthere is a mobile device, and they are seem-ingly everywhere in ever growing quantitiesand configurations, they are destined to betrashed, refurbished or shredded to recovermaterials. It all adds up to a boom in businessfor e-recyclers.

According to the U.S. EnvironmentalProtection Agency (EPA), mobile phones areusually replaced every 18 months, yet nearly66 percent of men believe that their currentwallet will outlast their smartphone and 53percent of women believe their current pursewill last longer than their smartphone.Turnover times get shorter each year and techsavvy enthusiasts constantly upgrade to themost recently released devices.

Mobile devices are a prized recyclablecommodity because they can contain smallbut valuable amounts of various preciousmetals, including silver, gold, palladium,platinum, tin, copper and more. Plastics andglass are other valuable materials found incell phone casings and screens. But beyondgrowth in recovering materials, refurbishingand reselling small devices is a rapidly grow-ing business and highly profitable for manyrecyclers.

The Pew Research Center reported that91 percent of all adults in the U.S. owned acell phone in 2013. Although manufacturersproduce a massive variety from basic cellphones to fully-featured touch-screen smartphones to other mobile devices, environmen-tal organizations recommend reusing or recy-

cling phones rather than discarding themwhenever practical. This conserves materialsand lessens the environmental impact tolandfills and prevents a witch’s brew of toxicsubstances from leeching into water supplies.These can include lithium, cobalt, cadmium,mercury, beryllium, arsenic, bromides, tantalum and antimony.

The U.S. EPA’s latest estimate of themobile phones collected for recycling in2009, found that 38 percent were refurbishedor reused and the remaining 62 percent wererecycled.

Being small by nature, these wirelessdevices and accessories are too often thrownin the trash, but there are nationwide effortsto further educate the public to recycle, eitherto have devices refurbished for continueduse, or responsibly dismantled to recovervaluable feedstocks. Most major wirelesscarriers and many electronic retailers haveinstituted free, drop-off or mail-in programsto recycle handsets, tablets and netbooks aswell as chargers, batteries and accessories.Unfortunately, many national and Internetretailers that sell these devices are not provid-ing recycling services.

Before recycling, all users are urged toerase all stored information, remove SIMcards and restore the device to factory set-tings. If not cleared of personal information,an R2 or eSteward certified electronics recy-cler will automatically wipe all user content.

Tolena Thorburn, senior communica-tions manager at T-Mobile USA shared, “Ourhandset recycling and reuse program pro-vides the opportunity for our customers tobring their used handsets to any T-Mobilelocation in the United States and Puerto Rico.

In 2013, we took back more than 5.2 millionhandsets and refurbished, resold or invento-ried for future use about 90.2 percent ofthem. We then disassembled and processedresponsibly to recover precious metals fromthe remaining 9.8 percent of the returnedhandsets. In total, our recycling rate was 21.6percent in 2013.

“Our recycler is R2 certified. The R2Standard sets forth requirements relating toenvironmental, health, safety and securityaspects of electronics recycling. R2 alsorequires e-recyclers to assure that the moretoxic material streams are managed safelyand responsibly by downstream vendors, allthe way to final disposition. It also prohibitse-recyclers and their downstream vendorsfrom exporting these more toxic materials tocountries that have enacted laws making theirimport illegal.”

But perhaps the advent of new technol-ogy can help recycle older technology? TakeecoATM as an example. It’s the first com-pany to create an automated self-serve kiosksystem that uses patented, advanced machinevision, electronic diagnostics, and artificialintelligence to evaluate and pay cash for oldand unused electronics.

Founded in 2009, ecoATM became asubsidiary of Outerwall, Inc in 2013, a majorprovider of automated retail solutions. Thusfar, ecoATM kiosks have collected over twomillion mobile devices. And collection issnowballing according to Amy Rice, com-pany spokesperson. “It took from 2009 toApril, 2013 for us to collect our first millionunits, however we reached two million byJanuary of this year.”

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WHAT’S INSIDEFlorida passes legislation toprotect workers. Page A5Carton recycling access reaches50 percent milestone. Page A8Plant will recycle 100 millionpounds of bottles annually.Page A10Steel imports increase 7 percentin May. Page A14Wind power growth still surgingwhere supported. Page B3

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Located in high traffic areas, ecoATM machines offer a convenient way to recycle mobile devices andreceive cash for reusable products. PHOTO COURTESY OF ECOATM

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Shaw Industries Group, Inc. willexpand its robust reclamation and recycling program to include a newEvergreen facility in Ringgold, Geor-gia. The Berkshire Hathaway companywill create at least 70 new full time jobsand invest over $17 million into thefacility.

Shaw has recycled more than 700million pounds of carpet since 2006 viathe company’s take-back program andan expansive reclamation network. As anaddition to Shaw’s portfolio of recyclingsolutions, Evergreen Ringgold will givethe company a flexible recycling solu-tion that is capable of recycling nylonand polyester carpet.

Complementing Shaw’s carpetrecycling portfolio, Evergreen Ringgoldwill create a high purity post-consumerrecycled material that can be used in abroad range of applications. The facilitywill be operational in 2015 and will belocated in what was previously ShawPlant 37 – a rug distribution center.

Shaw has committed to 100 percentof its products being designed to Cradleto Cradle protocols by 2030.

Carl Campbell, senior project man-ager for the existing industry andregional recruitment team, oversaw the

project for the state. In addition, GeorgiaQuick Start, the nation’s top-rankedworkforce training program, will workwith Shaw to ensure its employeesreceive the proper training to support thecompany’s recycling investments.

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Shaw Industries Group expands withGeorgia facility to recycle more fiber types

A new, five year agreement withRumpke Waste and Recycling will supportthe University of Dayton’s sustainabilityeducation efforts and recover more than1.6 million pounds of recycling annually.

In addition to weekly trash and recy-cling collection, Rumpke will:

•Support the University’s sustainabil-ity curriculum with hands-on educationalexperiences and campus sustainabilityprogramming such as facility tours, guestlectures and special projects.

•Assist with the University’s sustain-ability education efforts in local schools.

•Assist with the University’s partici-pation in the nationwide Recyclemaniacompetition to encourage a campus-widerecycling culture.

•Sponsor messages at University ofDayton athletics events to help promoterecycling and sustainability initiativesbeyond campus.

Earlier this year, the Universityearned a silver rating in the Association

for the Advancement of Sustainability inHigher Education Sustainability Tracking,Assessment & Rating System for its sus-tainability achievements.

The University also made ThePrinceton Review’s Guide to 332 GreenColleges: 2014 Edition for demonstrat-ing a strong commitment to sustainabil-ity in the University’s academicofferings, campus infrastructure, activi-ties and career preparation.

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GlyEco, Inc. has increased its wasteglycol recycling capacity 400 percent atits Minnesota processing center.

During the first quarter, GlyEcorelocated its Minnesota facility from2,000 sq.ft. to a 10,000 sq.ft. stand-alonebuilding which provides improved logis-tics for large volume operations.

Additionally, GlyEco completed aseries of technology and equipmentupgrades, including new main circulationequipment, an advanced pumping sys-tem, and secondary containment system.

“Our recent upgrades at this facil-ity enable us to produce larger batchesof recycled glycol from multiple newwaste streams,” stated John Lorenz,chief executive officer of GlyEco. “Wecan now process ethylene and propy-lene waste glycols as well as ethyleneoxide waste in Minnesota. We intend toramp sales by expanding our servicesinto the heat transfer fluids and aircraftdeicing waste markets. We also intendto service a larger geographic territoryat this facility.”

GlyEco boostsglycol recycling

ReCommunity has acquired the assetsof JFD Associates. The addition of JFD’sfacility in Farmingdale is ReCommunity’sfifth processing operation in New Jersey.ReCommunity provides service to dozensof haulers and more than 110 communitiesacross the Garden State.

JFD has operated this facility formore than 10 years.

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A Buzz Lightyearaction figure wasused last month tocapture a thief out-side Atlanta, Geor-gia. The Buzz Lightyeardoll, with a hidden GPStransmitter, was placedinside a bag of used cloth-ing in a collection bin oper-ated by Mid-Atlantic ClothingRecycling (MAC Recycling) of OwingsMills, Maryland. The collection binbeing monitored was at the DouglasMarketplace in Douglasville, Georgiajust west of Atlanta.

“We have experienced a recent rashof thefts from our collection bins,” saidMax Glikman, operations manager ofMAC Recycling. “In some cases our col-lections were down as much as 40 per-cent at specific locations. The team atMAC Recycling came up with the ideaof using a GPS device to track materialsonce they were taken illegally from oneof the company’s collection bins.”

Tim Peck, Atlanta territory managerfor MAC Recycling recently hid one ofthe companies 90 GPS monitors in aBuzz Lightyear stuffed toy along withother items of used clothing. An onlinetracking system allows Peck, and otherMAC Recycling managers to remotelymonitor the “seed” materials. Yesterday,Peck was alerted that Buzz Lightyearwas on-the-move. Peck immediatelycontacted police to report a “theft inprogress.”

“We have found law enforcementofficials to be very appreciative of ourefforts with the GPS devices,” said Glik-man. “While we can’t identify the makeand model of the vehicle transporting thestolen items, we can direct the police towithin a few feet of the GPS tracker.”

Following the directions of Peck,Douglas County police located the stolenproperty and observed a suspect unloadingthe materials from the back of a pick-uptruck. The officers used a directionalfinder to sweep the property and foundBuzz Lightyear and the GPS device insidethe suspect’s house. The man confessed tostealing a total of six large bags of cloth-ing. He was arrested and taken to jail.

Glikman said the company has usedthe trackers in five other cases. Most casesinvolved individuals removing items fromMAC Recycling clothing collection bins,although in one case a competitor wascaught with the stolen goods.

Clothing binscontinue tobe targets

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Recycling industry brings $13 billionboost to South Carolina’s economy

The recycling industry in SouthCarolina brings a $13 billion boost tothe state’s economy annually – doublethe estimated impact of recycling in2006 – according to a new report com-piled by Dr. Frank Hefner.

The economic impact report quan-tified the contributions of recyclingthrough a combination of direct surveydata from recycling companies as wellas economic modeling throughIMPLAN. The report was an update to a 2006 study with the same methodology.

Despite the recession, the total eco-nomic impact of recycling activities inthe state grew nearly 5 percent annuallyto double its impact in 8 years, whilerecycling’s benefit to jobs across SouthCarolina grew to 54,121 jobs impacted– a 44 percent increase since 2006.

The updated report was commis-sioned through a partnership betweenthe South Carolina Department ofCommerce, the South Carolina Depart-ment of Health and EnvironmentalControl (SCDHEC), New Carolina andRecyclonomicsSC, a non-profit organi-zation that promotes recycling as a wayto improve the economy.

The 2014 report’s key findingsreveal that recycling contributes:

•$13 billion in total economicimpact – double the impact of $6.5 bil-lion in 2006.

•54,121 jobs, up 44 percent from37,440 impacted jobs 8 years ago.

•$2.7 billion in labor income, up 80percent from the 2006 report.

•$329 million in state and localtaxes.

Moreover, the state’s recyclingindustry expects additional growth thiscalendar year. Nearly 64 percent of sur-vey respondents indicated they areplanning an expansion in 2014 with anaverage of 3.5 employees each, orapproximately 1,162 new employeesadded to payrolls this year. The averageannual growth rate predicted for theindustry is 19 percent.

“While many recognize the envi-ronmental benefit of recycling, theseresults show the strong connectionbetween recycling and business,” saidsecretary of commerce Bobby Hitt. “Asthe business agency for South Carolina,Commerce will continue to providesupport for the more than 500 compa-nies in the state that are engaged inrecycling activities and making sizeablecontributions to our state’s economy.”

Along with the growth of recy-cling’s impact to the economy, partici-pation in recycling also has grown. Thestate’s recycling rate increased to 31percent in 2013 from 22 percent in2009, with each South Carolinian onaverage recycling 1.59 pounds per day.

“Last year, South Carolina recycledalmost 600 pounds per person. It is anextraordinary number and is only grow-ing thanks to the grass roots dedicationof our local governments in partnershipwith DHEC,” said Catherine Temple-ton, director of SCDHEC. “As a result,local governments saved more than $53million in disposal costs last year alone

and have earned more than $67 millionin the last 4 years.”

A directory of businesses engagedin recycling activities maintained by theDepartment of Commerce identifies524 firms in 2014, up 54 percent from340 firms in 2006. These companiesinclude collectors, haulers, processors,end-users, exporters and others. Since2006, the state’s recycling industry hasannounced more than $4.63 billion innew investments.

Companies large and small com-prise South Carolina’s recycling indus-try. Of the more than 520 recyclingfirms in the state, the number of person-nel ranges from 1 to 577 employees.The average number of employees percompany is 63, while the median num-ber of employees is 14. Additionally,the average payroll per employee in theindustry is $40,203, above the averagewage in South Carolina of $38,700.

“With an annual economic impactof $13 billion and over 520 companiesacross the state, there’s no denying thatrecycling in South Carolina is makingtreasure out of trash,” remarked TinaHuskey, chair of RecyclonomicsSC.“RecyclonomicsSC set a robust goal to‘Arrive at 75’ by increasing our currentrecycling rate from 31 percent to 75percent before 2030. That successwould mean even more innovation, jobopportunity and cost savings – furtherproof that making one small changetoday can lead to a greener, more pros-perous South Carolina.”

Republic Services dedicated theConover Recycling Facility in CatawbaCounty, which will introduce or expandsingle-stream recycling capabilitiesthroughout Alamance, Catawba, Guild-ford, Montgomery, Richmond, and Stanlycounties. The expanded, highly-advancedfacility has the capacity to process morethan 25 tons of mixed recyclables perhour, or 400 tons per day.

The Conover Recycling Facilityaccepts and processes all plastics marked 1through 7, paper products, cardboard,glass, aluminum and other materials. Thefacility utilizes several advanced technolo-gies which include a touch-screen HumanMachine Interface control, SupervisoryControl and Data Acquisition monitoringand innovative sorting technologies thatmaximize sorting efficiencies. The facilityhas the capacity to sort and process incom-ing materials, and ship finished commodi-ties to domestic and international markets.

There are approximately 43 full-timeemployees working at the Conover Recy-cling Facility. In addition, the facilityoffers a unique Learning Center for thecommunity to visit and experience a rare,up-close view of the recycling process.

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Events CalendarAugust 26th-28th

WASTECON/SWANA. Gaylord Texan,Dallas, Texas. 800-467-9262 • www.swana.org

September 17thUpper Peninsula Recycling CoalitionMeeting. Bay College West Campus, IronMountain, Michigan. 906-786-9212 • www.uprecycles.com

September 23rd-25thWaste Conversion Tech Conference &

Tradeshow. The Westin Downtown Denver,

Denver, Colorado.

800-441-7949 • www.waste-to-fuels.org

September 24th-26th19th International Congress for BatteryRecycling ICBR 2014. Hamburg, Germany.41 62 785 10 00 • www.icm.ch

October 19th-21stWV Educational Conference on LitterControl & Solid Waste Management.Huntington, West Virginia.304-573-5194 • www.awvswa.com

October 22nd-25th71st Annual ARA Convention & Expo.Gaylord Opryland Resort & ConventionCenter. Nashville, Tennessee.888-385-1005 • www.araexpo.org

Today ecoATM has over 900 kioskslocated in 42 states, mostly in metro areas inhigh traffic locations like malls. The com-pany is currently expanding into retail storesand now has kiosks in Wal Mart and Kroger.The machines accept e-readers, MP3s,tablet computers, cell and smart phones.

“We’ve found that our machines areconvenient and easy for people to get cashfor recycling old devices when cleaning outdrawers and getting rid of old phones, orwhen upgrading their phones,” said Rice.

To use the machine, and prevent theacceptance of stolen goods, the user has tobe 18 years or older and show a valid, statepicture ID such as a driver’s license, plus athumbprint. “While the phone is being eval-uated we have three high resolution camerasthat take photos of the person standing infront of the machine. Then back at our head-quarters in San Diego we have live humansverifying that the person in front of themachine is the person on the ID. Allmachines are live-monitored for verificationin this way,” Rice explained.

Users put their device in the ecoATM’s10” x 5” inspection station for automaticevaluation. Many devices presented have asecondary resale value. Sellers have beenpaid upwards of $250 dollars for newermodels. It depends on the make, model andcondition of the device. The machine dis-penses $1, $5 and $10 bills. If there is nomarket for refurbishing the device for resale,the ecoATM offers $1 in exchange for thedevice to ensure it gets properly recycled, orinstead of taking the $1 the user has theoption of donating it to a selection of charitypartners.

“We are simply an aggregator and ourpartners either refurbish or recycle what wecollect. We have really strong standards and

are R2 certified. That means that the compa-nies that buy phones from us have to adhereto R2 compliance standards,” said Rice.

“We also have an excellent relation-ship with law enforcement. On staff, wehave two directors of law enforcement whoare retired police officers. A key part of ourbusiness is making sure we work closelywith law enforcement to stop cell phonetheft and catch thieves,” Rice concluded.

Jamie Hastings, vice president, exter-nal and state affairs for CTIA, also knownas The Wireless Association, said, “CTIAand its member companies offer a numberof programs to encourage consumers toresponsibly retire their wireless products,including accessories. According to theEPA, recycling one million cellphonessaves enough energy to power more than185 U.S. households with electricity for ayear.

“CTIA and our participating compa-nies developed the CTIA Green WorkingGroup, which has developed some initia-tives and benchmarks. We encourage con-sumers to visit our website for step-by-stepdirections to remove their personal infor-mation before they recycle their devicesand accessories,” said Hastings.

John Shegerian, president and chiefexecutive officer of Electronic RecyclersInternational (ERI) provided insight intowhat’s happening in the business of recy-cling and refurbishing small, wirelessdevices. His company is the world’s largestprivately-held recycler of electronic waste.ERI is dual certified by R2 and e-Stewardsto de-manufacture and recycle every typeof electronic waste. With 8 U.S. locations,ERI is processing nearly 300 millionpounds of electronic waste annually.

“Currently we receive approximately50,000 cell phones per month which arerepaired and sold or responsibly recycled.In seven of our eight locations we have

separated, highly secured areas built-out tohandle the asset management part of ourbusiness. We refurbish everything fromGoogle glasses and watches to other wear-ables to cell phones and tablets. There aremassive secondary and tertiary markets inthe U.S. for these products.

“What we’re seeing in small wirelessdevices is smaller and smaller, lighter, thin-ner and also wearable. Wearables are thenext big thing. In the weeks and monthsahead it’s going to be clothing wearables.Clothing wearables with electronic sensorsare going to be huge for our industry,huge,” said Shegerian.

Wearable devices, also called techtogs, or fashion electronics are clothingand accessories incorporating computersand advanced electronics. WearableDevices Magazine estimated that 90 mil-lion wearable devices are expected to shipin 2014. And, that’s only the beginning,industry experts predict.

“And we also see growth in the partssector as well,” Shegerian continued. “Atend of life, we can remove parts fromdevices before shredding the remainder.There’s going to be a parts replacementbusiness that will be booming in the yearsahead. One of the greatest things thatcomes in to us is shattered glass. Changingout glass for a tablet or phone is part ofwhat we do.

“At the Consumer Electronics Showapproximately 20,000 new products areintroduced every year. The interestingthing about our industry, besides our shred-ding to recover plastics, metal and glass, isthe human element, which is so important.More and more skilled workers are neededto test, disassemble, data-wipe, repair,retest, recertify and resell these devices.You move from just strict automation inshredding the end-of-life stuff, to needingmore and more skilled workers in assetmanagement to handle it. While our end-of-life business has grown 30 percent peryear, which is our core business of shred-ding and making things into commodities,our asset management which covers smalldevices has grown 50 percent. That’s howbusy that sector is, and it’s growing,”Shegerian ended.

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Florida Governor Rick Scott signedinto law legislation aimed at preventingroad accidents and fatalities involvingwaste and recycling workers and vehi-cles caused by careless drivers.

House Bill 7005, an omnibus trans-portation bill sponsored by Rep. FrankArtiles (R-Miami) and signed by Gover-nor Scott, includes a section that addedsanitation and utility vehicles to the“Move Over Act.”

Currently in Florida, when anyvehicle approaches an emergency vehi-cle or tow truck, it must move over onelane. In instances where changing lanesis unsafe or the driver is traveling on atwo-lane road, the driver must slow to aspeed 20 miles per hour (mph) less thanthe posted speed limit, unless the postedlimit is 20 mph or less. In that case, thedriver is required to slow to a speed of 5mph. This law adds sanitation and utilityvehicles to those covered under the act.

“On behalf of the Florida Chapterof the National Waste & RecyclingAssociation, I want to thank the FloridaLegislature for adding sanitation vehi-cles to the Move Over Act,” said ChuckDees, Florida chapter chair and vicepresident of public affairs for WasteManagement of Florida. “We especiallywant to recognize Rep. Holly Raschein(R- Key Largo), whose original lan-guage was incorporated into the finalversion of H.B. 7005. It was Rep.Raschein’s commitment to include sani-tation and utility workers in the MoveOver Act and the leadership of Rep.Daniel Davis (R-Jacksonville), chair ofthe House Transportation & HighwaySafety Subcommittee, which allowedthis legislation to pass this session.”

Being struck by motorists is a lead-ing cause of death for waste and recy-cling collection employees nationwideand, with proper awareness, is com-pletely preventable.

NW&RA has worked to pass simi-lar “Slow Down to Get Around” legisla-tion in other states. In addition toFlorida, NW&RA chapters have suc-cessfully championed such legislation inAlabama, West Virginia, and Wisconsin.Michigan has passed a similar law.“Slow Down to Get Around” is theindustry’s safety campaign remindingmotorists to drive more carefully whennear waste and recycling collectionvehicles.

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Covanta and Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard disclosed aplan to bring recycling to all single family homes in the city.The Covanta Advanced Recycling Center, to be built adjacent tothe Covanta Indianapolis Energy-from-Waste facility, will beone of the most modern recycling facilities in the world,designed to recover recyclables from mixed municipal solidwaste. Covanta will invest approximately $45 million to buildthe facility, which will increase the amount of material recycledin Indianapolis by up to 500 percent at no cost to the city or itsresidents.

The Covanta Advanced Recycling Center is an automatedmaterials recovery facility (MRF) modeled after successfullyoperating recycling facilities in Europe. Using the latestmechanical and sensor-based technologies, and supported byskilled operators, the facility will efficiently recover recyclablesfrom mixed waste.

The recycling plan will also give an important boost to thelocal economy, providing green jobs and additional revenue forthe city. Approximately 70 jobs will be created during construc-tion of the facility and 60 permanent, full-time workers will behired to operate the facility.

The Covanta Advanced Recycling Center will accomplishthe following:

•Recover up to 80 to 90 percent of recyclable materials,increasing recycling by approximately 500 percent.

•Reduce greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to removing40,000 cars from the road every year and save the energy equiv-alent of the annual energy use of more than 20,000 homes.

•Complement the existing energy-from-waste facility bysharing trucks and maintaining current traffic flow and avoidingadditional vehicle emissions and burdens on road infrastructure.

•Help the State of Indiana take a major step forward inrecycling, supporting the new statewide recycling goal of 50percent.

The recycling plan is subject to approval from the city’sBoard of Public Works. Covanta expects the facility to be upand running in 2016, following the receipt of necessary permits.

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Industrial Emissions Directiveforces European glass factoriesto invest in modernizations

By 2020, around 14 billion EUR will beinvested in European glass factories. The plants haveto be modernized to comply with the new limit val-ues of the Industrial Emission Directive, which willresult in annual investment increases by up to 50 per-cent. These are the results of a study by the Germanconsultancy ecoprog.

The European Industrial Emissions Directivecame into force in 2013. For the first time ever, itdefines obligating limit values for air and wateremissions in different industrial sectors. These limitvalues are effective throughout the EU and theaffected industries have to implement them by 2016.Their respective limit values are defined in the so-called BAT reference documents and their legallybinding summaries, the BAT conclusions.

The glass industry was one of the first sectorsthese BAT conclusions have been published for.Such specifications are a completely new issue forthe companies and therefore result in considerableuncertainties. Their implementation will thus alsogive a signal to other industrial sectors.

More than 420 of the largest European glass fac-tories have to comply with the new emission limitvalues (ELVs). The ELVs for nitrogen oxides andsulphur oxides will be particularly challenging formany glass factory operators.

This means that most glass manufacturers haveto invest in modernizing their glass factories. Fundswill go to optimizing individual productionprocesses or to new technical components for fluegas cleaning, furnace technology or sealing themelter. According to a survey for this study, manyoperators in Eastern Europe are also considering toconstruct a new glass furnace.

The Industrial Emission Directive does not onlyforce the manufacturers into unscheduled invest-ments. They also have to prepone routine invest-ments as they have to comply with the ELVs at aspecific date. Up to 2.7 billion EUR will be investedin European glass factories in 2016 and 2017. Thisinvestment sum will then decrease to around 1.5 bil-lion EUR in the subsequent years.

Investments will increase the most in regionswith so far less strict legal frameworks, as is the casein many Eastern European states. However, there arealso many glass factories lacking state-of-the-arttechnology in countries such as France and Spain.

By 2020, about 2.3 billion EUR will be investedin glass factories in Eastern Europe and 4.1 billionEUR in Southern European plants. This is anincrease of up to 50 percent compared to the averageinvestments of the past years.

Wise Recycling merges with Source RecyclingWise Metals Group disclosed the merger of

Wise Recycling with Source Recycling. The mergerwill combine Wise’s five yards in Colorado, NorthCarolina, Florida and Virginia along with Wise’s net-work of feeder locations in six states with SourceRecycling’s three yards in Maryland and North Car-olina and one feeder yard in Maryland.

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Carton recycling access has grown 177 percentover the last 5 years, starting at just 18 percent in2009 when the Carton Council was first formed.Since then, impressive progress has been made inbuilding infrastructure and improving access to car-ton recycling nationwide. The Carton Council is agroup of carton manufacturers united to deliversolutions in order to divert valuable cartons fromthe landfill.

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•A 20 percent reduction in year-over-year life-changing injuries, reflect-ing International Paper’s commitment toan accident-free workplace; and,

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Consolidated Container Co. (CCC)has acquired sister companies EnvisionPlastics Industries LLC and Ecoplast Corp.

Atlanta-based CCC, a rigid plasticpackaging company already with morethan 50 container manufacturing sites,added 2 locations in Reidsville, North Car-olina and Chino, California, for EnvisionPlastics, a polyethylene recycler.

Ecoplast, which calls itself Califor-nia’s oldest thermoplastics recycler andcustomer compounder, is located inFontana. That company handles a varietyof resins including polystyrene, ABS,polypropylene, and low, linear low andhigh density PE.

Both Ecoplast and Envision Plasticshad common ownership, Massoud Radand Parham Yedidsion, prior to their saleto CCC, which is itself owned by privateequity firm Bain Capital.

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There are currently more than 18,000locations across the U.S. where consumerscan bring their used polyethylene bags andwraps to be recycled, primarily at largegrocery and retail chains.

Recycling of plastic bags and wrapsexceeds one billion pounds annually in theU.S., according to a national report pre-pared by Moore Recycling Associates, Inc.The report also noted that the recycling ofplastic film has grown 56 percent sincejust 2005.

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CarbonLITE Recycling LLC hassigned contracts for the supply of primaryprocess equipment to be installed in itsnew plastic recycling facility in Abilene,Texas.

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Bridgeton is a suburb of St. Louis,Missouri.

The U.S. Environmental ProtectionAgency, which is overseeing the cleanupof the radioactive waste in the nearbyWestlake landfill, has stated that the land-fill does not pose a health risk.

“The release of benzene by Republicinto the environment at the BridgetonLandfill is unacceptable,” Attorney Gen-eral Chris Koster said in a statement.“Despite the order Republic agreed tomore than a year ago, the company stilldoes not appear to have the situation undercontrol. My office is asking the court tocompel Republic to take additional stepsto prevent any such future release of haz-ardous material into the air.”

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Koster called upon the EPA to testfor radiological contamination alongcertain roadways leading to the West-lake Landfill, focusing specifically onroutes used during the 1970s to haulradiological material from the LattyAvenue storage facility to Westlake.The EPA has declined to conduct newtesting, stating as its rationale that sim-ilar sampling was conducted prior to2005.

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Based on preliminary CensusBureau data, the American Iron andSteel Institute (AISI) reported that theU.S. imported a total of 4,016,000 nettons (NT) of steel in May, including2,925,000 NT of finished steel (up 7.4percent and 6.4 percent, respectively, vs.April final data). Year-to-date (YTD)total and finished steel imports are17,480,000 and 12,829,000 NT, respec-tively, up 32 percent and 23 percentrespectively, vs. 2013.

Key finished steel products with asignificant import increase in May com-pared to April are oil country goods (up55 percent), heavy structural shapes (up44 percent), tin plate (up 39 percent),standard pipe (up 22 percent), line pipe(up 22 percent), hot rolled sheets (up 21percent) and sheets and strip galvanizedhot dipped (up 21 percent). Major prod-ucts with significant YTD importincreases vs. the same period last yearinclude wire rods (up 96 percent), platesin coils (up 76 percent), cold rolledsheets (up 56 percent), sheets and stripall other metallic coatings (up 47 per-cent), sheets and strip galvanized hot

dipped (up 40 percent), hot rolled sheets(39 percent), mechanical tubing (35 per-cent), oil country goods (up 26 percent),reinforcing bars (up 24 percent), cutlengths plates (up 24 percent) and heavystructural shapes up 20 percent).

In May, the largest volumes of fin-ished steel imports from offshore werefrom South Korea (584,000 NT, up 45percent vs. April final), China (303,000

NT, down 27 percent), Turkey (149,000NT, up 5 percent), Japan (145,000 NT,down 31 percent) and Taiwan (106,000NT, up 19 percent). For 5 months of2014, the largest offshore suppliers wereSouth Korea (2,152,000 NT, up 42 per-cent), China (1,286,000 NT, up 73 per-cent), Japan (852,000 NT, up 3 percent),Turkey (760,000 NT, up 19 percent) andRussia (501,000 NT, up 324 percent).


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Based 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 appli-cations for the month of May total3,950,000 net tons (NT). This was a 7percent increase from the 3,706,000 per-mit tons recorded in April and a 6 per-cent increase from the April Preliminaryimports total of 3,726,000 NT. Importpermit tonnage for finished steel in Maywas 2,823,000, up 3 percent from thepreliminary imports total of 2,738,000in April. For the first 5 months of 2014(including May SIMA and April Prelim-inary), total and finished steel importswere 17,401,000 NT and 12,717,000NT, respectively, up 31 percent and 22percent from the same period in 2013.The estimated finished steel import mar-ket share in May was 27 percent and is26 percent year-to-date (YTD).

Finished steel imports with largeincreases in May permits vs. the AprilPreliminary included oil country goods(up 58 percent), tin plate (up 38 per-cent), heavy structural shapes (up 38percent), structural pipe and tubing (up29 percent), line pipe (up 21 percent),hot rolled sheets (up 18 percent), stan-dard pipe (up 15 percent) and sheets andstrip hot dipped galvanized (up 13 per-cent). Products with significant year-to-date (YTD) increases vs. the sameperiod in 2013 include wire rods (up 94percent), plates in coils (up 72 percent),cold rolled sheets (up 53 percent),sheetsand strip all other metallic coatings (up46 percent), hot rolled sheets (39 per-cent), sheets and strip hot dipped galva-nized (up 38 percent), mechanicaltubing (34 percent), oil country goods(up 27 percent), reinforcing bars (up 22percent) and cut lengths plates (up 20percent).


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Commodity Zone 1 Zone 2 Zone 3 Zone 4 Zone 5#1 Bushelings per gross ton $276.00 $282.00 $296.00 $375.00 $385.00#1 Bundles per gross ton 271.00 280.00 289.00 370.00 365.00Plate and Structural per gross ton 271.00 280.00 295.00 370.00 372.00#1 & 2 Mixed Steel per gross ton 268.00 285.00 295.00 335.00 345.00Shredder Bundles (t in) per gross ton 228.00 259.00 225.00 285.00 278.00Crushed Auto Bodies per gross ton 228.00 259.00 225.00 285.00 278.00Steel Turnings per gross ton 175.00 170.00 139.00 225.00 248.00#1 Copper per pound 2.90 2.89 3.00 2.90 3.11#2 Copper per pound 2.81 2.73 2.82 2.80 3.02Aluminum Cans per pound .65 .70 .77 .70 .73Auto Radiators per pound 1.95 1.91 1.95 1.94 1.98Aluminum Core Radiators per pound .61 .65 .73 .70 .65Heater Cores per pound 1.60 1.42 1.37 1.60 1.75Stainless Steel per pound .70 .72 .79 .83 .82All prices are expressed in USD. Printed as a reader service only.

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April steel shipments down1.2 percent from March

The American Iron and Steel Insti-tute (AISI) reported that for the monthof April 2014, U.S. steel mills shipped8,235,096 net tons, a 1.2 percentdecrease from the 8,337,578 net tonsshipped in the previous month, March2014, and a 3.2 percent increase fromthe 7,978,531 net tons shipped in April2013. Shipments year-to-date in 2014

are 32,086,347 net tons, a 1.7 percentincrease versus 2013 shipments of31,547,910 net tons for four months.

A comparison of April shipments tothe previous month of March shows thefollowing changes: hot rolled sheet, up2.0 percent; hot dipped galvanizedsheets and strip, no change; and coldrolled sheet, down 0.1 percent.

RUBBERRubber established asplayground safety surface

The Institute of Scrap RecyclingIndustries (ISRI) disclosed that it played asignificant role in the establishment ofstandard specifications for loose-fill rubberused in playground surfacing. ISRI mem-bers actively participated as part of a task-force within ASTM’s F08.63 committeeon Playground Surfacing Systems to cre-ate the Standard Specification for Loose-Fill Rubber for Use as a PlaygroundSafety Surface under and around Play-ground Equipment (standard designationASTM F3012).

“The work of ISRI members and thetaskforce in creating this standard specifi-cation will lead to safer, more uniform

loose-fill rubber playground surfacingproducts,” said Robin Wiener, president ofISRI. “By selecting a surface material thatmeets the standard, playground operatorswill have the confidence of knowingexactly what the material is children willbe playing on, and that it is safe.”

As part of the drafting process, thetaskforce considered points of view frommany stakeholders, including the recyclingindustry, playground equipment manufac-turers, playground operators, concernedparents, government and many others.

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OSHA cites Liberty Tire for violationsLiberty Tire Recycling LLC has been

cited by the U.S. Department of Labor’sOccupational Safety and Health Adminis-tration for repeat safety violations forexposing workers to falls, fire/explosionand dangerous, unguarded equipment.OSHA cited the Port St. Lucie recyclerfollowing a Site-Specific Targeting inspec-tion in January 2014. Proposed penaltiestotal $45,000.

Two repeat citations, carrying penal-ties of $30,000, were issued for exposingworkers to fall hazards while working onplatforms that lacked guardrails or hadincomplete guardrails, and for exposingworkers to caught-in hazards while theyworked near unguarded shaft and con-

veyor belts. In November 2013, the com-pany was cited for these same violations atits facility in Saltillo, Mississippi.

Three serious violations, with$15,000 in penalties, were cited for expos-ing workers to safety hazards while a pow-ered industrial truck was operating with nofunctioning backup alarm or front lights.Additionally, employees were exposed tofire/explosion hazards from the accumula-tion of rubber dust and hazards fromunguarded dangerous machinery on con-veyors. A serious violation occurs whenthere is substantial probability that deathor serious physical harm could result froma hazard about which the employer knewor should have known.

The U.S. Environmental ProtectionAgency (EPA) has reached a legal settle-ment with W.R. Recycling of Cabo Rojo,Puerto Rico, resolving alleged violationsof federal hazardous waste law. W.R.Recycling is the owner and operator of anauto crushing and scrap recycling busi-ness. As part of the settlement, W.R. Recy-cling will make a range of siteimprovements to control runoff and invest$133,000 in a project to purchase andinstall equipment that will ensure the clean

extraction, removal and storage of harmfulliquids from all the vehicles it handles.These upgrades will benefit the environ-ment and the community and are notlegally required to bring the company intocompliance. In addition, W.R. Recyclingwill come into compliance with all federallaws and pay a $29,000 penalty.

“Recycling old cars has many bene-fits, but the process must be done in a waythat does not cause pollution,” said EPAregional administrator Judith A. Enck.

“This agreement will modernize the carrecycling operation in Cabo Rojo, ensur-ing that the facility is complying with allenvironmental laws.

Under the settlement’s terms, W.R.Recycling will construct a sealed concretepad, with a drainage collection system andan oil water separator, on which all vehi-cles it handles will be processed, crushed,and stored prior to shipping of the crushedcars for metal recovery. A roof will bebuilt over the vehicle crushing area toshield the fluids collection and crushingprocesses from rainwater. The companywill also purchase and use specializedrecovery equipment to ensure the cleanextraction, removal and storage of trans-mission and engine oil, gasoline and dieselfuel, coolant and refrigerants. This recov-ery equipment will ensure that all vehiclefluids are collected and segregated forreuse or recycling. The facility improve-ments and new equipment will help pre-vent the release of hazardous wastes intothe environment during W.R. Recycling’soperations.

Among the equipment purchased byW.R. Recycling is a mobile automotive

fluid recovery unit that will enable thecompany to process scrap vehicles notonly at its Cabo Rojo base but also at otherlocations in Puerto Rico where there areno other scrap operators. In areas that lackscrap processors, cars are often abandonedand the fluids and hazardous componentsare left, resulting in the potential for leaksand releases into the environment. Vehiclefluids and potentially hazardous car partssuch as mercury switches, lead wheelweights, batteries and airbag cartridgesshould be reused or recycled.

On three occasions from 2009 to2012, the EPA inspected W.R. Recycling’sfacility to determine its compliance withfederal hazardous waste regulations. As aresult of these inspections, the EPA issueda legal complaint to the company. Amongthe violations cited in the complaint werethe company’s failure to make hazardouswaste determinations for the fluids anddiscarded materials it generates, its failureto minimize the releases of hazardousmaterials, the disposal of hazardous wastewithout a permit, the improper disposal ofused oil and the failure to label used oilstorage containers.

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Increasing sales often takes monthsand requires the capital to buy more carsand absorb more marketing expenses. Wanta quicker path to increased profitability?

You can get back to the level of prof-itability that you once enjoyed by loweringyour costs. The beauty of increasing profitsby cutting expenses is that it can be doneimmediately and often produces better cashflow and profit numbers within weeks.Having achieved better cash flow and prof-its, you can then use the surplus to buymore cars and get the inventory to drivehigher sales.

Are you always behind inventoryingcars? Vehicles should be inventoried and inyour system within two or three businessdays. The sooner parts are in inventory, thesooner parts from them are getting sold.

Wouldn’t it be nice if cars got invento-ried as fast as they arrived? How would youlike to see the inventory people so caughtup that they were ready to start inventory-ing as soon as the transport truck arrivedwith new vehicles!

Pay for performance can move you along way toward this goal and remove abottleneck that slows turns and hurts cashflow. Car inventorying is one of the easierdepartments to transition to pay for performance.

I recommend that you make sure thatyour people do the full job of inventory-ing: book in, inventory, research pricingissues, and enter data in the computer sys-tem. By ensuring that your people do thejob cradle to grave, you can make themfully accountable.

One of the reasons that some yardowners give for not switching the peoplewho inventory cars to pay for performanceis that they don’t know the right amount topay. Don’t let that stop you. You can gatherdata on how long it takes your people toinventory a vehicle currently. Dependingon complexity of vehicles and other tasks

included (I favor having each person doingthe job accountable from cradle to grave).The time involved should be between oneto three hours per vehicle.

How much is the right amount pervehicle? How much are you currentlypaying per hour? (Take current wages forthis person and divide by number of vehi-cles in a given period and you can get anidea of how much you are really payingper vehicle).

You should expect that putting yourinventory people on incentive pay will pro-duce a 50 percent lift in productivity.

If your inventory guys get finishedearly, let them go home early or issue thema purchase order for other work and use thehourly rate they earn inventorying.

So, if your best inventory person isproductive enough to earn $15 an hour get-ting cars into the system, that’s what hegets to sweep the warehouse or for anyother side work you give him. Once herealizes that his pay for any work dependson how fast he is at inventorying, he will flywhenever new cars arrive.

Once you switch to pay for perform-ance, your people will begin to earn moreand they will be happier and easier toretain. Some will not be able to keep paceand they will leave and you will be betteroff.

When you bring in new people, youwill gain even more because they willalways be innovating to try to get moredone in less time. Sometimes you get anoutsider who finds ways to do things sowell that he resets the bar and your inven-tory group will become more productivethan they imagined they could be.

You labor expenses should be at orbelow 20 percent of your total parts sales. Ifyou are not hitting this benchmark part ofthe reason may be that you are not on payfor performance. Don’t wait. Making thischange is a lot easier than you think andmakes a far larger difference than youimagine.

Pay for performance – Breaking theinventory bottleneck

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Automotive production setsrecord, surpasses 1 billion mark

Global production of automobileskeeps rising to new heights. London-based IHS Automotive puts light vehicleproduction in 2013 at 84.7 million, upfrom 81.5 million in 2012. The world’sfleet of light-duty vehicles now sur-passes 1 billion – 1 per 7 people, writessenior researcher Michael Renner in theWorldwatch Institute’s latest Vital SignsOnline trend.

Five countries account for the produc-tion of 60 percent of all light vehiclesworldwide. China produced 20.9 millionvehicles in 2013. The United States (10.9million), Japan (9 million), Germany (5.6million) and South Korea (4.5 million) fol-low at a considerable distance.

The United States has long been theworld leader in motorization. The num-ber of all motor vehicles per 1,000 peo-ple there rose to a peak of 844 in 2007.

There are signs, however, thatmotorization in the United States may

finally have peaked. Almost 1 in 10 U.S.households – 9.2 percent in 2012 – doesnot have a vehicle, up from 8.9 percentin 2005. In dense cities, the figure ismuch higher.

According to IHS Automotive,worldwide production of electric vehi-cles (battery electric and plug-inhybrids) has expanded from 13,866 in2010 to 242,075 in 2013. The companyforecasts production of slightly morethan 403,000 vehicles in 2014, up 67percent from 2013.

Alternative vehicles are slowlymaking inroads, but they are not yet sig-nificantly altering the resource and envi-ronmental impacts of automobiles. Aselectric vehicles become more numer-ous, a critical issue will be the source ofthe electricity that they run on-will it begenerated from fossil fuels or fromrenewable energy?


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Republic Services, Inc. has namedRobert A. Maruster, executive vice pres-ident (EVP) and chief operating officer,responsible for the company’s expansivefield operations, which include 170business units encompassing 29,000employees across 39 states and PuertoRico; 336 collection operations; 199transfer stations; 190 active landfilloperations; and 64 recycling facilities.Additionally, Maruster will be responsible for safety & environmentalcompliance; operations support; andfleet management, which encompassesthe eighth largest vocational truck fleetin the country. He will report to presi-dent and chief executive officer, DonSlager.

Maruster is joining Republic fromJetBlue Airways Corporation where hewas the airline’s EVP, chief operatingofficer, a position he assumed in 2009.In this role, he was responsible for thesafe and reliable operations of nearly900 daily flights to over 85 cities in 16countries with a mixed fleet of 200 air-craft. He joined JetBlue in 2005 andheld key leadership positions.

Prior to JetBlue, Maruster held avariety of leadership roles at Delta AirLines, including running the Atlanta hubas vice president, operations and customer service.

Republic names Marusterexecutive VP and CEO

TransForce Inc. disclosed thatMatrec, a wholly-owned subsidiary ofTransForce, has acquired the majority ofassets of Veolia E.S. Matières Résidu-elles Inc. operating under the name ofVeolia Solid Waste Canada.

In the last 12 months, Veolia SolidWaste Canada generated annual rev-enues of more than $30.0 million andearnings before interest, taxes, deprecia-tion and amortization (EBITDA) ofmore than $5.0 million. The purchaseprice of $25.0 million, excluding esti-mated working capital of $5.0 million,represents an Enterprise Value to trailing12-month EBITDA multiple of less than5.5 times.

Veolia Solid Waste Canada has beenoperating in the Quebec City, Montrealand the Beauce regions for more than 40years. It offers collection, transportation,disposal and recycling of trash and indus-trial waste to municipalities, as well as tocommercial and industrial customers.

TransForce acquires VeoliaSolid Waste Canada

Hendrickson has acquired the leafspring and stabilizer segments from theAustrian Frauenthal Group along with anumber of their subsidiaries in Europe.

“This acquisition of this businesswill enable us to broaden our footprint inEurope to better support our globalspring customer base,” stated Gary Ger-stenslager, president and chief executiveofficer Hendrickson. The transactionwill close later this year.

Hendrickson acquiressegments of Frauenthal

Unifi, Inc. is expanding its RepreveRecycling Center, which opened in Yad-kinville, North Carolina in May 2010.Recycling capacity at the Repreve Recy-cling Center will increase from 42 mil-lion pounds to 72 million pounds,annually. This increase is being drivenby demand from new customer adoptions with companies such as Ford,The North Face, Nike, Volcom andPatagonia.

The expansion is expected to create10 new jobs including 2 salary shiftmanagers, 4 hourly operators and 4hourly material handlers. The recent $5million capital expenditure brings thetotal investment in the Repreve Recy-cling Center, since its opening in 2010,to $15 million.

The largest and fastest growing seg-ments for Repreve continue to be appareland automotive. The expansion increasesthe availability of Repreve product offer-ings such as lower deniers that supportlighter-weight fashion trends, FR FlameRetardant yarns and WaterWise™ colortechnology.

Repreve Recycling Centerexpands in North Carolina

Masaba, a bulk handling equipmentmanufacturer, has added Steve Nelson totheir marketing department as a market-ing specialist. In his new role, Nelsonwill plan and produce articles, write andedit promotional products, coordinatetrade show activities and increase thecompany’s social media presence.

Nelson named marketingspecialist with Masaba

ADS Waste Holdings, Inc., operatingas Advanced Disposal, disclosed thatMichael K. Slattery has been appointedsenior vice president and general counselfollowing the departure of Scott Friedlan-der who recently left Advanced Disposalto pursue other opportunities. Slattery willserve as a member of the executive com-mittee and as corporate secretary.

Prior to joining Advanced Disposal,Slattery most recently served as seniorvice president and general counsel forVeolia Environmental Services NorthAmerica for eight years with responsibil-ity for the management of the law depart-ment and all legal affairs in NorthAmerica. Prior to joining Veolia, Slatteryserved as vice president and deputy gen-eral counsel for Fruit of the Loom, Inc.with responsibility for the management oflegal affairs throughout North America,Canada, Europe, North Africa and LatinAmerica. Prior to Fruit of the Loom, heserved as vice president and generalcounsel for Wheelabrator Technologies,Inc. and as general counsel for severalmajor North and Latin American operat-ing divisions for Waste Management, Inc.over his 15 year career with Waste Management.

Advanced Disposal setssenior vice president

Covanta disclosed that John G. Waf-fenschmidt, vice president of environ-mental science and community affairs,has been reappointed to the Pennsylva-nia Environmental Justice AdvisoryBoard (EJAB) by Pennsylvania Depart-ment of Environmental Protection (DEP)secretary E. Christopher Abruzzo.

The EJAB is charged with oversee-ing the implementation of DEP’sEnhanced Public Participation Policy toprotect the health of local communities,especially communities with the greatestconcentration of environmental risks.Among the group’s objectives is toensure that the DEP maintains a proac-tive approach to Environmental Justice(EJ) within the state, and increase thelevel of environmental monitoring inlow-income and minority communities.

In addition to his work at Covanta,Waffenschmidt also serves the ProductStewardship Institute Advisory Council,the Regional Plan Association, LongIsland Chapter, and was a member of theoriginal workgroup that helped establishthe Pennsylvania EJAB. He also partici-pates in different policy forums and giveslectures related to sustainability. His sec-ond consecutive two year term willextend through 2016.

Covanta’s Waffenschmidtreappointed to board

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Morbark, Inc. has promoted LarryVoelker to vice president of engineeringand product development. Over the pasttwo and half years, Voelker has served asdirector of engineering responsible forthe planning and implementation of allengineering activities and providing thestrategic technical leadership in continu-ous improvement of equipment andprocess capability.

Prior to joining Morbark, Voelker’sextensive experience includes engineer-ing, program and business manager positions at Moog – QuickSet Interna-tional; IMM, Inc. and AAR MobilitySystems.

Voelker promoted to VP ofengineering at Morbark

Britton Industries, headquartered inLawrenceville, New Jersey, will expandwith a new location in Philadelphia,Pennsylvania. Britton Industries, aprovider of organic mulch and compost,is proud of its 100 percent recovery rateof the recyclable material brought intoeach of its facilities and there is no left-over material sent to landfills.

The new Philadelphia location is inthe Northeast at 8901 TorresdaleAvenue. It is open and fully operationalaccepting soils, concrete, trees, brush,leaves, clean lumber and pallets for recy-cling. There is a small supply store onsite along with sales of Britton Recycledproducts including screened topsoil,crushed concrete, crushed stone, masonsand and mulch.

Britton Industries opens anew Philadelphia location

Kormann Rockster Recycler GmbHentered into an agreement with two indus-try recycle veterans to form RocksterRecycler North America and bring its lineof products to North America. Theseinclude Rockster Recycler’s patentedjaw/impactor duplex system and its elec-tric hybrid crushing and screening plant.Partners Stu Gamble and Brian Barlowand their team are in the process of sellingdirect as they develop and support a recy-cle, demolition and aggregate focusedindependent dealer network throughoutthe U.S. and Canada.

Stu Gamble has developed and man-aged North American sales for severalyears with various market-related mobileand track-mounted equipment manufactur-ers, and Brian Barlow and his companyBarlow Strategic Sales & Marketing haveprovided sales development and marketingservices to several recycle and aggregateequipment manufacturers since 1991.

The new headquarters is based inFort Wayne, Indiana, with the Parts &Service Center located in Webster, Massachusetts.

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Novelis Inc. has completed the sale ofits North American consumer foil productsbusiness to Reynolds Consumer ProductsLLC for $33.75 million. The transactionincludes foil manufacturing plants inToronto, Ontario and Vancouver, BC, inaddition to sales offices and distributionfacilities in other locations.

Novelis completes sale ofconsumer foil business

Petersen Industries, Inc. recentlyhonored Heil of Texas as their 2013Dealer of the Year. Petersen presents thisprestigious award to the dealer who sellsthe most Lightning Loader® units for theprior year throughout their nationwidenetwork.

Company vice president, SamPetersen, presented Larry Davis, theowner of Heil of Texas, with a personal-ized trophy at Waste Expo held inAtlanta, Georgia. Heil of Texas is theonly Petersen dealer who has beenawarded this distinction more than 10times in the history of the dealer recogni-tion program.

Heil of Texas receivesPetersen Industries’ award

Toter, a Wastequip brand, and a man-ufacturer of two-wheel curbside waste andrecycling collection carts, has opened itsnewest manufacturing facility in Salt LakeCity, Utah.

Toter’s investment in the new 60,000sq.ft. manufacturing facility will createapproximately 60 to 70 new jobs in SaltLake City over the next 3 years. The facil-ity will service retail customers throughoutNorth America, as well as municipalitiesand haulers in the western U.S. andCanada.

For Toter’s parent company, Waste-quip, the ability to locate Wastequip manu-facturing facilities in areas of keycustomer density leads to faster service,greater product availability, and morecompetitive freight rates.

Manufacturing facility builtfor Toter expansion in Utah

Cathy Mann has been appointed asthe new Terex® Fuchs equipment South-western regional sales manager for TerexConstruction Americas. In a territorythat includes Colorado, New Mexico,Arizona, Utah, Nevada, California andHawaii, Mann now has sales and distrib-utor development responsibilities for thecomplete line of Terex Fuchs materialhandlers, purpose-built for the liftingand reach needs of the scrap, recycling,logging and port markets. Mann has 16years of equipment manufacturing expe-rience in the industry.

Throughout her 16 year career withTerex Construction and ASV, a Terexlegacy brand, Mann has worked in anumber of roles for the company. For thepast six years, Mann has served as thedistributor administration manager,where she worked closely with Terexregional sales managers to establish ter-ritories and provide support for newequipment distributors.

Terex Fuchs namesregional sales manager

Metal Logics, Inc. has officiallydiversified from Franklin Surplus, Inc., arecycling and total asset recovery firmbased in Seymour, Indiana. The diversifi-cation grants more flexibility in the area oftotal scrap management.

Metal Logics, Inc. processes themetal materials while carrying out tradi-tional demolition. Metal Logics, Inc. canthen sell the scrap products, mill-direct, toensure the highest possible net sales.

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The topic is an important one.According to the Environmental Protec-tion Agency (EPA), food is the largestsingle component of the material thatgoes into landfills or is converted to ener-gy, representing 21 percent of the total.About 35 million tons of food wastereaches landfills and incinerators eachyear in the U.S., according to the EPA.

Processing is a major generator ofthat food scrap. Food scrap generated byprocessing accounts for 23 percent oftotal food losses, including those con-tributed by distribution, retail operationsand households, according to the Natu-ral Resources Defense Council (NRDC),citing a European study. Food manufac-turers lose about 16 percent of raw mate-rials during manufacturing, NRDC said.

Adoption of waste-to-energy byfood processors is “very important” toencourage broader acceptance of thetechnology in the United States, accord-ing to Brandon Julian, CEO of PureEnergy Group, a Park City, Utah makerof anaerobic digestion reactors that cre-ate energy from organic materials. “Theamount of waste they produce in day-to-day operations is pretty dramatic, andanaerobic digestion is a very good envi-ronmental and business solution forthem,” Julian said.

So far, adoption of anaerobic diges-tion for converting scraps from food pro-cessing into energy is rare in the UnitedStates, especially compared to Europe.However, a combination of regulatorylimits on landfilling organic waste andgovernment financial supports forwaste-to-energy facilities suggests thatmay change soon. “There is extreme

growth potential in this country for it,”Julian said.

One of the best examples of a foodprocessor converting waste to energy isGills Onions, an Oxnard, Californiaonion grower and processor. Since 2009,the company has converted up to300,000 lbs. per day of onion peels andother processing leftovers into renew-able energy and cattle feed.

Juice extracted from Gills’ peelsfeeds an anaerobic reactor that producesbiogas that powers two 300-kilowatt fuelcells. The cells generate $700,000 worthof electricity annually to power a pro-cessing plant, while remaining pulpbecomes cattle feed cake. The companysaves another $400,000 annually by nothaving to haul waste to fields, where itwas formerly added to soil. The compa-ny said it will recover the $10.8 millioncost in 6 years.

Potato processors are good candi-dates for waste-to-energy because pro-cessing yields as much as 50 percent of

the potatoes as scrap. One potato proces-sor that has gone this route is Belgiancompany Remo-Frit. Its anaerobicdigester turns 3,300 cubic meters ofpeels and other scrap into biogas eachday, providing energy to operate refrig-erators and other machinery.

Anaerobic digestion is far morecommon in Europe than in the UnitedStates, in part because energy costs aremuch higher there than in the U.S.Also, in Europe government financialsupport of waste-to-energy is muchmore significant.

Another issue in the U.S. is reluc-tance by utilities and pipeline companiesto allow waste-to-energy generators ofelectricity and biogas to connect to theirgrids so companies can sell excess ener-gy from waste, according to Julia Levin,executive director of the BioenergyAssociation of California. Grid ownersset up stringent standards for waste-to-energy generators that few have beenable to meet, Levin said. “It’s been virtu-

ally impossible to connect to thepipeline grid,” she said. That is whysome of the more appealing customersfor waste-to-energy facilities are largefood processors who can use the energyto power their own operations.

Without revenues from selling gen-erated energy, however, the cost ofwaste-to-energy facilities makes itimpractical for many applications. Costsrange from about $500,000 for PureEnergy’s smallest system up to as muchas $500 million for some large munici-pal facilities that will handle food wasteas well as sewage and other organicmaterials, including those from curbsidecollections.

Government financial subsidies canhelp cover the economic gap for poten-tial waste-to-energy users. “In mostcases that is very valuable or necessaryto make them pencil out,” said Julian,although he said that without subsidiestheir systems can generate break-even

Food processors offset energy costs with scrapsby MARK [email protected]

See SCRAP ENERGY, Page 6

The economic barriers to implementing anaerobic digestion systems can be quite steep. Once in place, however, the systems provide a huge economic benefit bysaving companies money on energy and waste disposal expenses. Government subsidies can help defray some of the costs of installation. PHOTO BY LIANEM | DREAMSTIME

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Dave FournierFocus Section [email protected]

Alternative Energy

Readers,Texas Governor Rick Perry

recently deployed some 1,000 Nation-al Guard troops to Texas’s borders inresponse to what’s developing into animmigration and humanitarian crisis.Unaccompanied minors from Mexicoand Central America are crossing oursouthern border at an unprecedentedrate. This is creating huge financialand logistical issues for the statesaffected – the costs of policing andprocessing these undocumented aliensis rising astronomically.

But the recent deployment oftroops isn’t actually aimed at curbingillegal border crossings. They won’tbe apprehending anyone – not thatthere’s any place to put them if theydid. Rather, their presence is beingused to deter entry (despite the factthat evidence shows that children areactually approaching authorities forhelp once they arrive at the border),or alternatively, to assist with human-itarian needs of immigrants. So at anestimated cost to the state of Texas of$12 million per month, is it reallyworth the additional expense?

Maybe not, but something needsto be done. Currently there are some243 judges in 59 immigration courtsin the U.S. As of the end of July,those courts have a backlog of nearly380,000 cases. The typical timeframeto clear a case through immigrationcourt is now anywhere from three tofive years. New cases are being setfor hearings as far off as 2018, and ifthe flood continues unabated, govern-ment estimates peg next year’s influxof undocumented minors to reach150,000 individuals.

While I usually don’t mind whenour legislators sit on their thumbs ordeadlock themselves into inaction, Ido believe that Congress needs to dowhat we pay them to do and figureout a way to fix this issue. Not only isit a burden on states and on citizens,but it also creates humanitarian issuesfor the children themselves. The jour-ney to our border for these unaccom-panied minors is hard, and subjectsthese children to terrible dangers likemalnourishment, dehydration, andeven rape or death at the hands of thecoyotes they pay to smuggle them tothe U.S.

I don’t pretend to know how tocombat this problem, but jockeyingfor political position and capital forthe upcoming election sure isn’t solv-ing anything. This is a real problemthat needs real solutions, and our cur-rent course of action isn’t cutting it.

Until next month,

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Renewable Energy Systems Ameri-cas Inc. (RES Americas) has receivednotice to proceed for construction ofthe Pleasant Valley Wind Project inMower and Dodge Counties in south-east Minnesota.

RES Americas is the developer andengineering, procurement and construc-tion contractor of Pleasant Valley. Thecompany successfully developed theproject over a number of years in coordi-nation with county and state officialsand through the assembly of a landown-er stakeholder committee to representthe community. Upon completion, RESAmericas will transfer the project toXcel Energy which will own and operatePleasant Valley.

The 200 MW project is comprisedof 100 V100-2.0 MW Vestas turbines,88 of which will be in Mower Countyand 12 of which will be in Dodge Coun-ty. During the planning phase, RES

Americas selected the turbine locationsso as to preserve the site’s wetlands andother biological, natural and culturalresources. Construction of Pleasant Val-ley began in July 2014, with projectedcommercial operation in October 2015.The project is expected to employ up to250 workers during peak construction.

The project is expected to qualifyfor the Federal Production Tax Credit,and it is anticipated that it will generatenearly $950,000 in annual local tax rev-enue that will be split pro rata betweenthe counties and townships.

Xcel Energy estimates that PleasantValley will avoid up to 419,000 tons ofcarbon dioxide emissions annually. TheVestas V100-2.0 MW turbine, launchedin 2013, generates approximately 13percent more energy than earlier modelsat medium wind speeds. It is expectedthat the cost of energy generated by theproject will be competitive with or

below wholesale power prices in theregion.

“The Pleasant Valley project is 1 of4 new wind projects under developmentthat will add 750 MW of clean windenergy to our Upper Midwest system,”said Dave Sparby, president and CEO ofNorthern States Power Co.-Minnesota,an Xcel Energy company. “These proj-ects will lower our customers’ bills,offer protection from rising fuel costs,and provide significant environmentalbenefits.”

RES Americas currently has morethan 770 MW of wind and solar powerunder construction in the United Statesand Canada. The company recentlycompleted construction on Canada’slargest wind project, the 270 MW SouthKent Wind Project in Ontario, andTexas’ largest solar photovoltaic project,the 41 MW Alamo 1 facility in SanAntonio.

RES Americas notified to proceed withconstruction of Pleasant Valley wind project

SunEdison, Inc., a solar technologymanufacturer and provider of solar ener-gy services, announced a new projectthat will install 159 kilowatts (kW) ofsolar PV micro-grids with battery stor-age in six remote Indian villages, whichwill bring electricity to, and therebyimprove health and education for, 4,875off-grid people. Working with the Gov-ernment of India’s Rural ElectrificationCorporation (REC) and the MadhyaPradesh Urja Vikas Nigam state agency,SunEdison will build, operate and then

transfer the facilities to a public entityafter five years, giving the freedom ofrenewable, reliable energy to those whoneed it the most.

“Solar is often the most practicalsolution in India’s remote areas andbuilding micro-grids allows for scalabil-ity as the need grows,” said PashupathyGopalan, president of SunEdison AsiaPacific, Middle East and South Africa.

SunEdison will begin constructionof the micro-grids in September 2014after the seasonal monsoon rains sub-

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SunEdison brings solar power to India’s villagers

Bluesphere gets emissions permitfor North Carolina waste-to-energy

Bluesphere Corp. has been issuedan air emissions permit by MecklenburgCounty for its 5.2 MW waste-to-energyproject in Charlotte, North Carolina.

The 5.2 MW organics-to-energyanaerobic digester will intake organicwaste such as food and farm waste thatwould normally go into landfills. The

organic waste is processed in an anaero-bic digester to emit biogas, which then isturned into electricity and compost. Thefacility generates revenues from intakeof organic waste, as well as the sale ofclean, renewable electricity, and the saleof compost.

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Double-digit growth continued in theglobal wind market in 2013. Of today’s318 gigawatts (GW) total generatingcapacity, 35 GW was added in 2013alone. However, this growth (12.5 percentincrease over 2012) was a significantdrop from the average growth rate overthe last 10 years (21 percent). Overallinvestment declined slightly from $80.9billion in 2012 to $80.3 billion in 2013,according to Worldwatch research associ-ate Mark Konold and climate and energyintern Xiangyu Wu in the Institute’s latestVital Signs Online trend.

In 2013, offshore wind capacity con-tinued to see impressive growth as proj-ects became larger and moved into deep-er waters. Until recently, deep-water off-shore wind has developed on foundationsadapted from the oil and gas industry, butdeeper waters and harsher weather havebecome formidable challenges requiringnewly designed equipment. Shipbuildersare expanding to make larger vessels totransport bigger equipment and longerand larger subsea cables to more-distantoffshore projects.

These trends have kept prices high inrecent years. As of early 2014, the lev-elized cost of energy (LCOE) for offshorewind power – which includes the cost ofthe plant’s full operational and financiallife – was up to nearly $240 permegawatt-hour (MWh). By comparison,the LCOE of onshore wind installationsin various regions of the world is under$150 per MWh, having fallen about 15percent between 2009 and early 2014.

Onshore, wind-generated power isbecoming more cost-competitive againstnew coal or gas-fired plants, even with-out incentives and support schemes.

Over the past few years, capital costs ofwind power have decreased because oflarge technological advances such aslarger machines with increased poweryield, higher hub height, longer blades,and greater nameplate capacity (whichindicate the maximum output of a windturbine).

Tighter competition among manu-facturers continues to drive down capitalcosts, and the positioning of the world’stop manufacturers continues to shift. Thetop 10 turbine manufacturers capturednearly 70 percent of the global market in2013, down from 77 percent the yearbefore.

In an effort to maintain profitabili-ty, manufacturers are trying new strate-gies, such as moving away from justmanufacturing turbines. Some compa-nies focus more on project operationand maintenance, which guarantees asteady business even during down sea-sons and can increase overall value inan increasingly competitive market.Some manufacturers are also turning tooutsourcing and flexible manufactur-ing, which can lower overall costs andprotect firms from exchange ratechanges, customs duties, and logisticalissues associated with shipping largeturbines and parts.

Country Highlights from the Report: •Among the world’s regions, the

European Union is in the lead forinstalled wind power capacity. Its 37 per-cent share of global capacity edges outAsia’s 36 percent. However, the Euro-pean wind market slowed in 2013. Thetwo most dynamic markets were Ger-many, which added 3 GW to bring itstotal to 34.25 GW, and the United King-

dom, which installed nearly 2 GW, muchof which was offshore installations.

•In 2013, China installed 16.1 GWof new wind power capacity, 24 percentmore than it added the previous year. Bythe end of 2013, total installed windcapacity there measured 91.4 GW.

•In India, government policies insupport of wind power have lapsed. Only1.7 GW were installed there in 2013,compared with a record 3 GW in 2011.To return to more robust growth, the Indi-an government reintroduced its genera-tion-based incentive for wind and solarpower projects between 100 kW and 2MW.

•The United States now has 61 GWof wind power capacity installed. But theexpiration of the Production Tax Credit(PTC) at the end of 2013 led to factoryclosures and layoffs due to the scarcity of

new turbine orders. Renewal of the PTCwas proposed as part of a larger bill in thespring of 2014. If it passes, it could meanan uptick in new wind power projects in2014 and 2015, but it appears the bill willbe stalled until after this year’s mid-termelections.

•Sub-Saharan Africa, North Africaand the Middle East saw only 90 MW ofnew wind power additions in 2013. Takentogether, these three regions have 1,255MW of installed capacity.

•Continuing its drive to increaseenergy security and diversify supply,Latin America added almost 1.2 GW ofnew capacity, bringing the region up to4.8 GW by the end of 2013. A big factorin the region’s wind expansion last yearwas innovative policy approaches takenby Brazil and Uruguay.

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Awareness of the benefits of wasteto fuel conversion continues to grow.Two of the factors at play in this trendare the increasing costs associated withfossil fuels and landfill usage. As aresult, there are also an increasing num-ber of options available in the globalmarket, offered by manufacturers ofwaste-to-fuel equipment.

Business development managerGreg Wright said that Granutech-Saturnoffers many types and sizes of shreddersand grinders for the waste to energyindustries – including “our Saturn lineof dual and quad shaft rotary shearshredders, our ram fed Roto-Grind – a

single rotor grinder – and our line ofGrizzly grinders that include the S50,M80 and the new S80. Processing vol-ume for these machines may fall any-where from 1 to 60 tons per hour. Themachine we’d suggest for a given jobwould depend on factors such as ferrouscontamination, incoming product size,final product size needed, if separationis required and throughput rate,” statedWright.

He explained that waste to ener-gy/alternative fuel can involve itemssuch as tires, biomass and ordinarymunicipal solid waste, and dependingon the energy generation methods used,the processing equipment required canvary greatly. Wright said, “Sometimes alarge primary shred will work, and othertimes a much smaller shred will berequired. This can translate into one bigshredder or multiple stages of shreddingand separation. Also, acquiring EPA orother environmental regulations canresult in a lot of time and testing for per-mit approval. It can be a problem whenidentifying a location to install a new

facility as most peopledo not favor living inclose proximity to sucha facility. A challengerelating directly to thematerial may also popup, such as size of thematerial coming in andlevel of ferrous contami-nation. If some degreeof presorting of thematerial can be done, itwould be beneficial, butfor many operators this is not anoption.”

The waste to energy market is anexpanding business segment atGranutech-Saturn. “We’re selling moreequipment and taking increased

inquiries regarding this applica-tion. A lot of companies that gen-erate waste are balancing thefinancial aspects of paying tosend the waste to the landfill ver-sus turning the waste into a fuelproduct and profit center. Thepublic’s aversion to new landfillsalso drives this growing market,”said Wright.

Lindner America has engi-neered and manufactured sizereduction equipment since 1948and claims to specialize in shred-ders and two step shredding sys-tems for alternative fuel from

municipal, industrial and commercialwaste. “We were awarded the GlobalFuels Award by the cement industry in2009 and again this year. We providedevelopment, construction, production,distribution and comprehensive cus-tomer service from one source,” saidAndreas Schwarz, president.

“In the late 1990s, we developedthe revolutionary Komet shredder forsecondary shredding for refuse derivedfuel (RDF) production. The unique cut-ting rotor, super dutyconstruction and infiniteprecision adjustment ofthe counter knives givethis shredder a giantleap over the competi-tion. With over 10 met-ric tons per hour outputat an output size of lessthan 1”, Lindner hasdoubled the output of atypical shredder and hasanswered our customers’requests for more out-put,” Schwarz noted.

He said the Komet not only offersdouble the output compared to mostother shredders, it also lowers operatingcosts while producing more consistentand smaller fractions. Schwarz contin-ued, “Since innovation is how Lindnerthinks every day, we have sinceimproved the machine several times.Some of the highlights are the mainte-nance door that opens the shredder foreasy access to blade change, and theinternal ram that keeps all materialinside the shredder so that the areaaround the shredder stays cleaner. Thelatest upgrade to the Komet is a radical-ly improved rotor that provides theshredder with 50 percent more output.One single Lindner Komet can produceup to 30 tons per hour of 2” minusRDF.”

The Jupiter pre-shredder made byLindner offers 50 tons per hour capaci-ty, and it is sold as a mate to the Komet.Schwarz explained that clients inEurope typically ask for 1” minus RDFso that it can be used in the main burnerof a cement kiln. American clients typi-cally ask for 2” minus product, whichmakes it suitable for a calciner. TheKomet HP, HP for High Performance, islarger than the Komet and provides 50percent more output as well. A Jupiterin conjunction with devices that remove

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Manufacturer ListCH4 Biogas, LLCLauren Toretta 203-869-1446www.ch4biogas.comClean Burn LLCTina Phillips800-331-0183www.cleanburn.comColumbus McKinnon Corp.Kaytee Moran 800-848-1071 www.cmrecyclingequipment.comCP GroupAshley Davis619-477-3175www.cpgrp.com Granutech-Saturn SystemsGreg Wright877-582-7800www.granutech.comKagi Heating Supplies & Mfg. Tom Kagi888-866-5244www.kagiburner.comLindner America Andreas Schwarz919-783-7719www.l-rt.usMetso Dorthe Larsen 45 76 26 64 33 www.metso.comRecycleTech Corp. Howard Adams201-475-5000 www.recycletechno.comSSI Shredding Systems, Inc.Terri Ward503-682-3633www.ssiworld.comUntha Shredding TechnologyAmerica, Inc. Maggie Wallus603-601-2304www.untha-america.comVecoplan, LLCKim A. James336-861-6070www.VecoplanLLC.comWarren & Baerg Manufacturing Randy Baerg559-591-6790www.warrenbaerg.comWEIMA America, Inc.Madison Burt888-440-7170www.weimaamerica.com

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undesirable materials such as metal,stones, batteries or other inert materialand a Komet HP allows a client to makeRDF that meets and exceeds industrystandards at the lowest possible operat-ing cost, at an output of up to 30 tons perhour.

With over 200 Jupiters and over 400Komets now sold, Lindner shredders andtwo step shredding systems produceover 25 million tons of RDF every year.

“Waste-to-fuel equipment is quite abroad category. There’s commercial,industrial and post-consumer. And thereare many types of fuel. There’s boilerfuel, pelletized fuel, syngas, cellulosicethanol and even other, second-genera-tion liquid transportation fuels. Vecoplanhas experience in all of the above,” saidKim James, Vecoplan marketing/com-munications director.

James said the company deliversturnkey systems that process waste as afeedstock for the production of alterna-tive fuels and energy. As an example ofprocessing volume, Vecoplan’s alterna-tive fuel feedstock preparation system atthe City of Edmonton is capable of pro-ducing 100,000 dry metric tons of RDFper year.

Equipment included in their sys-tems is determined by the compositionof the waste feeding into the system andthe specifications required on the materi-

al that feeds out. Machinery and tech-nologies available for waste-to-fuel prepsystems include receiving stations, pri-mary size reduction, screening, air clas-sification, metals separation, opticalsorting, secondary shredding, storage,testing, metered feeding, conveyingbetween workstations and integratedcontrols for the entire system.

“Most systems employ some, butnot all of these. Knowing which to spec-ify and how to incorporate the best tech-nologies to get the job done is the key tosuccess. Vecoplan is experienced in thedesign, engineering and construction ofmachinery and systems for commercial,industrial and municipal waste-to-fuelplants. Our systems operate in municipalfacilities for the production of liquidtransportation fuels from municipal solidwaste residuals. We also offer equipmentthat is used in factories that processpaper and plastics waste to producealternative fuel pellets. Our machinery isincorporated into plants that convertagricultural wastes, such as corn stover,into cellulosic ethanol. Cement plantsuse Vecoplan RDF systems to producefuel for their kilns. Some of the world’slargest wood pellet factories haveVecoplan machines, also.

“Bottom line – no matter what typeof waste you’re talking about or whatkind of fuel you’re making, no othercompany can provide the depth of expe-rience that you get with Vecoplan,”James concluded.

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TMEIC wins Intersolar awardfor innovation in solar tech

Every year, Intersolar Europe, theworld’s largest exhibition for the solarindustry and its partners, pays tribute tothe most innovative developments insolar technology.

This year, TMEIC’s Solar Ware®

Samurai PV Central Inverter wasamong the 3 winners selected frommore than 200 companies, in 21 coun-tries worldwide, to receive an award inthe Photovoltaics category. The SolarWare Samurai is an outdoor PCS with astand-alone capacity of 1,667kW. Itshighly advanced cooling system offers

fanless operation up to 50 percent ofthe output power rating, and maintainshigh reliability while reducing energycosts.

The inverter also boasts the abilityto operate efficiently under the harshestof environments, such as deserts wherelarge-scale mega solar facilities are fre-quently installed.

Since the inverter’s introduction in2013, TMEIC has installed over 60units, and anticipates orders of morethan 400 units in North America in2014.

Fortistar is an independent energy com-pany that got its start in the 1970s as a finan-cial company, but has since become an oper-ational company with 250 to 300 employeesand plants in at least 15 states and Canada,according to the company’s chief informa-tion officer, David Comora. It operates threedistinct types of power plants – those fueledby biomass, by landfill gas and by the moretypical natural gas.

Fortistar has six operating biomass facilities, with three in the U.S. and three inCanada. Besides operating the energy facilities, Fortistar also owns and operates therecycling facilities that feed the power plants.

For the U.S. power plants, Fortistar has a tire shredding facility which includespicking up tires for processing. For the Canadian plants, they own and operate afacility that processes construction waste to reclaim the wood for use as fuel.

The largest number of power plants that Fortistar owns are the ones that reclaimgas from landfills, with 35 plants in operation all across the country. Comora saidthat those plants produce fewer megawatts per plant than other types, but they oper-ate very locally, supplying power to their local communities.

The landfill plants use a well-and-vacuum system that collects the methanefrom the landfills. The methane is then pumped to Fortistar’s facility where they“clean it up and run turbines to generate electricity,” according to Comora.

He said that running a methane collection business is a good way to tell “thedifference between well-managed garbage and not.” Many of the landfills thatFortistar is affiliated with are operated with a public/private partnership where thecounty owns the landfill, which is separate from the utility company that providesthe electricity to the community.

Comora said that the landfills and energy companies are integral parts of theircommunities – the electricity is generated from community trash, and the energy isreturned to those same communities. He also said that Fortistar’s energy businessesform relationships within those communities, including funding renewable energyscholarships for high school students.

“We work with some of the largest landfill services and some small operations,”Comora said. Many of the natural gas businesses are also very small, but “they stillhave the same checklist of stuff you have to do.”

Comora said that by operating all of these small plants with the same technolo-gy, they can key in on information sent to a central hub where they can look forexceptions and operate at a lower cost than someone “who has to do this with penand paper.”

In recent years, Comora said that the price of natural gas has gone down, whichlowered the price of electricity, and that has made it a challenge to build and expandfacilities to generate electricity. But the company looks at the long term. “We’re notday-trading,” Comora said.

Fortistar recently branched out into compressed natural gas, which is used as analternative to diesel fuel. “The U.S. has an abundance of natural gas,” Comora said,and using compressed gas as automotive fuel lessens the need for foreign oil. Ithelps provide “energy security by using local resources,” he said. The compressedgas costs customers about half as much as diesel fuel, but in order to use it, the com-panies need to convert their trucks to run on compressed gas.

He said that one of the largest customers for the compressed gas fuel is landfillsand trash collection companies because “the trucks come home to sleep” and canfuel up at the end of the day. “Compressed natural gas, we think is a home run,” hesaid.

Although the company’s real business is energy, Comora said that until recent-ly, they were also in the tomato business. It wasn’t much of a moneymaker, but oneof the energy plants had a 13-acre greenhouse attached to it. The plant generatedboth electricity and steam, and the steam was used to heat the greenhouse, whichgrew the tomatoes.

The tomatoes are no longer part of the company’s portfolio, but Fortistar strivesto focus on clean and renewable energy sources. “We’re not interested in coal-, oil-or petroleum-based energy,” Comora said. “We’re committed to being a part of theenergy solutions for the country.”

Comora’s own history with the company started when he was working in thetechnology sector for a company that didn’t quite need him full time, so he startedspending some of his time with Fortistar, which gave him an opportunity to “sink histeeth in,” particularly with the technology infrastructure. Since then, he’s witnessedthe growth of the company and the development of that infrastructure. “It’s better tobe part of a growing company than a shrinking company,” he said.

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return on investment in as little as threeto five years, depending on location andcost of energy in local markets.

Another factor encouraging waste-to-energy is the spread of laws requiringgenerators of food waste to stop sendingtheir materials to landfills. A number ofstates, including Connecticut, Vermontand Massachusetts, as well as citiesincluding San Francisco, Seattle andPortland have banned commercial foodwaste from landfills.

Pending legislation in Californiawill similarly restrict large generatorsfrom sending food scrap to landfills,Levin said. And that should motivateadditional interest in waste-to-energy.“For food processors, the larger ones aregoing to be regulated,” she said.“They’re going to have to do somethingwith food waste if they’re large produc-ers of food waste.”

Processors that turn scrap into ener-gy save on landfill tipping fees and canpotentially generate additional revenuefrom sales of energy, “It can go from anet cost to a net revenue generator,”Levin said.

For now, most large food waste-to-energy installations in the United Statesare municipal facilities that mix foodscraps with sewage and other organicwaste. A few pioneers in food processingare continuing to push the envelope,however. Gills, for instance, recentlyinstalled a battery array to store electric-ity created from its waste-to-energyprocess.

In the not too distant future, manymore food processors are likely to jointhe waste-to-energy movement, drivenby rising energy costs and the opportuni-ty to turn a by-product into a cashsource. “They also understand they’renot going to be able to keep puttingorganic waste into landfills that muchlonger,” Levin said. “So they’re takingsteps to get ahead of the curve.”

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Maine’s two largest utilities todevelop transmission projects

Maine’s two largest utilities haveagreed to jointly develop electric trans-mission projects to enhance the strengthand capacity of the state’s bulk powergrid and improve access for new genera-tion resources.

Emera Maine and Central MainePower recently signed a memorandumof understanding for joint project devel-opment which identified a number ofpotential projects that could be devel-oped together. The projects wouldimprove links between southern NewEngland and northern Maine, wheremore than 2,100 MW of wind powerdevelopment have been proposed. Theagreement between the utilities comes inresponse to a call by the six New Eng-land governors for investments in theregion’s energy infrastructure to diversi-fy the energy portfolio and gain accessto new renewable energy resources.

As the state’s two largest utilities,Central Maine Power and Emera Maineserve more than 95 percent of Maine’shomes and businesses. The utilities havesignificant expertise with transmissionprojects, including the MEPCO trans-mission line that extends from centralMaine to New Brunswick, Canada.

The companies have outlined twoinitial phases of work. Phase One willanalyze the feasibility of each project,including technical feasibility, publicpolicy, regulatory considerations andoutreach to other potential parties to theproject. Phase Two will include alldevelopment activities from design,engineering, siting, through constructionbidding.

Central Maine Power is the state’slargest utility serving 605,000 homesand businesses in the southern third ofthe state. The company is nearing com-pletion of the Maine Power ReliabilityProgram, a $1.4 billion investment innew transmission lines and substationsto reinforce its 345,000 volt bulk powergrid.

Emera Maine, which includes theformer Bangor Hydro Electric andMaine Public Service, serves approxi-mately 154,000 homes and businessesin eastern and northern Maine. Signifi-cant transmission projects completedby Emera Maine include the 43 mile,115,000 volt Downeast Reliability Proj-ect, and the 85 mile, 345,000 voltNortheast Reliability Interconnect in2007.


TruStar Energy opens publicCNG station for MSD fleet

TruStar Energy, a designer andbuilder of compressed natural gas(CNG) fueling infrastructure, and theMuncie Sanitary District (MSD), haveopened their first large public fast-fillCNG station.

The public station will serve to fuelten MSD vehicles, comprised of sevengarbage trucks and three grapple trucks.In addition, the public will also beencouraged to fuel their CNG vehicles atthe station, which houses two fuelingdispensers, similar to what a consumerwould see at a gasoline fueling station.

Muncie’s decision to begin migrat-ing away from diesel is yet anotherexample of the growing importance of adomestic fuel source – and a way toextend municipal budgets.

With more CNG fueling infrastruc-ture being built throughout the country,

more municipalities are finding the ben-efits of CNG hard to ignore – even withother forms of alternative fuel available.

TruStar Energy is seeing a growingtrend in the private/public station designconcept – which provides additional val-idation for those considering the migra-tion to domestic CNG.

TruStar Energy began building pri-vate “behind the fence” fueling stationsin 2008, but has expanded their productofferings to include public/private sta-tion builds along with fuel supply con-tracts and TruStar Energy-owned sta-tions for those customers that are notinterested in station ownership, but wantaccess to low-cost CNG fuel.

Comora said TruStar Energy has thecapability of building 40 CNG stationsper year and expects to double thatcapacity over the next few years.

Sungevity utilizes instant solarinstallation quoting tech

Sungevity, Inc. has released tech-nology capable of generating residentialsolar installation quotes instantly basedon nothing more than a street address.The company’s new Instant Solar Quote(Instant iQuote) tool is being piloted atselect Lowe’s stores in California.

Both Instant iQuote and Sungevity’searlier generation iQuote technologyeliminate the need for time consumingand capital intensive home visits todesign and price residential solar instal-lations. The new instant quote abilityspeeds the process of closing individualsolar sales by providing an immediateproposal without the previous 24 hourwait. It can also be used to rapidly assessthe solar potential of entire cities, coun-ties and countries for retailers, utilitiesand other partners.

The new quoting platform utilizesproprietary technology that combinesLIDAR, aerial imagery and real estateparcel data to produce a 3D model of theproperty at a given address. Hundreds ofdesign variations may be generated for

that address, based on factors such asroof pitch and shading. Instant iQuoteimmediately provides the consumer withthe most optimal solar configurations,installation cost, and estimated savings.Results can be modified on the spotbased on customers’ design preferences,actual energy usage and other variables.

“When a homeowner starts to con-sider solar, the same questions alwaysarise: How much will I save? How muchwill it cost? How much will it produce?What will it look like? Due to vast dif-ferences in roof shape and size, utility,shading and electricity usage, it hasalways been next to impossible to pro-vide immediate answers to any of thesequestions,” said Andrew Birch, Sungevi-ty’s chief executive officer. “By over-coming those hurdles, Instant iQuote canexpedite solar adoption.”

The technology currently coversmore than 1.5 million homes in Califor-nia, will expand to 4 states by the end ofthe summer and will eventually be uti-lized internationally.

Astronergy gives PV to children’s hospitalAstronergy donated 150kW PV

panels to a solar system installed on aparking lot of a children’s hospital, Hos-pitl de las Californias, located in Tijua-na, Baja California.

The PV system will cover 80 percentof the electricity needs of the medicalfacility, which will represent a savings ofapproximately 400,000 pesos per year(equivalent to US$31,133) over the 25year useful life of the solar installation.

The North American DevelopmentBank and the Border Environment Coop-eration Commission will provide technicalassistance funding to the Government ofthe State of Baja California for installationof solar energy equipment for the chil-dren’s hospital.

The Hospital Infantil de las Califor-nias is a private charitable organizationthat has been providing pediatric healthcare services since 1994.

Inaccess to monitor Panama’sfirst utility-scale solar power plant

Inaccess, a global provider of solarmonitoring and control systems, has suc-cessfully commissioned its solar powerplant optimization solution, insolar, at a2.4 MW solar power plant in Sarigua, adesert region in Panama’s Herreraprovince. Sarigua is the country’s firstgrid-scale solar array and is owned by LaEmpresa de Generacion Electricita, Pana-ma’s primary grid operator.

The system will monitor performanceof the plant’s hardware including panels,strings, inverters and fuses. Panama, whichis set to open its expanded Panama Canal

next year, is a quickly growing market forsolar taking its place as the world’s value-added logistics hub.

Located nine miles from the city ofChitre, Sarigua was connected to the gridin March 2014. The utility-scale plant isnow providing 30 percent of the surround-ing area’s electricity demand – equivalentto the power used by 2,600 local homes.Greenwood Biosar, a joint venturebetween Greenwood Energy and Biosar,provided engineering, procurement andconstruction services for Sarigua, original-ly a project of Enel Green Power Panama.

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