Coverstory
T H I S I S S U E
Sections
3 Viewpoint
6 Events Calendar
8 News
21 Product news
92 Next issue
Markets Analysis
74 Ferrous scrap
80 Stainless steel scrap
84 Non-fer rous scrap
88 Recovered paper
89 Textiles
And also…
38 Women in recycling:
Shelley Li of First American
Metals
46 Scrap art: Foam-furnished
creations revive Dutch masters
56 Adam Weitsman of Upstate
Shredding/Ben Weitsman &
Son: ever up for the battle
64 Supplier:
American Pulverizer – listening
and learning from customers
91 In the laboratory:
Green composite harvested
from car wrecks
32
Aluminium: no future
without recycling
Shinier prospects for platinum
and palladium prices
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Based on a report prepared by US autocatalyst
recycler A-1 Specialized Services & Supplies, this
article offers a detailed examination of the
platinum group metal markets and of related
recycling activities.
The pivotal importance of recycling to the future
of aluminium was laid bare at the latest
International Aluminium Recycling Congress.
The event touched on a number of the salient and
sometimes contentious issues surrounding
aluminium scrap, including international flows.
With technology providing the seed for various
innovations in rapid succession, it hasn’t taken long
for software to assume a major presence in the
recycling market. Germany’s RECY Systems laid the
cornerstone for a quickly-maturing niche market
that has proven its worth to the recycling industry.
Only a very small minority of people in the scrap
industry can claim to have a degree in philosophy.
But ISRI chair Jerry Simms’ chosen major has stood
him in good stead, providing him with analytical
skills which have benefited many task forces within
the US Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries.
E-scrap – free trade or fair trade? / 26
One of the main debates at the latest
International Electronics Recycling
Congress, which took place in the
Austrian city of Salzburg on
January 18-20, concerned the
concepts of free and fair trade
in e-scrap. Global
fair trade requires a
level playing field with
regard to legislation,
environmental pro-
cessing standards and
work/safety measures, it
was generally agreed.
Integrating recycling
software into the scrap yard
ISRI chair Jerry Simms:
the philosophical peddler
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