The signature systems can process 15 tons of passenger car and truck tires into chips.
Columbus McKinnon Corp., Sarasota, Florida, has announced the sale of two of its signature mobile tire shredding systems. The two machines are capable of processing 15 tons of passenger car and truck tires into 50-by-50-millimeter chips, CM says.
The sale marks the first time that CM has supplied equipment on the continent of Africa. The machines were sold to the South African government and will be used throughout South Africa to rid the country of its scrap tires and the problems associated with the disposing of and stockpiling of tires, according to a recent news release.
CM tire shredding systems use a patented knife technology that produces the highest quality chips with the least amount of exposed wire, according to the company. The chips are desired by the cement industry and will be used as a supplemental fuel in cement kilns throughout the country.
CM patented knife systems are produced with hardened knives, which last longer than typical shear shredder knives. The knives are can be sharpened and can used up to six times.
CM currently has more than 400 installations in 28 countries and on six different continents.
The dual-stream Camper keeps wildlife out of waste and recycling bins.
TuffBoxx, Ontario, Canada, has created a new dual-stream, double-door, animal-resistant waste or recycling receptacle.
Constructed of galvanized steel, the Camper will keep out almost any form of wildlife while dual streams allow for source separation of waste, the company says.
The Camper’s two 32-gallon containers are available with accessibility compliant “mailbox” style chutes or with top lid access. Dual streams allow users to separate garbage from recycling, organics from plastics or even pet waste from general waste.
The receptacle is a waste storage solution for campgrounds, parks, apartments, small businesses, fire departments, community centers or “anywhere durable, wildlife resistant waste containers are needed.”
According to TuffBoxx, the gravity closing “mailbox” style chutes are secured by finger release levers that make it easily accessible to all users and inaccessible to wildlife.
Built to keep contents safe and secure in all situations, the Camper is designed with lockable double lids and doors. Its construction will keep out all animals, including bears, raccoons, skunks and squirrels.
An interior hopper directs waste to the inner liner, which minimizes waste deflection. A top lid option comes with the Campers chute holes.
The chute style not only discourages wildlife, but the narrow holes limit the size and amount of waste being disposed to deter people from dumping trash.
The Camper is available in four colors with a textured powder coat to offer style and durability. With a mounting system built into the bottom of the bin’s base, the Camper can be mounted to a concrete pad or secured with a chain or cable to a tree or other secure post.
TuffBoxx containers are made in a ready to assemble design and can be shipped unassembled in boxes or assembled on a pallet. All TuffBoxx products are manufactured in Princeton, Ontario.
The Viridor St. Helens facility was accredited for its cooling process.
United Kingdom-based environmental services firm Viridor retained the WEEELABEX accreditation for its cooling process at its St. Helens, Merseyside, England, WEEE (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment) facility. According to a Viridor news release, Viridor St. Helens was one of the first companies in the United Kingdom to achieve this certification in 2015 after undergoing an evaluation of its systems and processing of refrigeration treatment.
“This accreditation shows the efforts and investment the WEEE business is making in driving higher standards within the industry and with recycling and recovery rates,” says Tom Liddell, Viridor’s head of recycling and integrated assets WEEE, in a company press release. “These standards are continually reviewed, and for the most recent audit Viridor worked with technology partners Andritz and Herco to achieve even higher recovery levels of the air-polluting blowing agents used in fridge manufacture.”
The approved authorized treatment facility originally chose to pursue accreditation to support a long-standing partnership with KMK Metals Recycling Ltd. in the Republic of Ireland.
“We have been supplying fridges in large quantities from Ireland to the Viridor recycling plant in St. Helens since 2003,” says Kurt Kyck of KMK in Viridor’s news release. “Operating to this standard is a statement of intent and provides producers of cooling appliances with the comfort that their environmental responsibility under the WEEE Directive is being achieved and measured.”
Liddell says all European countries were mandated to meet the WEEE Directive, which sets targets for collection, recycling and recovery of all types of electrical goods.
Wayne Copley, procurement director of the U.K. WEEE producer REPIC, adds that he understands the WEEELABEX auditing is a rigorous process following the flow of inputs and outputs through the WEEE treatment and beyond to downstream treatment and recycling. “Viridor continues to play a significant role in the U.K. WEEE reprocessing sector, and this shows it is keeping pace with the quality expectations of U.K. and multinational clients who want to see WEEE dealt with effectively, efficiently and sustainably.”
Viridor’s St. Helens WEEE processing facility features two Andritz technologies, including a fridge processing plant that went under reaccreditation that can process 600,000 units per year and an SDA plant that is capable of processing up to 50,000 metric tons of small domestic appliances per year.
New members were voted on during the 2018 Resource Recycling Conference.
The National Recycling Coalition (NRC) has voted nine members to its board of directors. The elections were held during the 2018 Resource Recycling Conference in St. Louis, Missouri.
The new and re-elected board members are:
• Richard Anthony, Zero Waste San Diego;
• Stephen Bantillo, NRC vice president, Recycling Certification Institute;
• Susan Collins, Container Recycling Institute;
• Chantal Fryer, South Carolina Department of Commerce;
• Mary McClellan, Carolina Recycling Association;
• Frances McPoland, Paper Recycling Coalition;
• Lynn Rubinstein, Northeast Recycling Council; and
• Bill Turley, Construction & Demolition Recycling Association.
“I am so thrilled with the election of these candidates to carry on the great work that the NRC is doing,” says David Keeling, NRC board president.
Samsung partners with Basel Action Network to enhance e-scrap tracking.
Samsung, headquartered in South Korea, has announced it is adopting the Seattle-based Basel Action Network's (BAN) EarthEye tracking system.
EarthEye is a global GPS-based tracking system designed to allow electronic recyclers and big corporations to track e-scrap downstream to prevent illegal exports and dumping.
“Samsung not only aims to be a leader in product innovation, but also in using innovative technologies to keep our supply and disposition chains accountable,” says Mark Newton, Samsung’s director of regulatory and environmental affairs. “For this reason, Samsung will add EarthEye as part of our arsenal to maintain the most rigorous due diligence and standards for responsible recycling."
A recent news release says Samsung promotes the responsible and convenient recycling of e-scrap and supports requirements that would ban the export of unprocessed e-scrap to developing countries, consistent with the e-Stewards Standard and Samsung policy.
The company says products and parts that cannot be refurbished are processed into raw material commodities in such a way that material can be used again for production of a variety of new products.
Since 2008, Samsung has provided take-back options for consumer electronics globally, according to the news release.
Learn more about Samsung sustainability practices here.