In honor of Veterans Day, ReMA News is profiling two veterans in the ReMA community, Brian Henesey, Immediate Past Chair of ReMA and Vice President and General Manager of Rocky Mountain Recycling, and Todd Foreman, ReMA’s Senior Director of Law Enforcement Outreach. Henesey served in the U.S. Army from 1986 to 1988 and then was…
On Tuesday, September 30, the South Carolina Association of Administrators (SCASA) hosted a roundtable for the Career and Technical Education Directors and presented awards to the winners of the first-ever South Carolina Recycling Poster Contest, a statewide initiative designed to inspire students to explore the power of recycling and its role in building a sustainable…
Several years ago, Toledo, Ohio-based metal brokers and recyclers Kripke Enterprises Inc. (KEI) committed to supporting the National Food Bank with annual donations. While impactful, Kripke’s Wellness Committee aspired to do something that would create a direct and lasting benefit within the Toledo community. According to Leslie Mundt, Kripke’s Executive Assistant, that opportunity arose in 2021 when…
Two years ago, Megan Potthoff, then a senior at Norwin High School in North Huntingdon, PA, traveled to Las Vegas, NV for the ReMA 2024 Convention and Exposition with her classmates Emily Arendas and Heather Smarick. Potthoff and her classmates were able to attend the ReMA convention because they were the 2023-2024 Youth Recycling Award…
During Brad Rutledge’s almost 14 years with the MX Holdings family of companies, he worked in the aluminum trading, casting, extrusion, fabrication, and recycling subsectors. After a nine-year tour of the manufacturing side of the business, Rutledge was invited back to headquarters to create a new analyst role that had not yet existed at the…
The first time Corey Cooper, Director of Marketing Ontario & USA at AIM Recycling, took his youngest son to an AIM facility, it was an awe-inspiring moment for the young boy. “I was planning to drive my son to a Target in Buffalo, but we had to make a pit stop at AIM’s headquarters in…
On Friday, August 1, PakTech, a global leader in sustainable secondary packaging solutions, welcomed Oregon Governor Tina Kotek to its Eugene headquarters this week, along with Paul Rainey of Gallatin Public Affairs and Courtney Flathers of the Governor’s South Valley Mid Coast Regional Solutions Team. The visit provided a behind-the-scenes look at how PakTech is…
For Eds Harding, Vice President of Operations at Harding Metals and ReMA’s New England Chapter President, attending the 2025 National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) Summit in Boston was a full-circle moment. The last time the Summit was in Boston was 2017 and Harding was looking to get involved with volunteering for the association. “Our…
The ReMA Paper Stock Industries (PSI) Chapter is awarding $55,000 to 21 students in its annual scholarship program, setting records for the total funds awarded and the number of student recipients. This year’s scholarship total includes one $5,000 grand-prize scholarship and 20 $2,500 merit scholarships. The 2025 winners, along with their sponsoring ReMA/PSI Chapter member…
In August 2023, Jared Seifert and Lauren Copping, two 2018 graduates from Kendall College of Art and Design, launched Design Declassified, a company that aims to turn recycled plastics into 100% recycled sheet materials that can then be used to make new products such as countertops, furniture, lighting, and home goods. “During a trip to…
For several years, the Recycled Materials Association (ReMA) has teamed up with JASON Learning, a nonprofit leader in STEM education, to offer ReMA members the opportunity to sponsor a school in their community. The ReMA-JASON Learning partnership promotes career opportunities in the recycled materials industry and expands knowledge and awareness of recycled materials’ impact. Last year, ReMA’s…
The Recycling Education and Research Foundation (RERF) is a 501(c) (3) not-for-profit organization associated with Recycled Materials Association (ReMA). In 1967, the Institute of Scrap Iron and Steel, a ReMA predecessor association, founded a research foundation to explore new preparation methods and quality improvement in the recycled materials industry. In 1991, the Foundation took its first…