Press Releases

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor announced a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking by the department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration to improve worker safety and health by ensuring the agency’s general industry and construction industry rules reflect current industry practice and state-of-the-art technology. The proposed rule will update the design and construction requirements for OSHA’s powered industrial trucks...

(Washington, DC) – The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) Board of Directors will consider the addition of a specialty grade to the guidelines for paper stock contained in the ISRI Scrap Specifications Circular at its upcoming Spring Board Meeting to be held in Las Vegas, NV on March 21, 2021: Proposed Change to Guidelines for Paper Stock:...

Bipartisan Bill Levels Playing Field for American Exporters and Benefits the U.S. Recycling Industry (February 25, 2021- Washington, D.C.) – The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI), the Voice of the Recycling Industry™, announced support of the Ocean Shipping Reform Act (S.3560), introduced by U.S. Senators John Thune R-S.D., and Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn. ReMA submitted a letter of support for...

New ReMA Council Provides Win-Win Connection Between Recyclers and Global Consumer Brands   (February 3, 2022 – Washington, D.C.) – The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI), the Voice of the Recycling Industry™, today announced the formation and inaugural members of the Brands Leadership Council, which are Starbucks, Keurig Dr Pepper, McDonalds, Unilever, and Colgate-Palmolive....

International Recycling Organization Details Priorities with Focus on Shipping Reform and Workplace Development (Washington, DC) – The Board of Directors of the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) has approved the association’s 2022 ReMA Advocacy Agenda, which outlines the direction of advocacy activity at the state/local, federal, and international level. As a framework for continued policy...