Press Releases

For Immediate Release September 9, 2013 Mark [email protected] pricing model offers greater accessibility for small businesses and nonprofit organizations seeking responsible recycling certification Washington, DC – Recycling facilities, including non-profit organizations, are now able to become Recycling Industry Operating Standard™ (RIOS™) members at a reduced cost under a more streamlined price model. For the first time,...

For Immediate Release September 11, 2013 Mark [email protected] (Arlington, Va.) – The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)®, the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries Inc. (ISRI)®, and InnoCentive, the pioneer in crowdsourcing and open innovation, today announced the winners of the second “CRT Challenge” to develop compelling economic and environmentally preferable solutions for recycling old cathode ray tube...

For Immediate Release September 24, 2013 Contact:(ISRI) Mark Carpenter, [email protected](APR) Steve Alexander, APR Executive Director [email protected] (Washington, DC) – The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) and the Association of Postconsumer Plastic Recyclers (APR), which together represent nearly all U.S. postconsumer plastic recycling companies, today announced the publication of joint plastic model bale specifications to...

For Immediate ReleaseOctober 4, 2013 Contact:Mark [email protected](Washington, DC) – The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries(ISRI) commended California Governor Jerry Brown for recognizing theneed for more enforcement of the state’s current metals theft lawsbefore additional laws that could harm the industry are added to thebooks. While vetoing California Assembly Bill 841, Governor Brown issued thefollowing statement,...

For Immediate Release October 4, 2013 Contact:Mark [email protected] Scrap recycling is the first link in the manufacturing supply chain (Washington, DC) – The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) joins in the nationwide celebration of National Manufacturing Day by highlighting the many positive economic contributions of the industry to the U.S. manufacturing landscape. Each year, more...