Press Releases

As we have done previously, the attached PDF file digests the information that we have shared over the last several weeks about the resources on OSHA’s webpage and those of several other agencies and organizations. We have included a list of general COVID-19 resources grouped by agency, including those on the OSHA Emergency Temporary Standard...

(Washington, DC) – Inconsistencies within the U.S. Mint’s mutilated coin redemption program have threatened to cost recyclers millions of dollars in redeemable coins. Serving as the Voice of the Recycling Industry™, the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) submitted comments to the U.S. Department of the Treasury in response to the U.S. Mint’s notice and...

(Washington, DC) – Following years of work advocating on behalf of recyclers against unfair demurrage practices by ocean carriers and railroad transportation providers, the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) today applauds President Joe Biden on the signature of an Executive Order requesting that the Surface Transportation Board (STB) and Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) work...

(Washington, DC) – The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) Board of Directors will consider the addition of two new and one modified nonferrous metal specifications along with proposed changes to the guidelines for paper stock contained in the ISRI Scrap Specifications Circular at its upcoming Summer Board Meeting to be held in Washington, DC on July 16,...

As we have done previously, the attached PDF file digests the information that we have shared over the last several weeks about the resources on OSHA’s webpage, and those of several other agencies and organizations. Included is a list of general COVID-19 resources grouped by agency, a section with resources on reopening workplaces, cloth face coverings...