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Megan Quinn, Scrap’s reporter/writer, won a Silver Award in the Excel Awards competition for her article “Protecting Cargo on the Truck,” which appeared in Scrap’s September/October 2015 issue. Quinn won in the Magazines: Feature Article category for publications with circulation of 10,000 recipients or fewer. AM&P, the association for association publications, sponsors the Excel Awards...

This year marked the 75th anniversary of the annual conference. ReMA provided information on the industry’s efforts to work with law enforcement on metals theft, including ScrapTheftAlert.com and StopMetalsTheft.org. The event was attended by sheriffs, chief deputies, and executive level police officers. For more information about ISRI’s law enforcement outreach efforts, contact Brady Mills at...

Where are the markets now? Where are they headed?  These questions are central and prominent in every recycler’s mind as they determine their buying and selling strategies for the last half of the year.  At ISRI’s Commodities Roundtable, you’ll hear from noted experts that may help inform your choices as they discuss these markets and...

WASHINGTON – The new law directs agencies to adjust their penalties for inflation each year using a much more straightforward method than previously available, and requires agencies to publish “catch up” rules this summer to make up for lost time since the last adjustments. As a result, the U.S. Department of Labor announced today two...

(Washington, DC) – As part of its outreach efforts during National Safety Month, the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI), in collaboration with The Chlorine Institute, announced the release of an educational toolkit to help recyclers safely handle hazardous compressed gas containers entering their facilities. The toolkit promotes the message, “Stop, Look, Think, Call,” educating...