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Sustainability session focuses on recycling as an agent of change (Washington, DC) — The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) will host its first-ever Plastics Business and Operations Summit during its 2016 Convention and Exposition, April 2-7, in Las Vegas. The Summit promises to the most compressive and dynamic plastics programming event of the year,...

Opening & closing sessions to examine leading economic indicators and growth predictors (Washington, DC) – When the recycling industry faces down markets, value is more important than ever. The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) is working to bring value to attendees through on-point programs that can help companies steer through these times. The general...

Paper mills using recovered fiber as feedstock, reject the use of recovered paper sorted from “one-bin programs” (Washington DC) – The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) today released the preliminary results of a survey of paper mill buyers in North America who are responsible for sourcing recovered fiber for their paper mills, about their...

(Washington, DC) – The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) recently announced new specifications have been published in the Scrap Specifications Circular 2016. There are five new nonferrous specifications, as well as an amendment to the existing specification named Twang, that have been approved by the ReMA Board of Directors. The specifications are as follows:...

Accordingly, scrap theft in China is a growing and industry-wide problem. Shipments to Hong Kong and the Pearl River Delta ports accounted for around 10 percent of all U.S. copper scrap export sales to China in 2013 (~$290 million).  The annual value of cargo theft of U.S. copper and aluminum based scrap exports was valued at...