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October 15 to serve as a day of training and safety education (Washington, DC) – In the wake of a series of recent fatalities and serious injuries across the industry, safety leaders from the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) today declared October 15 to be Safety Stand-Down Day. They ask that all member facilities...

RIOS™ Appoints Two New Members to its Board of Directors (Washington, DC)– The Recycling Industry Operating Standard™ (RIOS™) recently named Jeremy Miller of Wm. Miller Scrap Iron & Metal Co. in Winona, Minnesota and Scott Venhaus of Arrow Electronics in Englewood, Colorado to its Board of Directors. Each will serve a three year term. RIOS™...

Publication provides expanded coverage of the recycling industry (Washington, DC) – The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) today released its third annual ReMA Scrap Yearbook, providing the most comprehensive information and statistical look at U.S. scrap recycling, as well as more detailed look at the global nature of recycling, how it has evolved and...

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 recycling industry to the U.S. manufacturing landscape. In 2013 alone, more than 130 million metric tons of...

The bill was marked up and passed out of the committee on September 16. This bill aims to improve the Surface Transportation Board (STB) by making it more efficient and accessible, increasing the STB’s investigative authority so it can launch its own investigations before a complaint is filed, improving rate review timelines making it easier...