Many states charge user fees at the time of a tire's sale to help foster market development for recycled rubber. Via e-mail at: By calling editor Brian Taylor at Recycling Today.Is your shredder plant missing from this list?
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Research to update this list was led by Recycling Today assistant editor DeAnne Toto. Tacoma General Metals of Tacoma/Schnitzer Steel Salt Lake City Western Metals Recycling LLC Salt Lake City Metal Management West Inc. San Antonio Newell Recycling of San Antonio Johnson City Johnson City Iron & Metal Co. Inc.Ĭoatesville Coatesville Scrap Iron & Metal Toledo North Star Recycling (Shredder not cur- rently in operation may start up soon.) Lindenhurst Gershow Recycling (Not in operation.) of Morris Recycling)īronx New York Shredder Corp. Joseph Co.)ĭetroit Ferrous Processing & Trading Co. (Not in operation.)īaltimore United Iron & Metal ( Formerly The David J. Indianapolis Capital City Metals Shredding Yardīaton Rouge Southern Scrap Xpress Recycling Waterloo Alter Scrap Processing (Formerly Weissman Iron & Metal)Ĭhicago Metal Management Midwest Inc. Sioux City Sioux City Compressed Steel Co. Petersburg Resource Recycling (For incinerator ash.)Ītlanta Regional Recycling (Recently sold shredder will be moved.)Ītlanta Newell Recycling of Atlanta Inc. Miami Ferrous Processing & Trading - Florida North Haven Metal Management Connecticut Inc. Hartford Metal Management/Aerospace Metals shredder plants (some operating, some idle) being used to shred automobiles and other large ferrous scrap items.īirmingham Philip Metals (No longer in operation.) It remains to be seen whether a shakeout will occur in some regions that will bring the number of operating shredders back down, or whether the 200 level is one that can be maintained.įollowing is a list of U.S. first surpassed 200, there were concerns that an overcapacity situation had been reached. That year, the ferrous scrap industry was reeling from low prices, the after-effects of rapid consolidation and the emergence of the first super-sized shredders that tried to knock out competitors in some regions.īack in 1998, when the shredder figure for the U.S. The 197 operating mills identified by Recycling Today comes closer to matching the 1998 figure of 202 and represents a vast increase over the 185 operating plants identified in 2000. Several new installations, the completion of mill expansion projects and the re-start of once idled plants has brought the total number of shredders operating in the U.S. The nation's shredders have revved their motors back up with the return of higher ferrous scrap prices this year.ĭespite a prolonged slump in ferrous scrap pricing that has only recently been snapped, the metals shredding industry is up and running as strong as ever.
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