The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and American Iron and Metal (“American Iron”) entered into a May 9th Consent Agreement and Final Order (“CAFO”) addressing an alleged violation of the regulations...more
The Institute of Recycling Industries (“ISRI”) announced in an April 18th news release that it is now the Recycled Materials Association (“ReMA”). The new name was announced at the Association’s ISRI 2024 Conference and...more
The Supreme Court of Oregon (“S.Ct.”) addressed in a December 7th Opinion an issue involving the “Auto Dismantler Exemption” (“Exemption”) to the State of Oregon’s solid waste permitting program. See PNW Metal Recycling, Inc....more
The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (“ISRI”) submitted November 22nd comments to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) addressing the following Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“ANPR”)...more
The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (“ISRI”) released a December 2022 report titled: Global Trends & Implications for Recyclers (“Report”)...more
The global drive towards a low-carbon circular economy and increased focus on ESG are creating many new opportunities for metal recycling projects. But is scrap the answer to the growing demand for green metals?...more
The United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) entered into a Consent Decree (“CD”) on behalf of the United States with Schnitzer Steel Industries, Inc. (“Schnitzer”) addressing alleged violations of the Clean Air Act and...more
The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) and Liberty Recycling, Inc., (“Liberty”) entered into a March 14th Consent Order (“CO”) addressing an alleged violation of the Alabama air regulations. See CO No....more
The Court of Appeals of Oregon (“Court”) addressed in a January 26th opinion an issue involving the “auto dismantler exemption” (“Exemption”) to the State of Oregon’s solid waste permitting program. See PNW Metal Recycling,...more
EPA to propose first-ever PFAS discharge limits - The Hill – September 8 - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on Wednesday that it will propose a rule to set the first-ever limits on the...more
The California Department of Toxic Substance Control (DTSC) recently launched an emergency rulemaking amending California’s definition of scrap metal to align it with federal requirements and clarifying the process by which...more
The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (“Seventh Circuit”) addressed in a June 24th Opinion issues arising out of a federal antitrust lawsuit involving the scrap metal recycling business. An antitrust...more
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (“TCEQ”) issued a document titled: Defense to Responsibility for Scrap Metal Recycling: TCEQ Findings and Legislative Recommendation Required by House Bill 3224...more
I undertook a presentation for the Arkansas Environmental Federation Land and Sustainability Webinars on May 22nd titled: Solid and Hazardous Waste/Recycling Administrative/Judicial Developments: 2019-2020 (“Presentation”)...more
The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (“ISRI”) issued a report titled: 2019 – Economic Impact Study, U.S.-Based Scrap Recycling Industry (“Report”) The Report includes state-specific data (including Arkansas) in...more
The Northeast Recycling Council (“NERC”) issued a report titled: Report on Blended Commodity Values in the Northeast (“Report”) The period covered by the Report is April – June 2019....more
Two Columbus warehouse owners have filed federal lawsuits against over 40 electronics scrap companies, saying they are to blame for the largest cathode ray tube (CRT) glass stockpile in U.S. history. ...more
The Chinese government issued a document on December 21st titled: Notice on Adjusting the Catalogue of Imported Waste Management (“Notice”) - The Notice addresses standards previously issued that are denominated the: ...more
Mr. Bernie Lee of the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (“ISRI”) undertook a presentation on recycling markets at a December 6th Recycling Committee meeting at the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments in...more
The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (“ISRI”) noted in a November 21st news release that a Chinese Government news publication (“Xinhua”) posted an article regarding China’s intent to implement “the next phase import...more
The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (“ISRI”) submitted comments on the National Trade Estimate (“NTE”) to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative. See Docket No. USTR-2018-0029. ISRI describes its trade...more
The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (“ISRI”) discussed in a publication yesterday certain aspects of the U.S. Mexico Canada Agreement (“USMCA”) that United States and Canadian negotiators recently agreed to for...more
The Solid Waste Association of North America (“SWANA”) issued what it describes as an “update” on the topic of: China Waste Import Restrictions and Impacts on State and Local Recycling Programs (“Update”) ...more
The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (“ISRI”) submitted May 11th comments to the Office of the United States Trade Representative (“Office”) in regards to the Administration’s review in consideration of imposing...more
The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (“ISRI”) published a report titled: Economic Impact Study – U.S.-Based Scrap Recycling Industry 2017 (“Report”) ...more