Activities include digital media advertisements and videos in collaboration with workers and aluminum industry leaders, highlighting the sustainable nature of metals.
The Aluminum Association launched the "Select Aluminum" activity. The event has a dedicated website www.ChooseAluminum.org, which includes digital media advertisements and videos of workers and aluminum industry leaders, focusing on the sustainable properties of metals.
The association stated that the focus of the event is how aluminum can provide sustainable solutions in areas such as recycling, automobile production, building and construction, and beverage packaging. It also tracks how the North American aluminum industry has reduced its carbon footprint by more than half over the past 30 years. The Aluminum Association pointed out that Alcoa supports nearly 660,000 direct, indirect and derivative jobs, and a total economic output value of nearly 172 billion U.S. dollars. In the past decade, the industry has invested more than $3 billion in US manufacturing.
"As we work towards a more circular and sustainable future, aluminum must be at the forefront," said Matt Minan, senior director of external affairs at the Aluminum Association. “We sometimes forget the daily environmental benefits that aluminum provides us, from the beverages we buy to the buildings we live and work in, to the cars we drive. The event reminds us that we have unlimited recyclables at our fingertips. Long-lasting, lightweight solutions. This also reminds people that the Alcoa industry has made tremendous progress in reducing its carbon footprint while investing and growing in recent decades."
Aluminum is one of the most used recycled materials today. The association said that aluminum beverage cans, car doors or window frames are usually directly recycled. As a result, nearly 75% of all aluminum produced in history is still in use today. Aluminum's high recyclability and lightweight durability make it a key part of a more circular and lower carbon economy.
Event assets include event toolkits and digital graphics and video libraries:
Ingenium specializes in the packaging, transportation, recycling and disposal of hazardous, non-hazardous, biological, general and radioactive waste.
Ingenium of Escondido, California announced on December 2 that it has acquired WSR Environmental and Safety Management (WSR) in San Jose, California.
Ingenium provides a series of waste management services, specializing in the packaging, transportation, recycling and disposal of hazardous waste, non-hazardous waste, biological waste, general waste and radioactive waste.
Through the acquisition of WSR, Ingenium has added environmental health and safety (EH&S) consulting services to its product portfolio, including safety planning, project management, training, environmental permits, and connection with regulatory agencies. According to the company, these additional services will enable Ingenium to provide its customers with more comprehensive waste management and environmental, health and safety compliance services.
"Our strength lies in our innovative approach to each process, profile and waste stream," said Ingenium CEO Heather Johnson. "This provides the knowledge to develop waste reduction and reuse strategies, utilize our network of processing facilities, and provide our customers with the most sustainable, measurable, and most cost-effective hazardous waste solutions. We are very happy to combine these two Companies with complementary strengths unite to provide more comprehensive services to support our customers’ waste management and environmental, health and safety compliance needs."
Scott Rendleman, founder of WSR and CCO of Ingenium, added: “Ingenium’s customers now have access to additional innovative solutions and expertise to achieve the extraordinary results of their waste management programs that have a positive impact on the environment and their bottom line. Positive impact. The addition of EH&S services brought about by the acquisition of WSR will make Ingenium a one-stop solution for customers."
The company recently established a wholly-owned subsidiary in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Torxx Kinetic Pulverizer Ltd., headquartered in Vaughan, Ontario, announced that it will increase its commitment to the U.S. market through Torxx Kinetic Inc., its recently wholly-owned subsidiary in Chattanooga, Tennessee .
Terri Ward, vice president of sales and business development at Torxx, said: “The travel restrictions associated with the pandemic hinder growth because our North American headquarters is located in Canada, and most of our customers and states have new opportunities.” “We maintain in Toronto. Exist, have engineering and service resources. However, key personnel and new employees are now in the United States, which makes it easier to collaborate and respond to customer needs."
She added: "We are attracted by the'Scenic City' because of its favorable manufacturing and transportation resources, its proximity to our customers, and its attractiveness to our valued employees."
Torxx Kinetic Pulverizer is a patented size reduction technology that relies on aerodynamics and substance-to-substance collisions to achieve fine particle size of materials. The raw material is stirred in the machine by forming a vortex, and the vortex generates enough force to break the material itself. Brittle materials are reduced to finer particles, while ductile materials remain larger. This size difference facilitates the release and mechanical separation of pollutants, allowing landfill transfer and recycling.
According to the press release of Torxx Kinetic Pulverizer Ltd., the device converts substandard compost, material recycling facility fine powder, municipal solid waste fine powder, C&D fine powder, mixed glass, asphalt shingles, gypsum wallboard and other complex materials into Available materials to maximize the value of the final product.
The Competition Bureau stated that the transaction may result in price increases and a decrease in service quality, but GFL noted that the transaction has been completed after the customary statutory waiting period.
The Competition Bureau, an independent Canadian law enforcement agency that ensures that the market operates in a competitive manner, announced on December 1 that it is challenging the recent acquisition of Terrapure Environmental by Ontario-based GFL Environmental, "to protect the competition of industrial waste service customers (" IWS) and Oil Recovery Service (ORS) in Western Canada."
GFL announced on August 17 that it has completed the acquisition of the solid waste and environmental solutions business of Terrapure Environmental Ltd. and its subsidiaries based in Ontario. Earlier this year, GFL announced a transaction price of $743.8 million.
In the press release, the Competition Bureau stated: “Prior to the transaction, Terrapure was GFL’s closest competitor in many IWS and ORS markets in Western Canada. A bureau review found that eliminating this competition could lead to higher prices and lower customers. The quality of service.
"The agency concluded that the transaction may significantly reduce competition in the collection and treatment of industrial waste on Vancouver Island, inland British Columbia, and central Alberta.
"The agency also determined that the transaction may result in a significant reduction in competition for the provision of ORS in eight regions of British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan."
The Competition Bureau concluded: “Therefore, the Bureau submitted an application for a court order to the Competition Tribunal on November 30, 2021, requiring GFL to sell any necessary assets to make up for the serious reduction in competition that may be caused by the acquisition.”
In response to queries from the Competition Bureau, GFL issued a statement acknowledging its knowledge of the action.
The GFL also pointed out in its statement that the agency’s challenge is for seven locations in Canada with annual revenues of approximately US$30 million, and that “after the statutory waiting period stipulated by the Competition Act expires, the acquisition will be completed in 2021. Ends on August 17th. (Canada)."
The GFL stated that it intends to work with the bureau to resolve the matter.
Equipment suppliers urge buyers to take advantage of Article 179 tax incentives before the end of the year.
Wendt Corp., headquartered in Buffalo, New York, has issued a reminder to existing and potential customers that the 2021 equipment purchase tax relief related to Section 179 of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) tax code will expire at the end of this year.
Wendt Corp stated that Section 179 allows companies to deduct the entire purchase price of eligible equipment purchased or financed in the 2021 tax year. The company wrote in an email sent to the customer list at the end of November.
Suppliers of shredding, wire processing, automatic sorting and other equipment said that federal tax incentives are designed to encourage companies to buy equipment and invest in their businesses. "Time is running out because the equipment must be purchased and put into use before midnight on December 31, 2021," Winter Company wrote.
The company added that the company can deduct up to $1.05 million on new or old equipment through Section 179 benefits. "According to the modified accelerated cost recovery system (MACRS), equipment must be depreciable, with a payback period of 20 years or less."