Steel
Recycling Tips:
Depending on the steel product there are different
ways to approach the recycling process:
APPLIANCES (White Goods):
If you need to remove an
old or faulty appliance then:
1. Donate a Working
Appliance
If the appliance is in working
condition you may want to consider donating it. By donating an appliance
you may save yourself from a hauling fee and obtain a tax deduction.
The Salvation Army accepts working appliances. To locate Salvation Armies
in the Massachusetts area visit: www.salvationarmy-usaeast.org/mas/help/thrift.htm.
Additional options for
donation opportunities are listed in the Massachusetts Business Guide
to Reuse, which can obtained by contacting WasteCap.
2. Find a Hauling/Recycling Service
If the appliance is not in
working condition then you should contact a recycling service. A complete
listing of scrap metal and white goods recycling services for
Massachusetts can be found in WasteCap’s Recycling Services
Directory and Markets Guide for Massachusetts, available online,
or a hard copy can be obtained by calling WasteCap at 617-236-7715.
Click here to view the
Massachusetts Recycling Services Directory’s list of scrap metal and
white goods recycling services: www.wastecap.org/wastecap/rsd/scrap.htm
AUTOMOBILES:
1.
Donate Your Automobile
Various automobile donation programs are available in Massachusetts.
Most programs accept vehicles regardless of condition and usually arrange
the towing (they must be able to be towed). Donors can receive a tax
deduction based on the value from any widely used guidebook such as the
Kelley Blue Book, NADA, and Edmunds.
Some available options:
American Lung Association’s Vehicle Donation Center
www.donateyourcar.com
National Association for
Alternative Medicine (NAAM) Vehicle/Auto/Car
Donation Facility: 1y.boston-car-donation.gegn.org
National Kidney
Foundation: Kidney Cars Program
www.kidney.org/funds/cars.cfm
Additional options for
donation opportunities are listed in the Massachusetts Business Guide
to Reuse, which can obtained by contacting WasteCap.
2.
Recycle Your Automobile
Automobiles simply are not landfilled because about 65 percent of the
weight of the average car is comprised of steel and iron-metals valuable
to the steel industry. Instead, the steel and iron are recovered for
either reuse in other automobiles or for recycling into new steel at a
steel mill.
What many people think of as their local junkyard is actually where the
recycling process for the automobile begins. Even a car in the very worst
of shape may still contain some valuable working parts that can be reused
in other vehicles. There are more than 12,000 auto dismantlers throughout
North America reselling automobile parts.
Auto dismantlers also perform a valuable
service: they prepare a vehicle for recycling by removing its battery, gas
tank, refrigerant gases from the air conditioner, and all of its fluids.
Once these have been removed, the hulk of the car can be flattened and
delivered to a ferrous scrap dealer.
(Quoted from the Steel Recycling Institute www.recycle-steel.org/index2.html)
Automotive Recyclers
Association (ARA) is an international trade association dedicated to
the efficient removal and reuse of automotive parts, and the safe disposal
of inoperable motor vehicles.
For a list of ARA members in Massachusetts go to:
www.world-parts.com/ara/usstate.asp?SampleID=111554
or visit the main site at: www.autorecyc.org
A listing of automobile and auto parts recycling service providers for
Massachusetts can be found in WasteCap’s Recycling Services Directory,
available on-line, or a hardcopy can be obtained by contacting WasteCap.
View the Recycling Services Directory: http://www.wastecap.org/wastecap/rsd/rsdindex.htm
View the "Automotive
Parts/Wastes" section of the Recycling Services Directory: www.wastecap.org/wastecap/rsd/auto.htm
CANS (STEEL):
Steel cans are found in
every foodservice setting including office cafeterias, restaurants,
hotels, hospitals, prisons, schools, and military bases. These cans are
often referred to as “tin cans”.
1. Designate a
Coordinator to Oversee the Program:
Before contacting any
recycling service, it is a good idea for an organization to designate a
recycling program coordinator. This person should be a liaison among
management, supervisors, maintenance staff, and outside contractors. This
individual will monitor the operation of the program to ensure that
employees understand their role in making it work and that the commitments
to and from the recycling contractor are being fulfilled.
2. Find a Steel Can
Recycling Service:
The Recycling Services Directory and Market Guide for
Massachusetts:
This online Directory lists vendors who accept, collect, or purchase
recyclable
materials from Massachusetts communities and businesses. Hardcopies of this
Directory are available upon
request. Updated May, 2001.
3. Identify Storage
Needs:
It is very important to
identify adequate space where recyclables can be stored between pick-ups.
It is best to discuss individual storage needs with the hauler.
4. Educate the Staff:
Educating the staff is the
most important step in any recycling program. Without employee
cooperation, and proper knowledge of what and how to recycle, the program
will not work. This step takes effort-- to many employees it could mean
developing a new habit of separating recyclables from trash.
Give employees several
announcements about the program before it begins. These announcements should indicate management support for
the program and include as much information as possible about collection
procedures. Employees should
receive a thorough list of contaminant material that should not be placed
in the bins. If you are not sure what is considered a contaminant, contact
your recycler.
CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION DEBRIS:
Components of construction
and demolition (C&D) debris typically include asphalt, bricks,
concrete (ABC) and other masonry materials, soil, rock, wall coverings,
drywall, plumbing fixtures, insulation, roofing, shingles, plate glass, metal,
wood waste, carpet, and electrical wires.
For in-depth information
about recycling C&D waste view WasteCap’s website “Information on
Recycling Construction and Demolition Debris” at www.wastecap.org/wastecap/commodities/construction/construction.htm.
OIL FILTERS
1.
Understand State Requirements
To find out the specific requirements for generators, collectors and
processors for your state, call the Used Filter Recycling Hotline at
1-800-993-4583. Hours of operation are Monday through Friday between
the hours of 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. (Eastern time).
The filter hotline is a toll-free service available to corporate and
government generators of used vehicle filters. Callers to the hotline are
given a summary of their state's filter management regulations, referrals
to companies that provide filter management services to their state and a
referral to the state governing agency.
The Used Filter Recycling Hotline is sponsored
by the Filter Manufacturers
Council and administered by the Motor
& Equipment Manufacturers Association (MEMA) Environmental Institute.
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