The event focused on K-12 students and let them know that the bags can be recycled.
Trex Co., based in Winchester, Virginia, uses waste plastic film as a raw material for its decks and railings that replace wood. It is urging K-12 students in the United States to participate in the Trex plastic film recycling challenge.
Now in its 15th year, the annual competition requires students to collect and recycle polyethylene (PE) plastic film within six months in order to have a chance to win Trex products for their school. The challenge begins on November 15th in the U.S. Recycling Day and ends on April 22nd, 2022 on Earth Day.
Trex said its decorative panels are made of 95% recycled materials, including a mixture of recycled wood chips and waste plastic film. Each year, the company reuses approximately 425,000 tons of recycled and recycled materials in the production of laminate flooring, making it one of the largest plastic film recyclers in North America.
Trex President and CEO Bryan Fairbanks said: "Our school challenge program allows students to better understand and appreciate the importance of recycling, which demonstrates that value can be found in what was once considered waste." "This challenge reflects. A little daily effort and a little creativity can not only have a positive impact on the environment, but also have a positive impact on the lives of the people living in it."
Trex said Trex provides instructions, promotional materials, recycling bins and lists of eligible recyclable materials for registered schools, ranging from plastic food bags and newspaper covers to grain linings and outer packaging.
"Last year, students from 271 participating schools recycled nearly 130,000 pounds [65 tons] of plastic [waste]," said Stephanie Hicks, Trex's material procurement manager. "We are very grateful to these students for their dedication and enthusiasm for this project. They can be proud to know that the plastic they collect will find new life on the beautiful Trex decks around the world."
Interested parties can find more information about the challenge on this page.
The company also expects total revenue this year to grow by 17% to 17.5%.
Houston Waste Management Company (WM) announced financial results for the third quarter of this year as of September 30. Compared with the same period last year, revenue for the quarter increased. The company achieved revenues of US$4.665 billion in the recently completed third quarter, while revenues in the third quarter of 2020 were US$3.861 billion.
The company said that despite the acceleration of cost inflation, the results make it expected to achieve its full-year financial goals.
According to WM, revenue from its collection and disposal services increased by US$260 million, mainly due to a volume increase of US$137 million and an increase in revenue of US$123 million. The acquisition (excluding divestitures) increased revenue by $295 million, mainly from the acquisition of Advanced Disposal in Pontevedra Beach, Florida. The company acquired Advanced Disposal in October 2020.
WM’s operating profit before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) was adjusted on the same basis as the company’s total operating EBITDA. In the third quarter of this year, it was US$1.4 billion, accounting for 31.1% of revenue, compared to 1.27 billion in the third quarter of this year. U.S. dollars, which is 33.1 percent of revenue in the third quarter of 2020.
WM said that compared with the third quarter of 2020, its recycling business line's operating EBITDA increased by $53 million. The company stated that this improvement is due to the increase in the market price of recycled goods and WM's investment in improving technology and equipment to provide a less labor-intensive operating cost model in its material recycling facilities.
Compared with the third quarter of 2020, the EBITDA of its renewable energy business line increased by US$22 million, mainly due to price increases.
“Strong organic growth and continued progress in the integration of advanced disposal businesses drove our strong revenue growth in the third quarter and resulted in adjusted operating EBITDA growth of more than 14% and net cash provided by operations growth of more than 15%. Activities,” WM Said Jim Fish, President and CEO. "Despite accelerating cost inflation, our solid performance enables us to achieve our full-year financial goals."
Operating expenses accounted for 62.3% of revenue in the third quarter of this year, compared to 60.4% in the third quarter of 2020. After adjustment, operating expenses accounted for 62.2% of revenue in the third quarter of this year, compared to 60.4% in the third quarter of 2020. The third quarter of 2020. WM said that the increase in operating expense margins this quarter was due to the acceleration of labor and other inflationary cost pressures, as well as the impact of rising commodity prices for recyclables.
In the third quarter of this year, net cash provided by operating activities was US$1.18 billion, compared with US$1.03 billion in the third quarter of 2020. The improvement in net cash provided by operating activities was mainly driven by the increase in operating EBITDA.
According to WM, the company's total revenue growth this year is expected to be between 17% and 17.5%. Driven by the company's strict pricing plan and strong prospects for continued sales recovery, the consolidated internal revenue growth from the production and sales volume of the collection and disposal business is expected to be approximately 6.5%. This year's adjusted operating EBITDA is expected to be between US$5 billion and US$5.1 billion. This year's free cash flow is expected to be between 2.5 billion and 2.6 billion US dollars.
"Our employees have done a great job of providing basic services to our customers and the community," Fish said. "We are proud to highlight many of our efforts to help us advance the Sustainable Development Goals in the 2021 Sustainability Report released earlier this month."
The company will provide Haulmaxx EX as part of the enhanced features of the ACX and DC-64 models.
Hendrickson Truck Commercial Vehicle Systems, located in Woodridge, Illinois, announced on October 26 that it has partnered with Autocar, headquartered in Hagerstown, Indiana, to provide Haulmaxx EX as a chassis enhancement for ACX and DC-64 models a part of.
According to Hendrickson, Haulmaxx EX provides the versatility needed for trucks and tractors that operate on and off highways. In off-road and uneven terrain conditions, the balance beam of the suspension evenly distributes the load between the two axles. This design eliminates the fixed center bushing pivot point to reduce wheel runout. When used with the Hendrickson Traax lever, the stability is enhanced and the articulation is increased to improve on- and off-highway operations.
"Today's customers expect more benefits from their professional suspension. Haulmaxx EX expands the functionality of the current Haulmaxx design and exceeds expectations. Haulmaxx EX has a field load rating of up to 70,000 pounds and can withstand 46,000 pounds of suspended weight. Rugged, supports the most demanding professional applications, and provides 40,000 lb, 46,000 lb, and now 52,000 lb load capacity," said Ashley Dudding, Hendrickson Truck Commercial Vehicle System Engineering. "Hendrickson uses our industry-leading analysis and verification technology to ensure that Haulmaxx EX can meet these stringent requirements, minimize maintenance requirements, and provide the lightest weight professional suspension on the market."
For Dan Christensen, President of CARDS Recycling, efficient transfer station management can greatly improve the way companies or municipalities handle their solid waste.
Dan Christensen is a well-known figure in the waste and recycling industry and the founder of CARDS Recycling (CARDS) in Springdale, Arkansas. Efficient transfer station management can greatly improve the way companies or municipalities handle solid waste.
The development of CARDS proves this. It has evolved from specializing in the recycling and disposal of construction and demolition (C&D) waste to a major supplier of transfer station management and transportation services in the central and southern regions. America
"We founded this company at the end of 2017. When we first established the company, we had a construction and demolition landfill and ro-ro assets, and we specialize in the recycling and disposal of construction and demolition waste," Christensen Say. "Since then, we have developed and acquired a network of transfer stations to better manage our municipal solid waste volume."
Christensen stated that there are nearly 20 locations in Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri and Arkansas, some of which are managed by other waste entities. Christensen said that CARDS has established A comprehensive service network can outsource its transfer operation requirements.
"I think that other companies may consume available assets and capital, so there are some areas of focus, and sometimes... it makes sense to operate them independently," he said. "Therefore, we believe that we are in the best position to manage this waste on a future basis; we are already very good at understanding the driving factors that make these stations operate efficiently, and [transit station management is a] we plan to continue to expand business.
"We have also built many transfer stations for our competitors, which we think may become part of our future business. In the past few years, we have built some very good facilities, some of which we built for other large garbage transporters. Yes, so this is part of the business we hope to continue to expand in the future."
Christensen has extensive experience in the field of waste management, including positions such as the president of DC Trash in Cortland, Illinois, and the general manager of the Republic Service Department in Phoenix, Arizona. He has learned to pay attention when designing trash bins. Several key factors of the transfer station.
"Efficiency is obviously the most important factor, because you must be able to manage the quantity in the market," Christensen said. "When we design them, we take into account factors such as the expected throughput of the transfer station and the speed of the amount of waste you load in. This usually leads to the best designed station for the most efficient work operation."
Other factors that can come into play are the differences between waste streams and the ability to obtain the necessary equipment.
"The balance between waste streams can sometimes lead to inconsistent load weights, for example, solid waste and construction and demolition waste. You are now facing the same challenges as everyone in acquiring equipment to grow your business," Christensen said . "In some cases, some of these manufacturers seem to have passed a year [their expected delivery time], so the ability to respond quickly is often hindered by your ability to obtain equipment."
Although well-planned facilities can provide a solid foundation for simplified transfer station operations, Christensen said that having the right equipment is critical to maintaining productivity.
"At any given transfer station, there will be trailers, semi trucks and heavy equipment for loading waste," he said. "Especially for trailers, keeping your trailer capacity specifications consistent with the maximum allowable weight in each given state is the most important part. You also need to ensure that the target weight is reached without exceeding them."
In order to ensure consistency between multiple stations in different states, the company emphasizes following proper transportation management practices.
"We collect our own waste in multiple markets and send it to our own transfer station. From there, our own truck transports it from the transfer station to the destination. In most cases, the destination is landfill. Buried," Christensen said. "Therefore, these businesses are parallel to each other, and we can control the number from their generation to the final destination.
"You have to control the quantity based on each individual license. In many cases, these are site-specific."
Christensen said that CARDS's method of effectively operating transfer stations also includes the use of technology to better visualize the company's transportation and logistics services.
"We use some technology in our trucks to understand where our assets are and how they operate," he said. "This also reminds us of any services or repairs and maintenance that need to be performed. In some cases, it enables us to "dispatch" equipment in real time and use them in the most efficient way."
Since CARDS first opened four years ago, Christensen stated that the company has recognized the increasing value of providing integrated transfer station services.
"I think that as landfill space throughout the county becomes more and more limited, the next best and most valuable asset a garbage company can have is a transfer station," he said. "It enables you to move the garbage farther and enter more landfills, but if you have to haul the garbage directly, you cannot enter. We think this is a very important part of our waste collection business. "
Recently, CARDS announced plans to develop a $5 million recycling transfer station in Springdale, Arkansas. The 40,000 square foot facility will be used to unload household and construction waste, most of which will be recycled and reused.
Christensen said that recyclable materials will be stored until they are sold, and other waste will be removed for disposal in various landfills.
“We acquired this 12-acre site about a year ago, and we plan to build a very large transfer station there that can handle up to 1,250 tons of waste per day,” Christensen said. "Immediately adjacent to [Transfer Station] is a recycling center that can manage up to 500 tons of recyclables from multiple streams every day, including industrial, residential, commercial, and C&D waste that we want to recycle and prevent the end Landfill."
According to Christensen, construction of the facility is expected to begin in mid-October, and the facility is likely to be online at the same time around 2022.
"I think the [Springdale] facility will be transformative," he said. "There is only one landfill in the surrounding seven or eight counties. So this makes the transfer station a viable option. We [already] own and operate four transfer stations in this market; therefore, this will enable us to transfer Waste, even by using some incinerators nearby to provide our customers with some zero waste solutions.
As CARDS expands its footprint through acquisitions and development of new facilities, Christensen stated that steady growth has always been the key to creating a successful company.
"I think for our business, we have proven that growth is an important part of our strategy. But responsible growth and execution have always been very important," he said. "We look forward to the next six or eight months; we have some scheduled acquisitions and some new contracts that will start in this area. The company has become much larger than before, with 225 employees today, but we expect to be by the end of the year This number will be close to 300. Therefore, we are very excited about the opportunities before us."
This article originally appeared in the October issue of Waste Today. The author is the assistant editor of "Today's Waste" and can be reached at hrischar@gie.net.
The comment period for the development of the new workplace rules will begin on October 27.
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued an advance notice of the proposed rulemaking on the prevention of heat injury and disease in outdoor and indoor work environments on October 27. Currently, OSHA does not have specific standards for hazardous thermal conditions, and this operation begins the process of considering heat-specific workplace rules.
US Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh said: "As we continue to see rising temperatures and record breaking, our changing climate affects millions of American workers who are exposed to harsh and potentially dangerous conditions." "We know. There are a disproportionate number of people of color doing this critical work, and they, like all workers, deserve protection. We must now take action to deal with the effects of extreme heat and prevent workers from suffering from heat illness or death."
The advance notice of the proposed rulemaking will initiate a comment period to gather different views and expertise on topics such as heat stress thresholds, heat adaptation plans, and exposure monitoring.
OSHA Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor Jim Frederick said: “Although fever is largely preventable and is usually underestimated, thousands of workers get sick every year due to heat exposure in the workplace. In some cases, heat exposure can be fatal." "The advance notice of the proposed rulemaking on the prevention of heat injury and disease in outdoor and indoor work environments is our multi-pronged plan to protect indoor and outdoor workers from high temperature hazards. important parts of."
Among all weather-related workplace hazards, high temperature is the main cause of death. To help deal with this threat, OSHA has implemented a national law enforcement measure against high temperature-related hazards, is formulating a national key plan for high temperature inspections, and is forming a national advisory committee for the occupational safety and health heat injury prevention working group To provide better service. Understand the challenges and identify and share best practices to protect workers.
Read the Federal Register notice for submission instructions. Starting October 27th, please submit comments on www.regulations.gov, the Federal Electronic Rulemaking Portal, and refer to the case file number OSHA-2021-0009. All comments must be submitted by December 27th.