On the 23rd anniversary of opening its doors in Lee County, Florida, Ohio-based Garden Street Iron & Metal is celebrating another event—the grand opening of its Naples, Fla., recycling facility. (Garden Street Iron & Metal was profiled in the July 2010 edition of Recycling Today.)

With the new Naples yard comes the immediate addition of eight new jobs, with more to come,” says Garden Street Iron & Metal President Rob Weber.

He says he began the Fort Myers facility with 10 employees. “Today, I have more than 70 employees. I look forward to the same kind of success in Naples,” Weber adds.

“This is the first full-service scrap metal facility in Naples,” he says of the new yard in the South Industrial Park near Naples Municipal Airport.

“We buy automobiles, appliances, steel, aluminum, copper—virtually any scrap metal that customers bring to us will give them a cash return,” Weber says. “We are delighted to be able to offer this service in a clean, environmentally friendly environment.”

ScrapRight, Waynesboro, Pa., has added to its installation team.

Luis Moreno of Galt, Calif., has been appointed to one of two senior installer positions within the company. Previously, Moreno held the position of Hispanic markets sales manager and install manager for one of ScrapRight’s competitors. 

ScrapRight says Moreno’s experience and character are the assets that the would establish a lasting relationship.

Shon Duty, president and CEO of ScrapRight says, “Welcome aboard Luis. [We are] looking forward to what the future holds.”        

ScrapRight provides software for the scrap and recycling industry. More information is available at www.scrapright.com.

A federal judge has halted the implementation of a waste control ordinance in Dallas, ruling that the law interferes with the commercial rights of waste haulers rights and interferes with existing contracts.

According to the Dallas News, U.S. District Judge Reed O'Connor rejected the city’s contention that its flow control ordinance was foremost a way to create a “greener, cleaner city.”

"Based on the evidence currently before the court, the Flow Control Ordinance was enacted to raise revenue," the judge stated, according to the Dallas News report.

Judge O'Connor ruled that the city cannot enact its ordinance, designed to direct solid waste and recyclables generated within the city to a city-owned landfill and transfer station, "until further notice from the Court." The judge reportedly referred to earlier comments from Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings touting the plan as one that would raise revenue for the city.

A Rawlings quote identified by the judge and by Dallas News reporter Rudolph Bush was one referring to
"thousands of tons of commercial waste leaving the City of Dallas, and people are making money off of that. Corporations outside of Dallas are making money off of that. That could mean $15 to $18 million of revenue for the City coffers...This is a business revenue issue," Rawlings said in September 2011.

Manchester, U.K.-based Reform Energy has formed a joint venture with MW Power Oy of Finland to use its technology on its proposed energy recovery power plant on the Fylde coast in the United Kingdom.

The plant will generate up to 10 megawatts of electricity and up to 20 megawatts of heat from around 75,000 metric tons of commercial waste processed per year. The fuel feedstock will be sourced from an existing waste transfer station on the same site, using local commercial waste collection services. The fuel will be primarily made up of materials, which would otherwise go to landfill, after the extraction of recyclable elements from the waste stream.
MW Power Oy is a joint venture between Metso and Wärtsilä.

In a separate deal, Reform Energy has negotiated an option to purchase the Fleetwood site from Wyre Waste Recycling, which was its initial joint venture partner in the original planning application for the development.

Wyre Waste Recycling will continue to operate the waste handling facility and will provide the fuel waste stream for the plant.

The Fleetwood plant will employ MW Power's bubbling fluidized bed combustion technology that delivers electricity and heat output combined with flue gas cleaning systems.

The plant was granted planning permission by Lancashire County (U.K.) Council in December 2011 and the initial civil engineering work is set to begin on site by summer 2012. Construction and commissioning of the plant is scheduled to be completed by the end of the third quarter of 2014.