Moley Magnetics Inc. has hired Sandy Philpott as its new territory manager. He will be responsible for servicing customers in Ontario and Quebec.

According to Moley, Philpott has more than 30 years of experience in the scrap industry, including extensive experience working in the magnets sector.

Moley notes that Philpott will be involved with product development, improving direct sales and developing the company’s dealer network in the two provinces.

Moley Magnetics is a manufacturer of magnetic equipment.

The Commonwealth of Kentucky’s Division of Waste Management (DWM) has announced the availability of $3,000 grants for counties seeking to implement waste tire programs. The grant money will be available through the state’s Energy and Environment Cabinet’s DWM’s Waste Tire Trust Fund.

“Eligible expenses under this grant are the actual costs that the county incurs during the grant period for recycling or disposal of waste tires,” says Gary Logsdon, manager of DWM’s Recycling and Local Assistance Branch. “Other expenses, such as labor and equipment costs, are not eligible.”

The grant period will run between July 1, 2013, and June 30, 2014. Costs incurred by a county beginning July 1, 2013, are eligible for recycling or disposal of waste tires, even prior to the signing of the 2013-2014 grant agreement, if the county submits receipts for those costs when it sends in its closeout report form by July 15, 2014.

The waste tire grant does not require a match, but counties must submit grant applications no later than Aug. 30, 2013, as an eligibility factor. Once signed, the counties will have until July 15, 2014 to demonstrate accountability by submitting the proper expenditure receipts and reports for the grant money. Any unused funds must be returned to the Kentucky state treasurer. The grant packets are being sent by email to county judge-executives and solid waste coordinators.
 

Otto Environmental Systems North America Inc., Charlotte, N.C., has purchased its first compressed natural gas (CNG) truck. The truck will be located at the company’s Otto Container Management LLC operations center it Augusta, Ga.

“Otto Container Management is excited to continue its participation in the diversification of sustainable efforts through the use of environmentally friendly equipment. The implementation of our first CNG truck is the next step in progressing as a sustainable leader in our industry,” says Kenn Budlong, Otto Environmental’s vice president of service.

The company also has ordered four more CNG trucks that will be used at Otto Container Management’s operations center in Moreno Valley, Calif.

CNG trucks will be used in Otto’s container management division, which provides solutions to the container activity needs of private waste haulers and municipalities, regardless of container manufacturer. The truck will service operations including container delivery and removal from resident homes, curbside container maintenance, as well as additional services to include assembly and distribution projects, route audits and container rebranding efforts. 

Otto Environmental Systems North America manufactures waste containers for residential and commercial markets. The company also has a container service division that provides residential waste container logistics, distribution, servicing and repairing, as well as a custom molding division that offers product design and manufacturing.