Calbag’s Oregon Plant Certifies to ISO 14001

Company also announces new wire recycling capabilities at its Portland, Ore., plant.

Calbag Metals Co., a scrap metal recycling firm based in Portland, Ore., has received ISO 14001 certification at its Portland facility. The ISO standard recognizes that Calbag has implemented an environmental management system at its Portland facility.

The company’s Portland facility includes three buildings totaling 117,000 square feet, which gives the company the ability to store and process several million pounds of ferrous and nonferrous metals per month.

The company says its Tacoma, Wash., facility achieved ISO 14001 certification in August 2010.

According to Calbag, the ISO 14001 certification process, which includes crafting an environmental management system, training employees and documenting processes, took 18 months to complete and involved participation by all of Calbag’s Portland employees.

To maintain its ISO 14001 status, Calbag Metals will undergo regular audits.

“This is a proud achievement for all of the employees at Calbag Metals in Portland, every one of whom took part in the effort and will now literally wear the certification on their sleeves and hardhats,” says Warren Rosenfeld, Calbag president. “Since our founding in 1907, the top goal of Calbag Metals has been to minimize adverse environmental impacts at our sites and to play a leadership role in environmentally responsible performance within the scrap metal recycling industry.”

Rosenfeld adds, “We voluntarily committed ourselves to the rigorous ISO 4001 certification process because we wanted to take things to the next level. We wanted to know how we could improve our environmental management system even more than the standards mandated by state and federal regulations.”

Calbag also notes that it has launched a new wire chopping line at its Portland facility. The line is capable of handling a wide range of wire, from heavy-gauge utility cable to phone and network wire.

 

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