Northwest Recycling Expands Operations

Northwest Recycling, located in Houston, owned by John Newell of Newell Companies, and Alan Walker, announced a major expansion of its operations with the installation of a full service steel scrap recycling facility on the port of Houston. 

The plant will be a 23-acre, $25,000,000 facility located on deep water at the Houston Ship Channel. It will feature a 124 SXS shredder, purchased from The Shredder Company, LLC, Canutillo, Texas. The plant will handle both ferrous and non-ferrous material. 

The additional location, along with the shredder, will allow Northwest to develop its full potential as the premier scrap processor for the gulf coast area.

Scott Newell, president of The Shredder Company, LLC stated “We are very proud to have been selected as the supplier for this important shredding project. The 124SXS shredder is the latest in a long evolution of shredding plants designed and built by the Newell family over the past 45 years, beginning with Alton Newell’s original patents from the early 1960’s.”

The installation of the shredder is expected to be complete by late this summer. The 7,000 HP shredder uses a 3660DFR smart feeding system, allowing for processing surges of up to 400 tons per hour. 

The shredder has been designed to process a high percentage of #1 and #2 scrap steel and will handle bales of steel scrap.  The downstream equipment features a split conveyor line with double magnets to produce very clean and dense shredded steel scrap.  The non ferrous separation system utilizes the very latest in separation technology, much of which has been developed in various plants owned by Newell family members.