Peel Is Getting Baghoused!

It’s Not as Scary As It Sounds

At the moment, we are in the process of installing new and very powerful air pollution control equipment at our wire processing facility.

Commonly referred to as a ‘baghouse’, this equipment is much more than a gigantic vacuum cleaner. Baghouse systems are specifically engineered and set up to manage different dust producing applications. Systems of this type are in use across a wide range of industries including: foundry and steel operations, pharmaceutical manufacturing, food manufacturing, and in the chemical, cement and lumber industries. In fact, many industrial processes can only operate with baghouse equipment in place.

Information Technology Catches Up With Scrap Metal Recycling…And It’s All Good.

It is only within recent memory that information technology on any comprehensive scale crept into the scrap metal industry. It was always just paper, a handshake and your word. While a handshake and our word are still of critical importance,  the arrival of a new generation of professional owners has brought with it advanced and leading edge technology in all aspects of operations.

Point Of Scale Management System

Information Technology Catches Up With Scrap Metal Recycling.

It is only within recent memory that information technology on any comprehensive scale crept into the scrap metal industry. It was always just paper, a handshake and your word. While a handshake and our word are still of critical importance,  the arrival of a new generation of professional owners has brought with it advanced and leading edge technology in all aspects of operations.

Point Of  Scale Management System

CARI – Canada’s Recycling Association

One of the elements we always try to include on our web site and in our advertising is the symbol of the Canadian Association of Recycling Industries or CARI. We have been a member of this organization for many years and always do our best to support their mandate and various initiatives.

CARI’s Roots

Movie stars like Rita Hayworth doing their bit for the WW II recycling drive.

In 1941 the Canadian government called for a coordinated approach from industry to provide high quality scrap metal to support the war effort. Understandably metals were extremely scarce at this time. In fact, the United States Mint actually stopped making copper pennies altogether in 1943.

The Recycling Symbol…What’s That All About?

We recently received an interesting question from a high school student who contacted us after viewing our web site. She was doing a project on recycling and was curious about the recycling symbol in our logo and whether or not she could freely use the symbol in her project.

Recycling Symbol Designer Gary Anderson 1970

The original recycling symbol was designed in 1970 by Gary Anderson at the University of Southern California. He was just 23 years old at the time and his design was submitted to the International Design Conference as part of a nationwide contest sponsored by the Container Corporation of America (later part of Smurfit-Stone Container).