The same warranties apply to on-site service provided by Eriez.

Eriez 5-Star Service now offers one year “as new” warranties with every eddy current separator rotor repair job, the Erie, Pennsylvania-based company has announced.

"When a rotor is down, operators lose all ability to run product on their eddy current separator,” says Eric Taylor, supervisor, remanufacturing services. “In this critical situation, finding an experienced and dependable service partner is essential.”

He adds, “Customers who trust Eriez 5-Star Service with the important job of repairing their rotor can feel confident knowing we test run all repaired rotors for a minimum of a two-hour break-in period and stand behind every job with a one-year ‘as new’ warranty.”

Eriez’ 15,000-square-foot 5-Star Service Center is in Erie. For situations in which it’s inconvenient or impractical to ship equipment to Eriez, on-site field service is available, the company says. All of the same benefits and warranties apply for on-site service.

Eriez also offers complete eddy current separator rebuilds. A typical eddy current rebuild includes repairing shaft end damage; replacing hubs, bearings, shell and wrap; and balancing the rotor. When the rebuild is complete, Eriez’s trained 5-Star Service technicians thoroughly test and certify all equipment to ensure quality before shipping it back to the customer, the company says.                                                                                      

Eddy current separators are just one example of processing equipment Eriez 5-Star Service repairs/rebuilds. Other equipment includes magnetic separators, feeders, conveyors, screeners and classifiers, metal detectors, lifting magnets, magnetic coolant cleaners, magnetic belt conveyors, magnetic chip and parts conveyors and more.

More information about Eriez 5-Star Service and the rotor repair program is available at http://erieznews.com/nr380. The Eriez team also is available through the 5-Star Service hotline at 888-999-ERIEZ (3743).

Grants open to companies engaged in recycling, including previous recipients.

The Raleigh, North Carolina-based Recycling Business Assistance Center (RBAC) is encouraging companies doing business in North Carolina to apply for a grant if they are “a recycling business seeking to increase or expand [their] recovery efforts.“

The RBAC is operated by the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) and its Division of Environmental Assistance and Customer Service (DEACS).

Grant proposals are due by 5 p.m. eastern time Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2016, according to RBAC.

Previous grant winners are eligible to apply for 2017 grant funding under the following conditions, the group says:

The maximum grant award in this round is $40,000, while the minimum cash match that can be made by companies is 50 percent of the total of the grant award. The RBAC says $500,000 in total grant funds are available

More information about how to submit a grant proposal can be found here. 

Waste company alerted festival attendees to waste disposal option.

An estimated 70,000 people attended the Burning Man festival near Fernley, Nevada, in late August and early September, generating enough waste and recyclables to equate with a medium-sized city.

As a means of providing a disposal option, Houston-based Waste Management Inc. (WM) worked with festival organizers to make a nearby transfer station available, according to an online report prepared by Reno, Nevada television station KOLO.

A Waste Management spokesperson, Kendra Kostelecky, quoted by the TV station says most attendees “want to do the right thing” with their trash and recyclables.

However, in the absence of other options, many have traditionally dumped their trash in a commercial or retail bin somewhere between Fernley and where they live, causing a cost of disposal burden for the commercial bin owner.

In response to complaints about such actions, WM opened its Fernley Transfer Station from Saturday, Sept. 3 through Tuesday, Sept. 6 at 4:30 p.m.

Kostelecky told KOLO TV that festival organizers were “pushing the message” to divert discarded materials directly to the transfer station, although she also acknowledged it would be an out-of-the-way trip for many attendees.

Former NYC landfill will open up part of its parkland to the public Sept. 18.

The New York City-based Freshkills Park Alliance and New York City’s Parks Department are hosting an open house event Sunday, Sept. 18, at the site of the former Freshkills Landfill on Staten Island in that city.

The Discovery Day event is described by the Alliance as “free event [when] 700 acres and eight miles of trails in the normally closed site will be open, with opportunities to explore and learn about the landfill-to-park project.”

The event’s organizers say visitors can bring their own bicycles or borrow one at the park to bike across paved pathways, including a three-mile loop along meadows and wetland ponds. NYC Audubon, the Staten Island Greenbelt, NYC Sanitation and other groups will lead educational walking tours and activities.

Although the park is in a remote location, by New York City standards, free shuttle buses will make trips to and from a taxi stand at the Staten Island Ferry Terminal. Vehicle parking also will be available about one mile from Freshkills Park. “From there, visitors can take a shuttle bus or walk or bike one mile to the main event area,” say the organizers.

At 2,200 acres, Freshkills Park is almost three times the size of Central Park and is the largest park to be developed in New York City in more than 100 years. At times when it was open (before closing in 2001), the Fresh Kills Landfill was the largest landfill in the world.

As part of its conversion process to a park, the landfill has been covered with layers of soil and infrastructure, and the site has “become a place for wildlife, recreation, science, education, and art,” according to the Alliance. Since the park is being developed and opened in phases, free tours and events offer a way to provide early access for learning and sightseeing.

(Photo credit: Malcolm Pinckney, NYC Parks.)

The acquisition will boost Dunapack's production capacity to 900,000 tonnes per year.

Dunapack Packaging, part of the Austria-based Prinzhorn Group, has signed an agreement to acquire the corrugated business of the Turkish company Camis Ambalaj Sanayi A.S . The facility being acquired, located in Eskisehir, Turkey, produces 80,000 tonnes of corrugated packaging per year.

Cord Prinzhorn, CEO of Prinzhorn Group, says, “This transaction is a unique opportunity for Dunapack to further enhance our position in the supply chain with environmentally friendly packaging and to provide our clients with the best service possible. After the acquisition of Dentas Ambalaj in 2013 it shows our strong commitment to this dynamic and growing market in Turkey.”

With the acquisition of this plant, Dunapack will operate four box plants in Turkey. The company has a total of 18 corrugated plants in 10 countries. With the acquisition Dunapack also expects to increase its overall production to 900,000 tonnes of corrugated packaging per year.

Alexander Enzenberg, managing director of Dunapack’s Packaging Division, says, “The acquisition of the corrugated business of Camis Ambalaj Sanayi A.S brings us state-of-the-art technology and a highly motivated staff. This will allow us to deliver innovative and creative packaging solutions to an even wider range of clients in the region.”

Prinzhorn Group operates in 15 countries with a significant presence in the recycling sector with its Hamburger Recycling Group subsidiary, its collection and recovered fibre trading division.