Prevent your process from coming to a grinding halt

Size reduction is tough work that can push equipment to the extreme. At Herbold, we know that granulator performance and durability is critical to your success. That’s why we build our equipment to deliver maximum throughput and require minimal maintenance and downtime.

Here’s how:

• Double Cross Cutting Action – Reduces Jams and Material Fines

• Adjustable Bed and Rotor Knives – Maintain Constant Cutting Circle

• Safe, Easy Access to the Grinding Chamber – for Improved Maintenance, Screen Changes and Machine Cleanout

• Replaceable Armor Plating Inside the Cutting Chamber

• Faster and Safer Knife Changes – Adjustments are Made in Jig Outside of Granulator

• Available Force Feeders – Increase Throughput by 50% - 80%, Reducing Power Consumption

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Recology has achieved its goal of powering its fleet with more than 90 percent renewable or alternative energy in 2022.

“We made a commitment in 2019 to significantly reduce vice, including the Pacific Northwest, so we knew it would be tough. Through concerted efforts, we achieved the goal, and in doing so, we helped broaden the availability of cleaner fuels on the West Coast.”

Most Recology collection and transfer trucks now operate on renewable diesel or renewable natural gas. Both fuels are lower-carbon replacements for conventional diesel and conventional natural gas.

The American Iron and Steel Institute has reported that for the month of March 2023, U.S. steel mills shipped 7,372,430 net tons, a 5.9 percent decrease from the 7,835,600 net tons shipped in March 2022. Shipments were up 6.6 percent from the 6,917,842 net tons shipped in February 2023. Shipments year-to-date in 2023 are 21,438,542 net tons, down 6.1 percent versus 2022 shipments of 22,826,084 net tons for three months.

A comparison of shipments year-to-date in 2023 to the first three months of 2022 shows that corrosion-resistant sheets and strips are down 5 percent, hot rolled sheets are down 8 percent, and cold rolled sheets are also down 8 percent.

Rad Power Bikes has partnered with Redwood Materials to launch an electric bike battery recycling program. Rad has a ridership of nearly 700,000 electric bikes and as that number increases, the need for an electric bike recycling program becomes more and more prevalent.

Redwood Materials facilitates the reuse of up to 95 percent of the critical metals found in batteries. These recovered materials can be reused to build more e-bikes and EVs to keep up with de-

mand. The partnership also helps reduce the negative impact of batteries on the environment by keeping waste out of landfills.

All the Rad Power Bikes locations in the U.S. are battery dropoff locations for used e-bike batteries. Rad Power Bikes will ship the old lithium-ion batteries to Redwood Materials for recycling, refining, and repurposing to help create a more circular ecosystem for batteries. Select Rad retail locations will be equipped with collection bins for small-format lithium-ion batteries as well.

Installation is underway in Regina, Saskatchewan, where Crown Shred & Recycling is building a brand new 30-tph single-stream system. With the popularity of single-stream collection rising in Western Canada, Crown Shred saw an opportunity to step into the market with a highly automated system. The new facility anticipates a substantial increase in the volume of material processed by Crown Shred, which plans to truck in material from up to 500 miles away.

The new single-stream recycling facility was designed with advanced technology and equipment to increase the efficiency of the recycling process. The facility can process a variety of materials including plastics, paper, cardboard, glass, and metals. Crown Shred chose Van Dyk Recycling Solutions to supply the equipment and build the MRF.