ORE – Recovered Materials markets recycled materials for businesses, community-based recycling centers, sheltered workshops and industrial sites to mills which process recovered materials into new products. We encourage our customers to develop strategies to grow their programs and increase volumes.
ORE has built a reputation on promoting quality of material, safety in the workplace and designing programs to fit the customer. Our goal is to create alternative opportunities for materials that can be captured from a waste stream and provide markets that are environmentally responsible.
Video and Download Links Download this presentation for your own use: Lithium Ion Batters – Dangers and Safety Solutions Video in the Presentation: Why Are Electric Vehicle Fires So Hard To Put Out?
International Paper has agreed to let ORE link to the video that they have created to show the importance of safety and how to do the Safe Loading Pattern in a very clear fashion. Please make this a part of new hire’s training and review often to make sure that loading OCC safely makes sure […]
The pictures you are looking at were sent from the PET mill and HD mill within two weeks of each other. The recycling center that put the opaque orange bottles in the PET bales did have the basics correct that the bottles were PET. BUT because you can not see through them – they have […]
Original article from the Huffington Post: “On Jan. 1, China made good on its promise to close its borders to several types of imported waste. By the next day, panic had already taken hold in countries across Europe and North America as trash began piling up by the ton, with no one having a clue […]
Used with permission from: Susan Robinson, Sr Public Affairs Director at WM and SWEEP Co-Chair From the earliest days of recycling we’ve seen a healthy conversation among cities, recyclers and product manufacturers over which materials to include in curbside recycling programs. Perspectives vary, and the vastly different types of curbside programs attest to the varied […]
Slideshow: Do We Have The Right Goals? Applying Lifecycle Thinking to Materials Management Goals
Everyone remembers The Green Fence – China pushed back on importing just about everything due to contamination problems and did not want to be the world’s dump for recycling leftovers. They feel this trend is back and have now initiated what is called National Sword (do not ask me how they came up with that […]
Source: CNN.com http://money.cnn.com/2017/01/16/technology/e-waste-asia-increase-problem/ We have included this video and article link on exported e-waste for your information. It demonstrates what can be a huge problem if we are not diligent in where our recycling goes. That is why we have always supported all our recycling go to domestic markets where we can verify its final […]
Safety is central to ORE’s business. After all, doing a good job and getting home safely is what it’s all about, right? It is also important to us to minimize load rejections. This video pursues both goals of worker safety and load acceptance. We hope you enjoy! Be sure to comment below and subscribe to stay […]
On June 10, 2015, a post from www.resource-recycling.com caught our attention and we thought it appropriate to share the video and a few quick insights. Watch: https://youtu.be/vAr4BZM_Tzk [The original post from Resource-Recycling can be found here.] The video features an in-depth tour of the CarbonLITE Industries’ Riverside, California facility that is invested in closed-loop PET recycling. […]