The company has purchased Premier Waste Services LLC.
FCC Environmental Services, Houston, has completed its first U.S. acquisition, purchasing Premier Waste Services LLC of Dallas. The company has declined to release the purchase price.
Premier has provided commercial solid waste services in the Dallas/Fort Worth metro area for more than 20 years. The company services more than 4,000 contracts with a fleet in excess of 50 vehicles. FCC says the company’s history, strong workforce and customer focus made it a great fit to expand its footprint in Texas.
“This growth is a key driver for our company as we continue to expand our U.S. presence and work to synergize our operations,” says Inigo Sanz, CEO of FCC Environmental Services. “Thus far, all of our growth has been organically driven, and we are excited about this further lever to grow our company and embrace proven service providers like Premier.”
He tells the Recycling Today Media Group that the Premier name will be retained initially.
Sanz says FCC is looking for similar acquisition opportunities, adding that "any other company with a similar profile that Premier could be our next target."
He says FCC is interested in acquiring hauling and processing assets. "[O]ur goal is not only to increase our size but also to improve our vertical integration."
California-based Granite Data says its work with Prism Electronics yielded 350,000 pounds of ITAD work last year.
McClellan Park, California-based Granite Data Solutions says its collaboration with another electronics recycling firm allowed the two companies to handle some 350,000 pounds of information technology asset disposition (ITAD) work in 2021.
Granite Data, which refers to itself as a California-certified disabled veteran-owned business, says the two companies have been able to “leverage each other’s core competency to create an efficient green solution for the retirement of their clients’ electronic assets.”
Morgan Hill, California-based Prism Electronics is an R2 (Responsible Recycling), ISO14001 and ISO45001 certified electronics recycling company. Granite Data says throughout 2021, it specialized in client ITAD and life cycle management services for state, local, county and educational clients and worked in collaboration with Prism.
The two companies, by collaborating, “have achieved a secure and environmentally friendly solution for their clients’ retired electronic assets,” Granite Data says in a February news release.
Granite Data says this involved “leveraging an optimized green logistics approach,” with new equipment delivered coordinated with retired equipment loaded for direct delivery to a processing facility or to consolidation at a Granite Data hub for large-volume delivery to Prism.
The agency recognized seven companies for their efforts in waste reduction.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced that seven organizations in Illinois, Michigan, Ohio and Wisconsin have received WasteWise awards for their efforts in reducing waste going to landfills and incinerators for disposal. The awardees collectively diverted nearly 500,000 tons of material and saved more than $25 million in landfill fees in 2020 and 2021.
“[The] EPA congratulates each of the awardees and thanks them for being part of the solution,” says Debra Shore, the EPA regional administrator for the Great Lakes region. “Keeping waste out of landfills saves money and benefits the environment.”
The 2020 and 2021 awardees’ noteworthy accomplishments include streamlining operations to maximize the value of recyclable materials, implementing sustainable purchasing guidelines and establishing take-back programs with suppliers.
The 2021 WasteWise national data winners:
The 2021 WasteWise national narrative winner:
The 2021 Regional WasteWise award winners:
Very Large Business Category: Kohl’s, Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin;
Large Business Category: Steelcase, Grand Rapids, Michigan; and,
Small Business Category: ECOS-Earth Friendly Products, Addison, Illinois.
The 2020 WasteWise national data winners:
Very Large Business Category, Partner of the Year: Kohl’s; and
College/University Category, Partner of the Year: Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, Michigan.
The 2020 Regional WasteWise award, Small Business Category: Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio.
According to the EPA, over the past 27 years, WasteWise partners across the nation prevented and diverted almost 249 million tons of waste. Their efforts prevented more than 488 million tons of associated greenhouse gas emissions and saved more than $13.7 billion in landfill tipping fees.
For more information about each winner, click here.
Eric Nelson has been named vice president of international operations and business development.
Eriez has hired Eric Nelson as vice president – international operations and business development. Nelson worked for Eriez previously, serving as interim managing director of Eriez – China until 2018.
Eriez Vice President – International Jaisen Kohmuench says Nelson will collaborate in developing global business strategies and assist regional Eriez sales directors in uncovering and cultivating business advancement opportunities across the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and Asia-Pacific (APAC) regions. Nelson primarily will be responsible for coaching and advising local teams, with the overall goal of continuing Eriez’s strategic growth plans.
“Eric brings a wealth of international management experience,” Kohmuench says. “His accomplishments include spearheading numerous organizational turnarounds, developing international management teams and optimizing the performance of many businesses within China and the Southeast Asia region.”
Nelson earned a bachelor’s degree in Chinese language and literature, and a Master of Business Administration in global management.
Headquartered in Erie, Pennsylvania, Eriez designs, manufactures and markets separation technologies on six continents through 12 wholly owned international subsidiaries and an extensive sales representative network.
Equipment company says customers are pursuing growing recycling, diversion markets.
Oregon-based equipment provider West Salem Machinery (WSM) and its president Mark Lyman say the company’s approach of “providing innovative solutions to convert waste and residuals into the desired finished product in an efficient and cost-effective manner” is keeping it on the front lines at many recycling operations.
“We optimize machines through real world testing; our test lab can simulate various production settings and volumes,” says Lyman. “Our machines start with the same field-proven designs we’ve been building for years and are working hard around the world – right now. Every machine we build is built to the requirements of the customer. Machines are optimized based on what the machine must process.”
Lyman says listening carefully and asking thoughtful, detailed questions helps the WSM team zero in on the machine or system requirements of its customers. “Every application has its own idiosyncrasies, and getting the details right makes all the difference,” states the company.
WSM says its vibrating screens are deployed in applications involving biomass, laminated veneer lumber/plywood trim, particleboard furnish, sawdust/shavings and urban scrap wood recycling.
Its newly redesigned Oscillating Super Screener moves material four times faster than traditional “chip” screens and has less mass for a longer operating life, adds the company. Typical materials processed with these screens include animal bedding, bark, board furnish, mulch, sawdust/shavings, trim ends and wood chips.
WSM’s disc scalping screens including its Waterfall Disc Screen, typically have a smaller, low-cost footprint and smooth, low speed operation,” states the company. Its Titan Trommel Screens, meanwhile, can undertake separation tasks on compost, food waste, landscape products, hog fuel and soil amendments.
The company’s grinder product portfolio includes horizontal and vertical feed units, and low-RPM and high-speed models. WSM describes itself as a leading manufacturer of screening and size reduction machinery.