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About ISRI

ISRI: The Voice of the Recycling Industry

As the "Voice of the Recycling Industry," the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries, Inc. (ISRI) is leading the way in advocating the vital role scrap recycling plays in the U.S. economy, global trade, the environment, and sustainable development.

A Washington, D.C.-based trade association, ISRI represents nearly 1,600 private, for-profit companies operating at more than 7,000 facilities in the United States and 30 countries worldwide that process, broker, and industrially consume scrap commodities, including ferrous and nonferrous metals, paper, electronics, rubber, plastics, glass, and textiles. In addition, ISRI's associate members include equipment and service providers to the scrap recycling industry. Manufacturers and sellers of equipment and services—like shredders, balers, cranes, cargo transporters, computer systems, and more—find value in promoting the scrap recycling industry through their membership in ISRI.

Many ISRI-member companies are family-owned businesses, with a significant number of them having been in continuous operation for 100 years or longer. It is estimated that ISRI members employ more than 85,000 people, and their companies range in size from small, one-location operations to large, publicly-held corporations with multiple facilities worldwide. Other ISRI members focus on the business of brokering and trading recyclable materials, consolidating materials from a variety of businesses to expedite the fulfillment of consumer needs. All of these member companies—large and small—have one thing in common: they all have the expertise and the ability to compete in today's global marketplace. The association assists its member companies with a wide variety of products and services designed to help them run better, cleaner, safer, and more profitable operations.

  • First and foremost, ISRI believes that all members' operations should be carried out "Safely or Not at All." To that end, the association provides a vast array of services for members, ranging from OSHA compliance guidance to the design of a customized safety blueprint which is fashioned at the member's facility by one of the ISRI Safety professionals. ISRI leads the industry in the production and distribution of training materials designed to improve the safety and operations of the scrap industry.
  • ISRI also provides extensive compliance guidance to assist members comply with federal and international laws and regulations pertaining to the environment, shipping and transportation, safety, and other key areas affecting their businesses.
  • Implementation of RIOS—the Recycling Industry Operating Standard—is also a major focus of ISRI's. RIOS is the only recycling industry-specific integrated quality, environmental, health, and safety management system and seeks to provide consumers with the same assurances of compliance that they have come to expect from programs like ISO 9001, ISO 14001, and the OSH 18000 standard.
  • ISRI also publishes the Scrap Specifications Circular, which for more than 85 years has provided specifications for hundreds of grades of scrap designed to ensure consistency and standardization for the worldwide sale and purchase of scrap commodities.
  • ISRI provides continuing education and training for its member through forums, seminars, workshops, commodity roundtables, publications, an annual convention, and the world's largest annual scrap recycling exposition. Last year, more than 5,000 industry professionals from more than 49 countries attended ISRI's convention.

Among its many services, ISRI promotes public awareness of the value and importance of recycling to the production of the world's goods and services, along with the positive environmental benefits derived from scrap recycling. As part of this effort, ISRI advocates on behalf of the industry before the U.S. Congress, state governments, and international bodies to help ensure the free and fair trade of scrap commodities globally. ISRI also educates the public about how the scrap recycling industry is uniquely positioned to meet the challenges of today's world—a leading economic engine for the world providing real solutions that help protect and sustain the earth's environment. More information on scrap recycling can be found at the ISRI Web site, www.isri.org. For more information on ISRI or to learn how to join this dynamic association, simply go to www.isri.org and click on "Join ISRI/Renew" in the left-hand column or call 877/367-4774.

 


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