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11/12/08

ISRI Congratulates President-Elect Barack Obama, Offers Support For a Recycling Agenda
ISRI congratulates Senator Barack Obama of Illinois on becoming the 44th President of the United States of America and issues a statement the election results and and the future of American manufacturing.

11/6/08

ISRI Alert—International Business Conditions

11/6/08

ISRI Adopts Responsible Practices into RIOS
ISRI Services Corporation (ISC) has adopted the Responsible Recycling Practices for Use in Accredited Certification Programs for Electronics Recyclers (R2) into its RIOS certification program.

11/3/08

ISRI Alert, Oct. 24—International Business Conditions and Personal Safety While Visiting International Customers

10/24/08

Financial Recovery Package Includes Accelerated Depreciation Allowance
The financial plan passed by Congress to shore up the U.S. financial system includes provisions that would provide a 50% accelerated depreciation allowance for purchases of recycling equipment.

10/6/08

Scrap Recyclers Warn of Environmental Consequences from Bad Theft Legislation
ISRI today called on members of Congress interested in truly combating metal theft to take a step back to look at the big picture.

10/2/08

ISRI Concludes Negotiations to Acquire IAER
Negotiations between the International Association of Electronic Recyclers (IAER) and ISRI for ISRI to acquire the assets of IAER have now been successfully concluded.

9/30/08

June Meeting Minutes Available
Meeting minutes from ISRI's Board and Committee meeting in June 2008 are now available to logged-in ISRI Members in Governance.

9/25/08

Recycling Research Foundation Seeks Silent Auction Support
The Recycling Research Foundation seeks support for a silent auction to help fund research and educational grants to advance the scrap recycling industry.

9/24/08

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November 6, 2008
ISRI Congratulates Senator Barack Obama on his Election as President of the United States; Offers Support for a Recycling Agenda
"On behalf of ISRI and the nation's scrap recycling industry, we congratulate you on your historic election victory...It is also a crucial time for America's scrap recycling industry, which is an integral part of our country's manufacturing engine."

November 3, 2008
ISRI Adopts Responsible Practices into RIOS Certification
The financial plan passed by Congress today to shore up the U.S. financial system includes provisions of the Recycling Investment Saves Energy (RISE) legislation.

October 6, 2008
Scrap Recyclers Warn of Environmental Consequences from Bad Theft Legislation
ISRI called on members of Congress interested in truly combating metal theft to take a step back to look at the big picture.

October 3, 2008
Financial Recovery Package Includes Accelerated Depreciation Allowance Sought By Scrap Recycling Industry
The financial plan passed by Congress today to shore up the U.S. financial system includes provisions of the Recycling Investment Saves Energy (RISE) legislation.

August 13, 2008
ISRI Opposes Effort to Block Shredded Scrap Export
An Aug. 11 letter to the Export-Import Bank of the United States opposes the attempt by the American Scrap Coalition to block the bank from extending credit for the sale and export of $24 million of shredded scrap to Turkey.

August 4, 2008
Scrap Recycling Company's Efforts Lead to 161 Arrests of Suspected Thieves
Employees at ISRI-member company OmniSource, Inc., are proving that they are part of the solution to the material theft problem plaguing our nation's communities.

July 2, 2008
ISRI-Member Recycling Company Assists in the Arrests of 29 Individuals for Materials Thefts
The partnership between local law enforcement agencies and members of the ISRI in tackling the critical issue of materials theft is resulting in more and more thieves being apprehended by local law enforcement agencies, including the arrests of 29 individuals based on information provided by one recycling company.

June 17, 2008
Scrap Recycling Industry Says There is No Export Crisis, But Supports Efforts to Remove Global Trade Barriers
ISRI President Robin Wiener said today she is pleased to see that the American Scrap Coalition has joined the "bandwagon" in support of the free and fair global trade of scrap, but seriously questions the coalition's underlying premise that steel scrap processing and consuming industries are facing a "steel scrap export crisis."

May 14, 2008
ISRI Warns of Increase in Theft of Infrastructure Metals
City, county, and state governments are being warned of the potential for a new wave of material thefts involving ferrous (iron and steel) infrastructure metals such as manhole covers and sewer/stormwater grates.

March 27, 2008
2008 ISRI Convention and Exposition Breaks All Records
The upcoming 2008 ISRI Convention and Exposition is now officially the largest convention in ISRI history, according to Chuck Carr, ISRI's Vice President for Member Services, Meetings and Marketing. The industry's largest convention and tradeshow is set to be held in Las Vegas April 6-10, 2008.