In the fall of 2018, the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) passed and adopted a resolution entitled Reducing Metal Theft. The resolution highlights the positive relationship between the recycling industry and law enforcement, as well as ISRI’s ScrapTheftAlert.com system.

On January 1, several more railroads established precision rail scheduling to make their operations more efficient. These changes however, have resulted in higher costs and less reliability for shippers.

A hearing on CT HB 7003 was held on February 7, 2019 in the Connecticut House of Representatives Committee on Children. Through ISRI’s state legislative program, ISRI worked with members and other stakeholders to provide testimony against the bill.

Following the longest government shutdown in history, Congress has finished with its committee assignments and is staffing up for the next two years.

Two months into the New Year and every state but Florida, Alabama, and Louisiana is in session, with policymakers racing against committee and chamber deadlines that have already passed in some states.

It is well-established in the United States that recycling is a series of steps to transform one product at the end of its original life into something new and useful.