Fresh Perspective: Recent Episodes
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Fresh Perspective is a podcast presented by Recycling Today magazine. The podcast features young professionals in the scrap and recycling industry, offering insights from the next generation of industry leaders. The podcast is an ongoing dialogue with future executives in the industry. Guests share their stories of what led them to the scrap and recycling industry as well as new ideas on industry trends. Tune in to hear stories from scrap processors, traders, operators and more who are starting to lead in this space.
Logan Miller, regional recycling manager at Cincinnati-based Rumpke Waste & Recycling, shares how a one-month college course at DePauw University led him to a career in the recycling industry. He also discusses plans for Rumpke's material recovery facility in Columbus, Ohio.
Ernesto Valencia, plant manager at Illinois-based Diversified Recycling Inc., shares lessons he has learned working in the recycling industry as well as how automation has helped material recovery facilities.
Andrew Lincoln, vice president of ferrous operations at Lincoln Recycling, talks about lessons he’s learned during the past decade of working at his family’s scrap business and how the company is adapting to COVID-19.
Allison Sellers, an investment associate at New York-based Closed Loop Partners, talks about her first year working in the recycling industry and what the work environment is like at Closed Loop Partners.
Dan Poris, vice president of nonferrous at Longwood, Florida-based GLE Scrap Metal, shares how he got his start in the scrap industry and how his company’s responding to COVID-19.
Tyler Adams, chief operating officer at SA Recycling, tells Recycling Today what it has been like to watch his family’s business expand and how he has helped maintain consistency at the company’s facilities.
Cody Marshall, chief community strategy officer at The Recycling Partnership, shares his journey through the recycling industry and the work The Recycling Partnership is doing.
Eadaoin Quinn, director of business development and procurement at Ontario-based EFS-plastics Inc., discusses the impact extended producer responsibility and recycled-content commitments could have on the circular economy.
Aaron Gaby, general manager of Gaby Iron & Metal in Chicago Heights, Illinois, shares lessons he has learned since joining the scrap industry in the last decade.
Bryce Stalcup, recycling operations manager at Waste Commission of Scott County in Davenport, Iowa, shares his story of helping to advance and modernize the county’s MRF in recent years.
Josephita Harry, vice president of nonferrous metals and electronic scrap sales at Miami-based Pan American Zinc, explains how she made her way into the scrap recycling industry about a decade ago.
Emily Molstad, co-founder and CEO of Valis, shares her journey to the scrap industry and her take on market volatility, the benefits of sensor-based sorting and how the industry can engage more young people.
Megan O’Connor, founder and CEO of Nth Cycle, shares how she got the idea to start her business, which is focused on recycling lithium-ion batteries, and some of the company’s goals for the future.
Caroline Allman, compliance officer at Apto Solutions, shares how she found out about the recycling and ITAD industry as well as ways she has gotten involved to help with industry associations.
Rob Wise, account executive at Ferrous Processing & Trading Co., shares how several different career paths eventually led him to the scrap industry eight years ago. He also offers his thoughts on some of the industry’s biggest challenges and opportunities today.
George Strom, vice president of municipal services at Morton Grove, Illinois-based LRS, shares his story of joining his family’s business and eventually becoming a part of the LRS team in the last year. He talks about LRS’ acquisition strategy as well as some trends he is noticing with municipal recycling.
Neil Chalupa, a trader at Metal Conversions, began his career working in logistics. He shares how those experiences helped him in his role at Metal Conversions as well as some potential solutions to consider with trucking-related challenges.
Adam Jackson, director of metals trading at Aegis Hedging Solutions LLC, shares his story of how he got into providing hedging solutions for the scrap industry as well as what it was like when he owned a scrap hedging business.
After spending the start of his career in various broadcasting jobs, Robert Burns landed a director of marketing position at Sunnking in Brockport, New York. Burns shares how he has been helping to boost social media traffic and marketing efforts for the electronics recycler in the past two years, offering tips other recyclers can follow.
Josh Gensic, director of purchasing at Audubon Metals, shares how he went from working in a furniture store to the scrap industry. He offers some lessons he has learned since joining the industry as well as new technologies he hopes to see the industry embrace.
Sarah Kaylor, director of sales and marketing at Balcones Resources, Austin, Texas, shares some unique experiences she had before coming to the company and how the company has grown since she started there in 2013.
Ike Shapiro, owner and secretary and treasurer at Austin Metal & Iron Co., shares about new things happening at his family’s company and about lessons he’s learned working in the recycling industry.
James Patrignelli, director of sales for the Northeast region at Liquid Technology Inc., offers his insights on data security risks companies face.
Jacqueline Lotzkar, director of trading and human resources at Vancouver, British Columbia-based Pacific Metals Recycling, shares some unique ways that the company has had success with retention in recent years.
Jacob Bronstein, CEO of Merrillville Metal Recycling, shares what it was like starting a new scrap business in the middle of a pandemic.
Patrick Richardson, a trader at Kripke Enterprises, Toledo, Ohio, shares about what it’s like to work for Kripke and why networking is encouraged at the company.
Chad Epstein, managing director of Metro Detroit Metals, shares his story of getting into the scrap industry and eventually starting his own yard in the Detroit area in 2020.
Colin Denihan, vice president at Indiana-based Metal Source LLC, shares how a conversation at a bar led him to the scrap industry as well as his take on aluminum markets.
Scott Pollan, president of Chicago-based Emergency Material Services LLC, shares why he started a scrap business recently.
Sean Daoud, vice president and shareholder at PNW Metal Recycling, shares lessons he’s learned in the scrap industry as well as what it was like for him to participate in a merger a few years ago.
Nidhi Turakhia, executive vice president of Allied Alloys, shares her stories of working in the scrap industry and insights on stainless steel markets.
Jocelyn Doucet, co-founder and CEO of Montreal-based Pyrowave, discusses starting a business and his thoughts on chemical recycling.
Jake Woolfenden, a material recovery facility (MRF) manager at Veolia, shares how he got involved in the recycling industry recently as well as trends in MRF management in the U.K.
Lane Gaddy, CEO of W. Silver, talks about what it's like to work in the El Paso, Texas, community and where he sees the nonferrous sector of the recycling industry headed in the next few years.
Will Howard, vice president of recycling at Florida-based Waste Pro USA, discusses how he started his career in MRF management and new technologies that can help MRFs.
Brandi Harleaux, chief operations officer at Houston-based South Post Oak Recycling Center, shares her story on what led her to join her father’s recycling business a few years ago as well as tips on boosting company morale.
Matt Bedingfield, chief commercial and strategy officer at Louisville, Kentucky-based Tri-Arrows Aluminum Inc., shares about his opportunities to work in aluminum and recycling industry the past nine years.
Brett Lurie, vice president of sales at Wilmington Paper Corp., shares how today’s market conditions for recovered paper are similar to what the industry experienced in 2008 when he first started to work in the recycling industry.
Zach Mallin, vice president of Mallin Cos., about his opportunities to work for his family's recycling business the past five years.
Zach Matthews, who is a national accounts manager at Indianapolis-based Versatile Processing Group, discusses why he joined the recycling industry and what he sees as opportunities for the industry.
Mark Ceresa, district general manager at Waste Connections, shares what got him into the recycling industry and what he sees as opportunities for the industry.
Richard Wallace, who is in charge of corporate development at Huron Valley Steel Corporation, shares what got him into the recycling industry and what he sees as opportunities for the industry.
Sam Shine, director of business development at Utility Recyclers International, shares what got him into the recycling industry and what he sees as opportunities for the industry.