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Blaze Recycling opens new site.


Blaze Recycling & Metals (profiled in the October 2006 issue of Recycling Today) has acquired around 35 acres of land in Phenix City Phenix City (fē`nĭks), city (1990 pop. 25,312), a seat of Russell co., E Ala., on the Chattahoochee River opposite Columbus, Ga., in a cotton area; inc. 1883. Textiles are manufactured there. , Ala., to install an additional scrap recycling facility. The new yard will process ferrous and nonferrous metals and will include an auto shredder and an auto parts Auto parts are components of automobiles. They mainly are, in alphabetic order (only car specific articles or articles with car section):
  • Air filter
  • Automobile self starter
  • Bell housing
  • Brakes
  • Bucket seat
  • Bumper
  • Buzzer
  • Battery
 facility.

The company's Gary Blase bla·sé  
adj.
1. Uninterested because of frequent exposure or indulgence.

2. Unconcerned; nonchalant: had a blasé attitude about housecleaning.

3. Very sophisticated.
 says that Blaze Recycling hopes to have between 2,000 to 3,000 automobiles on the site when the new shredder starts.

The new site houses the company's second auto shredder. Since 2004, Blaze has operated an auto shredder at its Lawrenceville, Ga., yard.

In addition to having auto hulks on site to feed its new shredder, a number of small, independent auto parts/dismantlers in the area could benefit from a lower freight rate Noun 1. freight rate - the charge for transporting something by common carrier; "we pay the freight"; "the freight rate is usually cheaper"
freightage, freight
 by shipping to the new yard.

The Phenix City plant is Blaze's fifth yard. The company also operates plants in Norcross, Ga.; Lawrenceville, Ga.; Griffin, Ga.; and Gainesville, Ga.

Blaze expects to open the scrap yard scrap yard ndepósito de chatarra;
(for cars) → cementerio de coches

scrap yard nparc m à ferrailles;
(
 early this year, the auto shredder installation is expected to be complete within two years.
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Title Annotation:SCRAP INDUSTRY NEWS
Publication:Recycling Today
Date:Mar 1, 2007
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