Fresh Perspective

Scott Sass shares what it was like going from working as an engineer at General Electric Co. to director of process engineering at Akron, Ohio-based Alterra Energy. He also discusses the demand he sees for advanced recycling technologies.

Walter Salvati, owner of Fort Pierce, Florida-based Scrap Gators, shares takeaways he learned from starting a business a few years ago.

With her experience as diversity, equity and inclusion program manager at Schnitzer Steel Industries, Whitney Cox shares about the importance of advancing diversity, equity and inclusion in the scrap industry.

Andrew Dischino shares how he landed a career in the scrap industry. He now works as a buyer at GLE Scrap Metal and discusses how the company has grown since he began working there almost five years ago.

Alex Gershowitz shares how a job opening at his family’s yacht club in Montauk, New York, opened the door to opportunities for him at Gershow Recycling.

Abhijay Goenka shares about how his company and the scrap industry have changed since he began to work in the industry nine years ago.

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.

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.

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.

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.