In today's fast-paced corporate world, where the focus is often on company achievements and milestones, it's easy to overlook the unsung heroes who work tirelessly behind the scenes. In this Employee Spotlight, we take a moment to honor the dedicated individuals who play an integral role in the success of [...]
The human resources team at Richmond Steel Recycling is always looking for news ways to engage the various members of our team. We've come up with the bi-monthly employee spotlight, which gives members of staff the opportunity to share a little bit about their experience with us. This month we [...]
June 21st is National Indigenous Peoples Day here in Canada. Richmond Steel Recycling would like to join and pay homage to the rich history and countless contributions of the First Nations, Inuit, and Metis peoples of Canada and North America.We operate in numerous communities across British Columbia and Alberta, so [...]
Sims Metal is celebrating National Manufacturing Day to raise awareness of the critical role recycling plays in manufacturing and the circular economy. By collecting and recycling scrap metal, and other materials, Sim Metal transforms waste into new resources that are reintroduced into the production chain and manufactured into new products. According [...]
Recycling can help reduce global warming — but how, exactly, is still a lesson many people around the world are learning. Svante Arrhenius published his scientific theory of global warming in 1896. He suggested that the earth’s atmosphere was becoming polluted, and that the pollutants were trapping sunlight rather than [...]
We live in a throwaway society, so does it matter if we don’t give scrap metal value and just put it in the garbage bin? It used to be a commonly held view that we can put our trash in a hole in the ground and just forget about it, [...]