Green Steels News Summary

From WardsAutoGreat article on why green steel is important and deeper dive on how it is made. https://www.wardsauto.com/industry-news/why-green-steel-importa

From Energy News Network:Green steel may assist the United States reach zero-carbon industry. https://energynews.us/2024/03/26/green-steel-could-help-the-u-s-reach-zero-carbon-industry/

From Canary MediaThe United States is backing two ground breaking green steel projects – to the tune of $1 billion. https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/clean-industry/us-pledges-up-to-1b-for-two-pioneering-green-steel-projects

From BloombergBill Gates has backed new company Electra, as they plan a green steel factory. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2024-03-27/gates-backed-startup-pilots-green-steel-process-plans-factory

From SiftedThere is a lot of confidence behind Vargas’ push to produce green steel. With a proven track record of building climate tech companies, they are poised to do well. https://sifted.eu/articles/vargas-harald-mix-h2-green-steel-northvolt

Stay tuned for more as we continue to keep a close eye on any developments with green steel.

Recycling By the Numbers

We gathered some fun and interesting facts about recycling

At PTR Baler & Compactor, we have helped many clients start recycling programs. Our vertical balers are suited for this. Its smart all the way around – saving the planet, which saving money or making money! We have many options for every budget – from rebuilt vertical balers to models like 7248HD.

ALUMINUM Approximately 350,000 aluminum cans are made per minute!Aluminum does not break down and is not biodegradable. It will still be the same after hundreds of years.Recycling one aluminum can equals enough power to run a television for three hours.

STEEL A 60 watt bulb can run all day on the energy saves recycling one pound of steel.More than 600 steel cans are recycled every second in America.Almost 70 percent of all steel is recycled in America each year – more than glass, aluminum, plastic and paper.100% of a steel roof is able to be recycled, versus asphalt roofs, which is zero percent!

PAPER One ton of recycled paper can save approximately 18 trees.In 2020, 60% of paper used in America was recycled.A ton of recycled paper saves over 3.2 cubic yards of landfill spacePaper is one of the easiest things to recycle

PLASTIC In America, approximately 2,000,000 plastic bottles are used every hour!Plastic bottles take about 700 years before they start to decompose and break down.Recycling plastic can be tricky, depending on recycling centers in your area.In general about 75% of our trash can be recycled. Its essential and a no-brainer these days.

Looking to start a recycling program? Contact us today!

Coming Soon: The Complete 2024 Parts Catalog – 4th Edition

Our new parts catalog is currently being produced and will be available this Spring. It serves as a great, at the ready resource – a must to have on hand at the shop. Sure, you can reference our parts website to find what you need as well. However nothing beats having a physical copy to flip through and reference. It is spiral bound so it stays flat when open and the gloss paper makes the pages easy to flip through.

The catalog consists of sections for PTR parts, BACE parts and Komar parts. The most popular items, like baling wire, are grouped in their own section for quick reference. Also included are very handy color diagrams, showing breakdowns of power units, baler eject assemblies and more. Since they’re printed in the catalog they are much easier to examine versus on the web. This will save you lots of time, zeroing in on the part you need and how things are assembled.

Colorful headers on each page make it easy to find your spot. Also diagrams and directories of parts for Control Panels are very comprehensive and helpful. You find everything related to

• Power units

• Polymer wheel

• Container bottoms

• Control panels

• Bale eject assemblies

• Electrical parts

• Hydraulic parts

• Mechanical parts

• Rebuild kits

• Oil heater kits

• TP stationary parts

• VCP stationary parts

• OEM Parts

• After market parts and more!

You’ll also find warranty info, contact info for parts managers at Komar, BACE, Maren and PTR. Our team is here to help! In addition you’ll find valuable maintenance tips like how to adjust reverse timer set-point on a standard baler program. An of course all of our social media handles and links to our blog can be found on the back page.

So stay tuned! These will be available soon. Sign up for our parts newsletter to be the first to know. https://parts.ptrco.com/mailinglist_subscribe.asp