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THE I SR I SCRAP YEARBOOK
2016
INSTITUTE OF SCRAP RECYCLING INDUSTRIES, INC.
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1972
NASMI becomes NARI
1987
ISRI formed from the merger of NARI and ISIS
1995
First ISRI ISO Training
1999
Passage of Superfund Recycling Equity Act (SREA)
2001
Merger of National Association of
Scrap Tire Processors
2002
Establishment of Electronics Recycling Council
2003
Development of Recycling Industry
Operating Standards (RIOS™)
2006-08
Development of Responsible Recycling (R2)
Practices for E-Recyclers
2008
Establishment of Plastics Council
2013
EPA authorizes plastics recycling from
shredder aggregate
2014
ISRI establishes Circle of Safety Excellence™
2015
ISRI Forms Alliance with OSHA
ISRI was formed by the merger of two parent organizations in
1987: the National Association of Recycling Industries (NARI)
and the Institute of Scrap Iron and Steel (ISIS) both of which
traced their roots to the early 1900s. Key events in the history
of ISRI and the scrap recycling industry include:
1913
The creation of the National Association of Waste
Material Dealers (NAWMD)
1914
The first scrap specification published
1928
The creation of the Institute of Scrap Iron and
Steel (ISIS)
1958
NAWMD’s Waste Paper Institute
becomes the Paper Stock Institute
of America
1959
Creation of the National Association Supply
Cooperative
1960
NAWMD becomes NASMI
1965
Creation of forerunner to the ISRI Recycling
Research Foundation
ISRI History