Metal Sherdder

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Brandi Wendelberger

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Aug 3, 2024, 5:35:16 PM8/3/24

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Resource in Focus, a trade publication specializing in the North American resource industry, reported in February that ABC Recycling would continue to invest in the Washington marketplace with a metal shredding operation, quoting ABC Recycling vice president of sales and marketing Randy Kahlon.

Kahlon told Focus that the metal recycling company is in preliminary stages to get a shredder operational for 2024, and that it had purchased a large chunk of land in Bellingham, close to the port, as the final stage of their metal recycling operations in North America.

According to Whatcom County Assessor records, ABC Recycling purchased a 19.69-acre parcel in 2021 along Marine Drive adjacent to Locust Beach and the Lehigh cement plant from Lehigh Northwest Cement Co. for $3.57 million.

ABC Recycling, which has a 15-year operating lease with the Port of Bellingham, began last October loading scrap metal onto barges at the shipping terminal every six to eight weeks in shifts from 6 to 9:30 p.m. and 11 p.m. to 3 a.m. in a process that lasts around four days and nights.

Industrial scrap metal shredders come in various sizes and are used to reduce large metal objects such as automobiles into smaller, more manageable and transportable pieces. Using a variety of processes from hammering to cutting, the shredding process breaks down metal and sorts it.

Kai Uyehara (he/him/his) is freelance reporter for Salish Current and a recent graduate from Western Washington University. He graduated with a major in English creative writing and a minor in news/editorial journalism. He is originally from Glenwood Springs, a small town in Colorado. Kai is interested in reporting on stories concerning and intersecting with social issues.