Media Coverage
New Campaign Aims For More Stanislaus County Jobs (CBS Local/Channel 13 News)
Modesto Junk Company was highlighted on local news television as one of the first to commit to participate in a new Stanislaus County hiring initiative.
Work in Progress: Modesto Junk Company, Inc. Proves Its Mettle as a Leader in the Scrap Metal Recycling Industry (Progress News)
Modesto Junk Company is poised to raise the scrap metal recycling industry to new heights in Modesto with against-the-trend growth, essential partnerships and a new heavy-duty rotating shear unlike any seen before on the West Coast.
Local recycler keeps ag interests in mind (Stanislaus Farm News)
Downtown Modesto recycler Modesto Junk Co. understands some of the big issues facing the ag community today. The company closely supported California State Senator Tom Berryhill on his 2008 metal theft bill, AB 844, and most recently, has been selected as one of just a few sites in the valley where farmers and ranchers can bring in their old ag equipment under the Tractor Trade-in Replacement Program being offered by the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District (SJVAPCD), an organization that works to improve air quality in the Valley.
Modesto Junk Adds New Services, Equipment (Recycling Today)
Modesto Junk Co. Inc., Modesto, Calif., has added a CAT 365C hydraulic rotating shear to its equipment fleet and has been approved as a recycler for a regional farm tractor trade-in program.
Simple steps to help save planet mark Earth Day in Modesto (The Modesto Bee)
Stroll through an Earth Day gathering and you’re bound to find some devoted savers of the planet.
People such as Karen and Chuck Shoup of Riverbank, who helped staff a bicycling booth Saturday at the Earth Day in the Park Festival in Modesto.
They recycle. They watch the thermostat. They grow some of their own food and also have local produce delivered. They drive a Prius and are members of the Stanislaus County Bicycle Club.
“We’re really concerned about our planet,” Karen Shoup said, “and we’re concerned about passing along a healthy planet for our grandchildren and other people who come after us.”
The 22nd annual event, sponsored by the city of Modesto, drew its usual large crowd to Graceada Park on a sunny afternoon.
A green day at the park (The Modesto Bee)
Lots of sunshine helped fill Graceada Park on Saturday for Modesto’s annual Earth Day celebration.
Watch Modesto Junk Co. featured on local news segments recently
Modesto Junk Co, Inc. Recyling Center was featured on some recent local news segments, in the summer and fall of 2009.
This family knows junk (CV Biz Journal)
When metal prices dropped precipitously a year ago, recyclers such as Modesto Junk Co. took it on the chin.
In August 2008, shipment of metal overseas slowed and some buyers refused to pay for orders they’d placed. “We lost a lot of money,†said Keith Highiet, who, along with his sister, helps his father and grandfather run the 89-year Modesto Junk Co.
It’s times like that when having a name and reputation in the industry sees you through; because, clearly, this family knows junk.
Modesto Junk touts new baler as $350K investment in future (The Modesto Bee)
We’re in a recession and money’s tight, but some companies continue to invest in new equipment.
The Modesto Junk Co., one of the region’s oldest family-owned businesses, just installed a new $350,000 baler. The 2009 Badger two-ram baler, manufactured in Georgia by the Harris company, was put to work this week.
Just not worthwhile to steal metal now (The Modesto Bee)
In this dismal worldwide economy, there are bits of good news, albeit some of them are side effects of the bad. One is a drop in metal thefts, which corresponds directly to a sharp drop in metal prices. For example, the price of recycled copper, which reached $4 a pound in 2007, has dropped to about $1 a pound, said Keith Highiet of Modesto Junk Co. That means there is less incentive for people to steal copper and sell it.
