Rachel Dejtiranukul Appointed VP of Operations
Rachel Dejtiranukul, with 18 years in the metal recycling industry, was recently promoted to VP of Operations for Schupan’s Materials Trading business unit.
Schupan’s Take ’em Back Campaign Releases Educational Video
Helping kids save the planet. One can at a time. Kalamazoo, MI: September 18, 2024—Schupan is excited to announce its partnership with Earth Cubs for the release of a new video aimed at teaching Michigan’s 3rd through 5th graders the importance of redeeming deposit containers. The video, part of the broader “Take ’em Back” campaign, will be distributed to […]
Schupan COO Tom Emmerich Looks to the Future of Recycling in Michigan
How is the state of recycling in Michigan? We’ve heard that we lag other Midwestern states. How are we doing recycling wise? “There have been a lot of efforts to try to increase what we do in Michigan. Do we lag other states? We absolutely do. We have like an 18 percent municipal and recycling […]
Over $50 Million In Bottles, Cans Await Refunds
(CBS DETROIT) – As bottles and cans continue to mount at homes across the state the value of the deposits skyrocket. “We know that there are roughly 70 million containers a week that is being stockpiled by Michiganders,” said Tom Emmerich, Schupan Recycling president. Back in March, Governor Gretchen Whitmer issued an executive order suspending the […]
West Michigan Sustainable Business Forums: How COVID-19 Demonstrates Need for Recycling & Sustainable Materials Management
Listen to the webinar with panelists Tom Emmerich (Schupan), Kari Bliss (Padnos), Michael Hodges (AMCOR), and Darwin Baas (Kent County Dept Public Works).
Michiganders Sitting on Estimated $60M Worth of Bottle Returns
With recycling centers closed, people are starting to see their bottle and can returns pile up. “When we kind of look at it, it’s kind of Michigan’s money,” says Shayna Schupan-Barry, director of governmental affairs at Schupan & Sons Recycling. Read more.
The Frank Beckmann Show – News Talk 760 | WJR AM
Tom Emmerich, COO of Schupan & Sons, Inc., and president of Schupan Recycling, talks to Frank Beckmann about how Michigan residents are holding on to $50 million in bottle/can returns.
Cans and bottles pile up while returnable policy remains frozen during pandemic
Hundreds of millions of empty cans and bottles are piling up in garages across the state waiting to be returned. Recycling not considered essential — and most recycling centers have been closed from the Stay at Home Order. Those 10 cent deposits might not seem like a lot but right now have added up to […]
Michiganders wait to return $50 million worth of cans and bottles
As many of us are wondering when we’ll be able to return bottles and cans again, one Michigan recycling business says Michiganders could be piling up more than 70 million a week. That’s more than $50 million worth. “There is urgency here. Each week that we wait, the demand grows and it becomes more of […]
Michiganders wait — and wait — to redeem $50 million in bottle, can deposits
Fifty million dollars is a whole lot of dimes. That’s how much Michigan residents hold in beer, pop, and other bottles and cans with 10-cent deposits accumulated since late March, when an emergency order by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer stopped redemption at supermarkets and other stores because of the coronavirus pandemic. Read more.
