New Jersey Based Mobile App and Scrap Yard Owner Recipient of Recycling Industry's Rising Star Award

Waste & Recycling News has selected iScrap App creator, Tom as a recipient of a Recycling Industry Rising Star. iScrap App often called the "Google of Scrap Metal Recycling" is a mobile app. that allows users to find recycling yards on phones.

Rockaway, NJ (prHWY.com) March 6, 2012 - Rockaway, NJ - Tom Buechel, owner of Rockaway Recycling and the iScrap App, has been selected for Waste and Recycling News (WRN) Rising Star Award for 2012. He was among 12 winners that were chosen from nearly 100 nominees.

According to WRN, these Rising Stars serve the waste and recycling industries in a variety of ways, including engineering, landfill management, entrepreneurship, communications and public service.

The iScrap App is a mobile app and online that provides scrap metal recyclers access scrap yards near their location or search via city and state, zip code, or scrap yard name from any mobile or Internet connected device. The creator, Tom Buechel is also the second generation operator of Rockaway Recycling, a scrap yard in Morris County.

"The talent level of these 100-or-so nominees was extraordinary," said WRN Editor John Campanelli. "Cutting the ranks to only 12 honorees was difficult, but it proves just how many gifted young people are in our industry.

The iScrap App has also been featured in Recycling Today, USA Today, Outdoor Magazine and also nominated for an App for the Environment through the EPA.

To find scrap yard or recycling center near you visit: www.iScrapApp.com.

About iScrap App
The iScrap App is the leading mobile app and online search for the iPhone, Android, BlackBerry, and all other Internet devices that connects scrap yards with their customers. Scrap metal recyclers can locate scrap yards, find their pricing, view the materials they buy, send pictures of material for questions, and request containers right from their smartphones. For more information got to www.iScrapApp.com.

About Rockaway Recycling
Rockaway Recycling has been a family-run business since 1977, while serving thousands of customers and we have kept millions of pounds of material out of landfills. Rockaway Recycling recycles non-ferrous metals such as: Copper, Brass, Insulated Wire, Aluminum, Lead, Stainless Steel, and more. For more information, go to www.RockawayRecycling.com.

About Waste & Recycling News
WRN readers want to know breaking news that happens between bi-weekly print editions. WRN provides the only daily news report in the industry. WRN is the only environmental management publication distributed 26 times a year to 45,000 subscribers.
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