Sustainability You Can Measure
Barge transportation is the safest, most fuel-efficient, and lowest-emission way to move bulk materials.
Environmental Responsibility at Every Stage
Supporting your Corporate Social Responsibility goals through smarter recycling solutions.
Recycling Solutions Designed for Impact
Built to align with your goals and advance your environmental commitments.
Tailored solutions built around your specific operational needs and sustainability targets.
Strategic approaches that can support the loftiest zero-waste initiatives and reduce environmental impact.
Transparent metrics that capture the full scope of your environmental contribution.
Processes designed to minimize waste and ensure materials remain productive within the economy.
Smart Scrap Monitoring
Our remote camera monitoring system gives real-time visibility into your scrap boxes, eliminating guesswork and maximizing efficiency.
Safer Operations
Reduce the need for frequent on-site visits and minimize interruptions and unnecessary traffic through your facility.
Lower Emissions
Fewer trips = less fuel = a smaller carbon footprint. It’s better for the planet and your sustainability goals.
More Fuel Efficient
We dispatch only when needed, reducing wasted mileage and making every trip count. This allows us offer the highest prices for your scrap metal.
Minimizing our Environmental Impact
We eliminate 200 trucks from our roads per month by transferring materials between our Forest View and Joliet, IL locations using our company-owned, dedicated barges. The addition of our Forest View barge dock in late 2023 was paramount in our efforts to decrease greenhouse gasses emitted by our trucks, increase safety, decrease fuel consumption, and increase efficiency.
Setting a New Standard in Turnings Containment
BL Duke is breaking ground on an innovative steel turnings’ containment building, a first-of-its-kind project in the Midwest and a significant step forward in safeguarding the cradle-to-grave responsibility of our recycling partners. The state-of-the-art structure will completely enclose steel turnings and cast iron borings at BL Duke’s 60-acre site in Joliet, IL. It is designed to shield the metal turnings from rainwater and prevent environmental runoff, marking a major advancement in upholding our customers’ cradle-to-grave obligations.
