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Scott Newell lives in El Paso, Texas. He is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Newell Recycling Equipment, LLC, El Paso, Texas. He is also Vice Chairman of China Recycling Newell Equipment, Ltd. a joint venture manufacturer of all types of shredding and separation equipment located in China.

Scott Newell grew up in the scrap business and for many years has been a leader in the industry. His career began by working in scrap processing plants owned by his father Alton Newell Sr. After attending Baylor University, Trinity University and Arizona State University, Scott served as manager of the Newell Salvage Co. of Phoenix, Arizona for six years from 1959 to 1965.

From the time the second Newell shredder was built in the early 1960s, Scott has had the responsibility for the daily operation of one or more shredding plants, in addition to the responsibility for the manufacturing company. During the past 66 years, Scott has been responsible for the design, manufacture and operation of shredding plants, including the direct management and guidance for the engineering personnel. As a hand’s on operator, Scott is fond of telling people that having been responsible for designing shredding plants for more than 60 years and as a result, “I know a lot of things to not do,….. and some things that simply must be done,” Scott is fond of sharing this information with shredder operators around the world believing that anything that is good for the shredding industry will be good for Newell Recycling Equipment, LLC. In support of that goal, Scott has written, published and delivered more than 100 technical papers explaining how to shred and how to design separation systems to create the greatest value and how to manage these types of plants.

In addition, Scott has been very involved since the middle 1970’s with recovery of non ferrous metals from auto shredder residue (ASR) and designed, built and operated the Newell metal recovery plants, which have processed many 100’s of thousands of tons of ASR, separating the valuable metal from the waste material.

Scott Newell has served on the national board of directors of the Institute of Scrap Iron and Steel and also its predecessor, NARI. In addition, for many years he has been an officer and or a member of the Ferrous Division and the Shredder Committees of ISRI. During 2015, Scott was presented with the prestigious “Life Time Achievement Award” from ISRI in recognition of his contributions to the industry.

He has also served on the Shredder Committee of the BIR, which is the world scrap dealers association.

The business activities of Scott Newell have earned the respect of the scrap processing industry. He quite often is asked to address, as a recognized expert in his industry, national and international conferences for steel makers and scrap processors.

Scott has done extensive consulting work for scrap processors and has served as an expert witness in a number of legal matters.

Scott was recognized by Marquis Who’s Who as a Distinguished Leaders in 2022 and Lifetime Achievement Award in 2023 and 2024 from Marquis Who’s Who.