EPCAMR had added another local high school student, Brandon Hannis, from Ashley Borough, to our list of Community Service Volunteers as an Iron Oxide Processor. Brandon is also a local volunteer fire fighter within the Borough. Brandon is an enthusiast of Anthracite History, the Huber Breaker, and the environment. He’ll be coming over to the Office during the week after school to help us dry, heat, process, screen, bag, and package our iron oxides that we have been harvesting from local AMD to boost our in house inventory of the recycled by-product of what most would consider a pollutant to our local rivers and streams. Not EPCAMR.
“We currently have 4 5-gallon buckets of iron oxide and 6 cake trays filled with dried iron oxide sitting in our Solar Powered AMD Kiln waiting to be processed and bagged for marketing and eventual sale on our online store. Brandon said he was willing to come after school during the week to help us get rid of that backlog in our inventory and get us a full drawer and shelf full of iron oxide pigments ready for sale.” He said he doesn’t mind getting his hands dirty and well, in this case, there’s no way he’s not going to get them orange!” joked Robert Hughes, EPCAMR Executive Director.
Brandon Hannis, Ashley, PA, EPCAMR’s first Hanover High School student Volunteer Iron Oxide Processor weighing out pigment pouches at EPCAMR’s Iron Oxide Processing Work Bench.
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