In 1985, Randy Harper owned a metals recycling facility in Red Deer, Alberta called Harper’s Metals. Over the next almost 40 years, Harper’s Metals would become HMI Industries, Tervita Corporation and now SECURE Metals Recycling. Throughout this evolution, there would be one familiar and very smiley face that remained dedicated to his work in Red Deer.

They are our fathers, our brothers, and our sons. They are our friends, our colleagues and our mentors. They are the men in our lives, and their mental and physical health is important all year round. But for the month of November, Movember, and all who support them, rally together to raise funds, have vital conversations, and raise awareness surrounding men’s health.

SECURE is pleased to release our new Climate Action Plan, detailing the steps within our strategy of achieving the goal of net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2050.

The Plan describes our overarching strategy to integrate climate considerations into our overall business strategy, risk management assessments, business models, and day-to-day operations.

On September 8, 2022, a group of 30 SECURE employees from across the company participated in the Doig River Waste Round-up at the Doig River First Nation (DRFN) northeast of Fort St. John, BC.

As outlined in SECURE’s environmental policy, we recognize the importance of being an environmentally responsible and considerate neighbour in the communities where we operate and engaging with local communities is a priority. SECURE employs environmental practices that support healthy, resilient, adaptive communities.

At SECURE, we offer a diverse suite of solutions, across the energy, environmental, and industrial sectors, designed to meet our customers’ needs. As this project exemplifies, even renewable energy projects have an end of life.

With September fast approaching, we prepare to send off our summer students.

SECURE's summer student program is designed to provide an experiential learning opportunity for students to apply the skills they are acquiring during their degree within a team of dedicated professionals.

This year, 31 students were hired across various business units in Alberta and British Columbia for a four-month work term. For most of the students, this was their first time working in a corporate environment.

Every weekend should be a three-day weekend, shouldn't it? Luckily, we've got one right around the corner! What are your August Long Weekend Plans? Spending it with family or friends? Staying home or going away? Regardless, it's a weekend we hope you enjoy.

As we head into the long weekend SECURE would like to remind you of one of our eight life saving rules, “Drive Safely.” Following, are some important driving safety tips as well as address some other safety faux pas.

At SECURE, our people are committed to ensuring the communities where we live and work, thrive. We empower our people and promote our work-hard, play-hard entrepreneurial culture whenever we can.

One area that we continue to support since our inception in 2007 is sport, and on behalf of all of us at SECURE, we are so proud to be an official sponsor for the Foothills WFC in the United Women’s Soccer League (UWS) this summer.

SECURE set a freshwater usage reduction target of 5% in 2022.

As a part of SECURE’s initiative to reduce freshwater usage by 5% in 2022, the LaGlace Full Service Terminal (LGFST) has been working on reducing the amount of fresh water used in the facility's day-to-day operations. They have been working closely with Operations Projects to optimize and assess several parts of the facility to closely monitor their progress.

Giving back is at the core of SECURE’s values.

Since our start, 15 years ago, we’ve demonstrated to our employees, customers, and community partners that our organization is driven to make a difference; in their lives and the lives of those in the communities in which we operate.