Tommy Bishop is a fourth-generation veteran of the scrap recycling industry and a co-owner/operator of Recycle WV in Princeton, West Virginia, and the Berry Recycling Group, which includes facilities in Bristol, Coeburn, Chilhowie and Radford, Virginia. He currently oversees operations and marketing at a high-capacity automobile shredder and aluminum shredding and processing facility in Princeton.
A graduate of the University of Virginia with degrees in Politics and Economics, Tommy also holds a J.D. from the University of Richmond School of Law. He has combined his academic training and family legacy to drive innovation in metal recycling operations.
Tommy is an active member of the Recycled Materials Association (ReMA), participating in both the Southeast and Ohio Valley chapters. He also serves on the boards of the Virginia Metal Recyclers Association and the West Virginia Recyclers Association.
With deep expertise in non-ferrous metal separation, Tommy is particularly focused on the processing and marketing of shredder residues and their byproducts. His current projects include advancing the recovery and processing of shredder wire and copper products, as well as post-processing zorba and old sheet aluminum using laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy and other emerging technologies.
He resides in Blacksburg, Virginia, with his wife, Hannah, and their two children, James and Lucy. In his free time, Tommy enjoys learning about new scrap technologies and golfing—poorly.