(Portland, OR) -- The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality has reached a settlement with Schnitzer Steel over its Radius Recycling metal shredder in Portland. New studies show metal shredders send hazardous material into the air. Under the settlement, Radius Recycling will build a containment facility over it shredder to contain and process the pollution. The company will pay 500-thousand dollars in civil penalties with 400-thousand dollars of the money going to an environmental project that will benefit air quality near the site of the shredder.