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Hundreds of US cities are killing or scaling back their recycling programs

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Hundreds of US cities are killing or scaling back their recycling programs  - RK Scrap Buyers Chennai For plenty of Americans, recycling is practically second nature. It’s mandated by law in cities such as New York, San Diego, Pittsburgh, and Seattle, where apartment buildings, office spaces, and restaurants must recycle plastics, cans, cardboard, and glass, unless their owners want to face a fine. But even in cities where it’s not required by law, recycling is mainstream. It has turned into a virtue boasted by restaurants like Sweetgreen and fashion brands like Gap, H&M, and Madewell, which recycle clothes in stores and produce clothing lines made of recycled materials. The problem, though, is that while recycling has become trendy, it’s also becoming harder to do. You might not know where all your recycled goods go, but they’re a part of a vast ecosystem that spans the globe and contributes to a $200 billion industry. One country that used to be the biggest i

Which is Better, Extracting Metal or Recycling Scrap Metal?

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Which is Better, Extracting Metal or Recycling Scrap Metal? - RK Scrap Buyers Chennai Metal is all around us, whether you realize it or not. The electronic gadgets, batteries, buildings, furniture, transportation, almost everything around you consists of metals. They are even used by sculptors and artists for their art pieces. To make all these metal products, we need raw metal which is obtained either from extracting or metal recycling. Let's learn more about them. Extracting Raw Metals After the metal is extracted from the soil, it is refined, processed, and transported to several manufacturers. There, the processed metal will undergo further processes and turned into different products. While these products are useful, the processes required to produce them end up doing a lot of damage to the environment. In order to minimize these damages, you must recycle metals. Let us look at some advantages of extracting raw material as compared to recycling scrap

The Basics of Recycling Scrap Metal for Money - RK Scrap Buyers

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The Basics of Recycling Scrap Metal for Money  - RK Scrap Buyers Chennai Most of us know the value of recycling and reusing items like plastic bottles, hand-me-down clothing, and newspapers. Through reuse and recycling, we can reduce what goes to the landfill, reduce waste, and save on energy used to produce new materials. But one sector of the recycling industry that may not be as popular, but is just as important, is scrap metal recycling. Scrap metal exports are one of the largest in the U.S. And by recycling metals, we reduce the amount of ore mining throughout the world. Some of these metals include copper, steel, aluminum, brass, and iron. Unfortunately, these materials often end up in the garbage due to the lack of knowledge and sources for metal recycling. We’re here to help educate the community about the opportunity to bring your unused metal items it to the right place for recycling — and make some cash, too.  This post contains affiliate links. If you m

Councillor looks to put tighter restrictions on buying scrap metal

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Councillor looks to put tighter restrictions on buying scrap metal - RK Scrap Buyers Chennai With the theft of copper wire continuing to be a concern, the municipality may look at ways to try to make it harder to buy and sell stolen metals. Councillor Marjorie Crew will be putting forward a motion during Monday night’s council meeting that would place stricter by-laws on the purchasing of recycled metals. RK Scrap Buyers Several copper-related thefts have taken place in the area over the last few months, including a large number of items taken from Maple Leaf Cemetery in Chatham. Crew said she believes the theft of copper and other sellable materials have always been a concern but that the issue is getting out of hand. For her, theft and vandalism on the Fifth Street Bridge, which delayed construction on the bridge, was an eye-opener. “They put their lives at risk, they put first responders lives at risk and then it’s the cost to everyone,” she said. “Not just with

India gets first automated vehicle scrapping and recycling facility

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India gets first automated vehicle scrapping and recycling facility - RK Scrap Buyers Chennai If you are looking to get your old car scrapped with convenience, here is some good news. The country’s first automated and organised vehicle scrapping and recycling facility is up and running in Greater Noida, a satellite town outside the capital. The five-acre facility, set up by M&M through a joint venture with government owned company MSTC, went on stream in April this year. Construction of five more facilities at different locations of the country is underway and expected to become operational by March next year. The company claims it has got a better than expected response to this new unit. “We have mostly recycled cars that are 15-20 years old. The facility can also recycle old trucks, buses and consumer durables.  http://bulkscrapbuyerschennai.in  We chose the national capital region to start our first facility since the region is estimated to have a large ag

The world’s cheapest place to scrap ships - RK Scrap

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The world’s cheapest place to scrap ships - RK Scrap Buyers Chennai Mohamed Edris’s life as he knew it in the Bangladeshi ship recycling yards ended at 11.30am on Saturday 11 April 2015. The 38-year-old metal cutter had been working with 100 others on the 19,600-tonne container ship Eurus London at the Ferdous Steel Corporation shipyard in Chittagong when catastrophe struck. His task had been to cut away the huge 40-tonne propeller with a blow torch. Alarm bells rang, he said, when he saw that a large metal platform had been placed below the propeller to stop it falling into the mud on the beach. “I told the supervisor and two others that it was dangerous because it could bounce back when the propeller fell. I told them I could not do it, but they insisted that I did,” he said. He obeyed and nearly died. The propeller broke free, hit the metal plate and sprung back as he predicted. It sliced off his left leg below the knee, blinded him in one eye and nearly broke his ba

WIDE REACH Scrap Processors - RK Scrap Buyers Chennai

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WIDE REACH Scrap Processors - RK Scrap Buyers Chennai Although the power of the five largest scrap companies is impressive, the next several largest companies still deals in scrap volumes that make them major players in the overall scrap arena. On the Pacific Coast, Schnitzer Steel Products Co. , Portland, Ore., has become a major processor and exporter and of ferrous scrap, while the steelmaking portions of its parent company (Schnitzer Steel Industries Inc.) are major consumers of ferrous scrap . Large shredder yards in Portland, Oakland and Tacoma, Wash., are where much of the ferrous scrap processing takes place. Some of this scrap is exported to Asian destinations, while some is prepared for domestic mills, including the company’s Cascade Rolling Mills division, which makes steel rod, wire and rebar. Some of the company’s scrap operations are joint ventures with Hugo Neu Corp. that extend the company’s reach into the eastern half of the U.S. A recent company effo

Global Ferrous Scrap Recycling Market 2019 - RK Bulk Scrap Buyers Chennai

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Global Ferrous Scrap Recycling Market 2019 - RK Bulk Scrap Buyers Chennai Global Ferrous Scrap Recycling Market 2019 Trends & Future Development OmniSource Corp., Metal Management Inc., Tube City, Hugo Neu Corp MarketandResearch.biz  has expanded its reports database with a new research study titled  Global Ferrous Scrap Recycling Market 2018 by Manufacturers, Regions, Type and Application, Forecast to 2023   http://bulkscrapbuyerschennai.in  which covers a past and present analysis of the Ferrous Scrap Recycling market to provide a forecast on a global as well as regional level. The report features a precise summary of the business valuation, SWOT Analysis, revenue estimation, market size, and regional viewpoint on this business vertical. A comprehensive data from 2018 to 2023 is offered based on factors such as historical, current, and forecasted growth in the market, market in terms of both the market value and volume and income generation. Significant changes happe

General Iron misleading - RK Bulk Scrap Buyers

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General Iron misleading - RK Bulk Scrap Buyers It is disappointing that a Tribune editorial relied on cherry-picked and conflated information to criticize the operations and intentions of General Iron Industries, a metal recycling business on the city’s North Side. Instead of acknowledging the tangible steps that this 110-year-old Chicago company is taking to transition to a less densely populated location, the Tribune insinuates nefarious motives and conniving tactics to the routine and impartial process of issuing city permits. The facts are straightforward: A new company that will divest the Labkon family of its four-generation control of General Iron properly obtained new permits for the standard three-year term established by the city.  http://bulkscrapbuyerschennai.in/  The new company did not request an extension and is not considering operating on the North Side beyond 2020. The Tribune apparently would have preferred that the Chicago Department of Public Health