What’s happening in the world of scrap recycling—and what’s around the corner? Find out here, where you can read up on curated and original content relevant to your business. You’ll get insights and updates on the latest trends from a variety of reputable sources.
by ScrapWare | Apr 14, 2021 | Articles
Scrap metal recycling is all about saving natural resources. What if scrap metal recyclers could reap the benefits of conserving an additional natural resource–paper? More scrap metal recycling businesses today are moving toward paperless processes to...
by ScrapWare | Mar 30, 2021 | Articles
Scrap peddlers in the 1880s, electronic waste today, and everything in between, are topics explored in the Jewish Museum of Maryland (JMM) exhibit Scrap Yard: Innovators of Recycling. Although no longer physically on display at the Baltimore museum,...
by ScrapWare | Mar 15, 2021 | Articles
There was a time in the scrap metal recycling industry when incoming material was sorted by hand, tickets were written by hand, and bookkeeping was done by hand (with perhaps the help of a calculator.) Today, the scrap metal recycling industry is on the cutting...
by ScrapWare | Feb 26, 2021 | Articles
The flow of material into and out of a scrap metal recycling facility is the heartbeat of its business. Scrap streams in from a variety of sources, sometimes into a number of different yards. It is then processed and stored in various stages and grades of...
by ScrapWare | Feb 12, 2021 | Articles
Manufacturing in the United States experienced an unexpected surge at the end of 2020, leading to increased demand for industrial materials after the slowdown from the coronavirus pandemic last year. Subsequently, prices for industrial commodities used in...
by ScrapWare | Jan 28, 2021 | Articles
Agility: The ability to move quickly and easily in response to change or challenge. The word may conjure up images of a football player, soccer star or tennis champion. The concept of agility, however, is an important one to apply to business enterprises today,...
by ScrapWare | Jan 18, 2021 | Articles
New regulations for China steel scrap imports have taken effect, beginning January 1 of this year, allowing for the importation of steel and iron scrap into the country. The regulations have been in the making for quite some time to clarify that scrap metal is a raw...
by ScrapWare | Jan 1, 2021 | Articles
Ringing in the New Year, most enterprises, including scrap metal recyclers, are hoping to leave the COVID-19 pandemic behind. There was another epidemic for scrap metal recyclers in 2020 however, that industry experts are also hoping to leave behind: a...
by ScrapWare | Dec 11, 2020 | Articles
Cruise lines were a high-profile industry hit early by the coronavirus pandemic. In the spring of this year, thousands of passengers and crew members were stranded at sea as the pandemic virus infected their boats at the same time it began to spread across the...
by ScrapWare | Nov 17, 2020 | Articles
Copper—“the red metal”–has long been considered an indicator of the economic outlook and business climate around the world. Copper is especially important to scrap metal recyclers who are in the business of copper recycling, selling and trading. In 2020,...
