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The Basel Convention, an international agreement which controls transboundary movement and disposal of hazardous waste, is considering proposals which may make it more challenging for end-of-life electronics to be refurbished, reused or recycled. Effective in 1992,...
Old pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters lost between automobile seats, stuck in coin-operated washers and dryers or left in vending machines routinely make their way into the scrap stream. A popular program operated by the U.S. Mint to exchange these coins was...
Tax filing day for 2020 is behind us now, but it is not too early for scrap metal recyclers to start planning for 2021 federal income taxes. Scrap metal recyclers who export may stand to benefit from an export tax incentive that is easy to set up and available...
Copper and steel prices have joined other commodities in reaching record highs in 2021. Fueled by a variety of factors, industry specialists and economists say there are no signs that these climbing prices will slow down anytime soon. The prices for our consumer...
With mountains of shiny visuals, heavy machinery, and the mystique of operations fenced off to trespassers, scrap yards have long appeared as places of intrigue in numerous movies over the years. A search of movie data bases will reveal more than a hundred films which...
“Knowledge is power is time is money,” the saying goes. This has never been more true than in business today. An abundance of information can be at our fingertips and how we choose to utilize data, or not use it, can create or diminish a competitive advantage....
