Tales from the Scales: ScrapWare Blog
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.
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by ScrapWare | May 13, 2020 | Articles
Our nation has been battling the COVID-19 pandemic for more than two months. Early on, industries dealing with recycled material, solid waste or waste management were designated as essential and not subject to state-wide shutdowns imposed to stop the virus...
by ScrapWare | Apr 30, 2020 | Articles
Everyone has one. That box, drawer or shopping bag in a closet filled with old cell phones, obsolete chargers, broken tablets and defunct MP3 players. It’s our personal piles of electronic waste. According to government agencies, these piles...
by ScrapWare | Apr 21, 2020 | Articles
In uncertain economic times, businesses must be increasingly on the lookout for dishonest schemes to steal from employers. In this installment of “Tales from the Scales,” we look at one scrapyard’s unfortunate encounter with embezzlement and how they dealt with...
by ScrapWare | Apr 3, 2020 | Articles
The coronavirus pandemic is disrupting the recycling sector, like all other sectors of the economy today. For recycling industries, the ripple effects of this global outbreak include service disruptions, closures and shifts in the volume of recycled materials, along...
by ScrapWare | Mar 22, 2020 | Articles
There is no doubt–recycling is on the rise today. Fueled by state and local mandatory recycling laws and consumer demand for environmental benefits, an increasing amount of material is heading into the recycling process to keep waste materials out of...
by ScrapWare | Feb 19, 2020 | Articles
The Riches of Rag and Bone. Scrap in Popular Culture. Scrap Recycling in Times of War. What do these topics have in common? These topics, and more, are explored in a new exhibit at the Jewish Museum of Maryland, “Scrap Yard: Innovators of...
by ScrapWare | Jan 25, 2017 | Articles
From an article in http://theconversation.com/us. This is an interesting article that provides some of the basic science and common sense behind vehicle routing solutions. Our ScrapQuest™ tool uses similar mathematics and game theory in order to create more efficient...
by ScrapWare | Nov 21, 2016 | Articles
From a Bloomberg.com article. Could this be the way of the future for domestic scrap metal shipments that are made by truck? It’s anyone’s guess as to whether or not the cost savings will be lower. While it’s one thing to autonomously transport cases of beer in a...
