Recycling…Not the Oldest Profession, But Certainly Right Up There.

Posted: December 14th, 2011 | Author: | Filed under: Recycling History, Recycling Non-Ferrous Metals, Scrap Metal Recycling, Scrap Wire Recycling, Uncategorized, Urban Mining | Tags: , , , , , , | No Comments »

Recycling has been around for a quite a while. We know this because archeologists have discovered that in periods when resources were scarce they find less waste at archeological sites. In fact, researchers suggest that recycling may date back as far as 400 BC. They also suggest that the Romans were active in recycling. Plato is often cited as a strong advocate.

At some time in the last two thousand years, the clever local inhabitants of Venosa in Italy started recycling the marble from their demolished ancient monuments and using it for paving stones.

Many Kinds of Recycling

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Demystifying The Price/Value Equation Of Non-Ferrous Metals

Posted: December 14th, 2010 | Author: | Filed under: Recycling Non-Ferrous Metals | Tags: , , , , , , , , | No Comments »

For most people, day-to-day life does not revolve around the recycling of scrap metal. So to first time customers to a public yard it may appear on the surface that they are witnessing an example of “entropy” – that principle that everything in the universe tends to a state of maximum randomness.

Actually, it is a well orchestrated dance.

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