by Peel Scrap Metal Recycling | Mar 17, 2014 | Recycling History, Scrap Copper Recycling, Scrap Metal Recycling
Spoiled by a successive number of mild winters, this winter has been one of the worst we have seen in some time. Although we are an all- weather sport, the severe cold and storms have been hard on both our employees and equipment and hasn’t done much to encourage...
by Peel Scrap Metal Recycling | Sep 24, 2012 | Good Recycling Practices, Recycling History, Scrap Metal Theft, Urban Mining
Nike Pop Up Store in Tokyo One of the newer innovations that we have seen in retailing over the past few years is the development of “Pop-up Stores”. You will recognize these, as they seem to just appear in a particular space for a relatively short period of time and...
by Peel Scrap Metal Recycling | Jun 14, 2012 | Company News, Recycling History, Urban Mining
All of us at Peel Scrap Metal like to take the time to talk with our customers. Some of us, because of the nature of our work, are less able to do this but our buyers and managers certainly always try to make a point of it. Not only do we enjoy it, but these...
by Peel Scrap Metal Recycling | Apr 2, 2012 | Company News, Electronic Scrap Recycling, Good Recycling Practices, Recycling History, Uncategorized, Urban Mining, Weigh Scales
Easily the busiest pieces of equipment at any scrap metal recycling operation are the weigh scales. They provide the defining measurement for all material trading, both buying and selling. There’s Nothing New About Scales. Weigh scales date back to early Egyptian...
by Peel Scrap Metal Recycling | Mar 20, 2012 | Good Recycling Practices, Recycling History, Sustainability, Urban Mining
When we started our business in 1990, the work was more physical and the regulatory environment was less intrusive. Today, we have more equipment to handle the physical load but we are surrounded by a sea of regulations involving such policy areas as human resources,...
by Peel Scrap Metal Recycling | Dec 14, 2011 | Recycling History, Recycling Non-Ferrous Metals, Scrap Metal Recycling, Scrap Wire Recycling, Uncategorized, Urban Mining
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...
