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Digitally speaking, blogging is the best way to share our insights into the way businesses are run and how they communicate. Please check back often, as we update this blog page regularly with fresh insights and stories.
If You Think Of The Recycling Industry As Innovation Challenged…Please Think Again.
Perhaps as one of your new year’s resolutions, you have decided to clean up and recycle some of the odds and ends around the house or business. You can put your junk in your trunk and just head off to one of our locations in either Mississauga or Oakville. Or, you can...
The Supply & Demand Basics Of The Current Tariff Chaos
In what was supposed to be an effort on the part of the US President and his administration early last year, to try and balance out trade with China and also to support his so-called America First program, a number of tariffs were established which affected both US...
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Nickel. It’s At The Centre Of The World’s Economic Future…And Here’s Why.
This is an article that we created in 2014, when Indonesia announced ban on nickel exports. This ban was relaxed in 2017 and a quota system was established Recently, nickel miners have begun to complain that local smelters of their ore are able to buy it at prices...
Product Stewardship – Completing The Circle of Responsibility
One of the things that have become extremely important whenever we talk about the current state of the world is the need for companies to start taking more responsibility for their actions regarding the environment. This area is by far the most critical when it comes...
Why ‘Global Recycling Day’ Should Be Every Day Of The Year
At Peel Scrap, our family has been in the recycling business for more than 100 years now. We’re not sure about the exact quantity of metals we have managed to keep in circulation over that period, but it’s safe to say it’s in the millions of tons.One of...
A Post About Mercury…And Good Dental Hygiene
After so many years in the scrap metal recycling business, we are bound to have had at least a few unusual calls along the way. In fact we have a number of stories which could very well be the subject of some blogs down the road. Today, however, we want to talk about...
Good Communication Is The Key To Successful Relationships
In today’s world, we are losing the ability to communicate face-to-face to solve our problems. People text, tweet, twitter etc. and as a result, there is seldom, if ever, anyone to tell you to your face that you might be wrong about something. But lets face it, we are...