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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.
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...
The Only Resource On The Planet That Is Not In Decline
If you haven’t figured this out, there is no need to be embarrassed. The answer is not a word that we would commonly put in the same sentence as “resource.” Resources have a special place in our ecological wordspeak. They are aligned with Mother Earth, sustainability,...
The Dvorkin Family –– A Century In Scrap Metal
The history of our family in the Scrap Metal Industry begins with my Grandfather, David Dvorkin, who arrived in Calgary from Russia in 1912. In 1918 he started Western Hide & Fur and his children arrived in Calgary in 1922. Ted Dvorkin, who was David’s oldest son...
The Electric Vehicle Conundrum – Problemas Dilemnas
On the way in to work the other day, the host on the radio station spoke of the frustration of a man in Toronto who couldn’t get a permit to build an EV (electric vehicle) charging station outside his home. This despite the city’s green guidelines which encourage...
Sustainability – The New Mother of Innovation
Writers commonly suffer from a condition which is often referred to as “writer’s block”. According to Wikipedia, this is a condition in which the author loses the ability to produce new work. We find the same type of thing is often in play in business. A great number...
Recycling…It’s Not the Oldest Profession, But It’s Certainly Right Up There
A brief look at recycling through the ages.