Recently, I posted this about metals theft legislation, in large part because ISRI (Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries) brought up the subject and asked members to get involved in writing letters to try to get the legislation changed. A comment by RecycleBill made me start to think more carefully. Soon after that, I read this article. So, maybe I have allowed myself to be led about too easily without considering the full issue. So, I have made a resolution to make sure I take a closer look.

So, just after I made that resolution, I received word about this article. I’ll stick with my resolution but I do have something to say about this bill. What in the world were they smoking?! Catalytic converters are an important part of the scrap stream and now what, are they supposed to just leave them on the cars and have them ground up at the shredder, wasting one of the most valuable scrap commodities? And what if you replace an air conditioner? It has to go to the landfill? Or it gets put in the tin pile and gets shredded? Stupid, stupid, stupid.

Tags: legislation, metals theft, scrap metal

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