I constantly search the internet (or rather I have google search for me :-) and it is so hard to find anything but bad press about scrap collectors. There is such an abundance of junk around if you know how to look for it that theft just to make a couple of bucks seems really stupid to me.
Most scrappies are hard working, honest people just trying to make ends meet, and I believe these thieves are just wrecking the good name of recycling and that stinks!
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| Bill would hike penalties for scrap metal thefts San Francisco Chronicle CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — The city of Reno lost more than $100,000 last year from scrap metal thefts — and it wasn't alone. Cities across Nevada detailed similar problems on Wednesday to lawmakers considering a bill to increase penalties for such ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Scrap metal thieves 'put lives at risk' in Aberdeen flats blaze Aberdeen Evening Express A FIRE chief today blasted scrap metal thieves for putting people's lives in danger after a blaze in a multi-storey block of flats in Aberdeen. More than 40 firefighters were scrambled to a blaze at King's Court in Tillydrone, Aberdeen, just after 4am ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Corning man arrested for scrap metal theft Red Bluff Daily News The 41-year-old victim of the crime contacted the Tehama County Sheriff's Department that 2,000 pounds of scrap metal, tires, an aluminum Headache Rack for a truck as well as oxygen and acetylene tanks were taken from his property on the 5600 block of ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Industry minister's comments irk scrap metal traders Go Jamaica The Scrap Metal Federation has described as unfortunate a recommendation by Industry Minister Anthony Hylton that companies place identifying marks on their property. The call followed a report from Columbus Communications Limited, the operators of ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Task force investigating scrap metal sales Daily Sentinel OHIO VALLEY — A team of law enforcement officers, rail road police, Ohio Homeland Security personnel and local prosecutors met recently to discuss metal theft issues with local scrap yards in several southern Ohio counties. Meigs County Sheriff Keith ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Indiana County township officials steal, sell scrap metal, equipment, state ... Pittsburgh Post Gazette Four officials stole more than $14,000 in scrap metal and equipment from the Indiana County township they serve, state police said. Two Green Township elected supervisors and two employees sold a dump truck, belt loader, metal bridge pieces and other ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Nevada Assembly considers bill mandating community service for scrap metal ... The Republic CARSON CITY, Nevada — Las year the city of Reno lost more than $100,000 from scrap metal thieves and now cities across Nevada are telling lawmakers, 'enough is enough.' Members of the Assembly Judiciary committee heard SB37 Wednesday. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Metal theft up 80 percent Alexandria Echo Press In addition, the legislation contains a "Do Not Buy" provision, which bans scrap metal dealers from buying certain items unless the sellers establish, by written documentation, that they are authorized to sell the secondary metal in question. As a ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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