The Dark Side of Scrap II
Monday, July 9th, 2007Just read an interesting article on AP on the metal theft problem in Latin America and the Caribbean, “Metal Thieves Hurt LatAm Economies.” Sounds like Mr. Katz read my post last month, “The Dark Side. of Scrap.”
Metal “Recycling” Run Amuck?
Wednesday, March 21st, 2007Just ran across an interesting article in today’s Jamaica Observer. Seems that collection of scrap metal — including foraging and scavenging and sometimes even robbing from working stock — has become very lucrative in Jamaica over the past year, skyrocketing from a US$12 million a year business in 2005 to US$89 million in 2006. Trouble […]