Every industry has a dark underside. Re-cyclers are no exception but most yards, by and large, have worked hard to promote best practices when it comes to preventing metals theft. And given the patchwork quilt of jurisdiction-specific laws governing scrap processing on state, county and city levels, detterence is no easy feat-and more often than not very costly. Recyclers work with law enforcement officials and the community in an effort to comply with increasingly burdensome regulations to prevent stolen metal from entering the supply chain. The weak link, in their view, is the end-user segment, where many still fail to take basic precautions when storing copper and other valuable commodities.
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