Scrap recyclers continue to battle against the theft and illicit sale of everything from copper pipe to plastic milk crates to catalytic converters. Unfortunately, recyclers can get hit on both sides of the problem, as buyers of material they could not identify as stolen and as victims of thefts from their own yards. Fortunately, they and other stakeholders have a tool to help combat the problem-ScrapTheftAlert.com , an online notification system ISRI and the Canadian Association of Recycling Industries (Ajax, Ontario) launched in 2008. Recyclers, law-enforcement officers, and others can use the system to broadcast alerts about stolen materials to everyone signed up to receive the alerts in a 100-mile radius.
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