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Why should we recycle metals? Although the art of scrapping metals for their value dates back thousands of years, today, the environmental incentives have become an extremely important part of the industry. Currently, about 45% of the world’s steel production comes from recycled metal, along with about one third of the world’s aluminum and over 40% of the world’s copper. In 2014, approximately 135 million metric tons of scrap metal was recycled in the United States alone.
When it comes to recycling scrap metal, the list of benefits for the environment and the economy is very long. Scrap metal recycling offers benefits in energy conservation, conservation of natural resources, greenhouse gas emission reduction, as well as positively impacting the local economy. ​

Energy Conservation
Recycling scrap metal requires significantly less energy than manufacturing new metals from ore. For example, the estimated energy saved by using recycled metals is:
95% for aluminum
90% for copper
60% for iron and steel

Environmental Impact
Recycling scrap metal contributes to a sustainable future. Greenhouse gas emissions are reduced substantially through the practice of metal recycling. ISRI reports that recycling metal may cut greenhouse gas emissions by 300 million to 500 million tons. In addition, using scrap metal in lieu of virgin ore generates 97% less mining waste and uses 40% less water, according to the National Institutes of Health (2012).

Natural Resource Conservation
As metal can be recycled and reused indefinitely, scrap metal recycling allows us to preserve the finite resources we have on earth. According to ISRI, the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries, recycling one ton of aluminum conserves up to five tons of bauxite, and recycling one ton of steel conserves 2500 lbs. of iron ore, 1400 lbs. of coal and 120 lbs. of limestone (2012).

The scrap metal facts speak for themselves. Recycling and reusing scrap offers an opportunity to create a sustainable future for global, and local, economies and environments.

Most metals are recyclable, some are worth more than others. Where to find scrap is the key. The market is as volatile as any stock market at times so your degree of profitability may depend on timing. Scrap metals are virtually everywhere. Collecting and separating these materials can be and is profitable if done right and in a consistent fashion. Appliances, dead motors, discarded autos, and other equipment contain more than one reusable metal and scrapyards around the country are willing to pay for these. The scrapyards separate the metals by type into transportable bundles to be sold domestically or overseas for recycling into new metals. If you have access to a sufficient volume of used metal materials and can separate it and sort it efficiently, you may be able to earn a profit.

More valuable waste and scrap materials are abundant at construction and demolition sites among other places. Creating a relationship with construction contractors, electricians, plumbers, and demolition companies can provide access to a considerable amount of metal waste. These companies do not always have time to recover the full value of the waste metals and will let someone remove these materials at little or no cost. A demolished building, for example, can contain miles of wiring, aluminum paneling, and steel beams that are recyclable.

Sometimes used metals are difficult to identify before cleaning and separating. In a pile of mixed scrap metals, it is necessary to identify the metals you have. The first distinction is to determine which metals are ferrous or non-ferrous. Ferrous metals like iron and steel, which usually have lesser value per ton at the scrapyard, are magnetic by nature. Non-ferrous metals such as copper, aluminum, stainless steel, bronze, or brass are not magnetic and do not respond to the attraction of a magnet. Besides ferrous characteristics, you should learn to identify metals in any condition. Some recycled metals demand higher prices per ton than others. As with any commodity, the market value fluctuates based on the current demand and availability. However, sufficient volumes of recyclable metals in pure form, stripped of coating materials, and removed from the housings of their previous uses can yield significant value on the scrap metal market.

The most effective way to address the problem of scrap metal theft is through a comprehensive strategy focusing first on efforts to prevent metal theft to the maximum extent practicable and second on assisting law enforcement and prosecutors in their efforts to catch, prosecute, and penalize those who perpetrate these thefts to the extent necessary to dissuade their colleagues from a similar path.

Materials theft continues to be a problem not just for scrap dealers but also for law enforcement agencies around the country. As part of the solution to materials theft, ISRI offers law enforcement specific tools and resources to help officers catch the thieves and bad actors. In this section, learn about some of these tools and the real success stories on how they have resulted in arrests, understand the industry’s recommended best practices for combating the crime, and connect with law enforcement from around the country who are working with the industry in active partnerships aimed at curbing metals theft.

Metals Theft State Resources

Access comparisons of state requirements pertaining to materials theft as well generalized summaries of state materials theft laws and information about particular matters of interest in the various states.

The scrap recycling industry takes its role as part of the solution to materials theft seriously and is committed to making sure ISRI members have the information and tools they need to be in compliance with applicable materials theft laws. In this section, download signage that can be printed and posted around the scale operations notifying potential criminals that the yard is serious about compliance with the law, get answers to frequently asked questions, and other resources to assist scrap recyclers with the materials theft issue.

Scrap Theft Alert
To combat the important issue of metals theft, ISRI has developed www.ScrapTheftAlert.com , an online theft alert system that is available to law enforcement, recyclers, and property owners – free of charge.

StopMetalsTheft.org is a website hosted by the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) that is intended to serve as a service and resource to recycler’s, law enforcement, prosecutors, and other interested parties on the issue of metals theft.

What kind of scrap to sell or which one pays the most, is a question I’m asked all of the time. Seriously, my answer is always the same.

I tell my friends and I’ll tell you, don’t try and limit yourself by going out there just looking for particular scrap metal, take it all.

That’s my answer to, what kind of scrap metal to sell. If you don’t take it all, then you are leaving money on the curb as well.

Now that you have an idea of what to look for while you’re out collecting scrap metal, you will start to see just how much money people are throwing away. This article covers just a few of the most common scrap metals you will find.

Below you will see a list of scrap metal items that can be sold for money.

It’s not an official list of everything accepted by scrap buyers but it will give you some good ideas if you are wondering what kind of scrap metal to sell.
Scrap metal items: Metal boats, stoves, toasters, workout equipment, lamps, tire rims, shovels, strollers, bed frames, scrap lawn mowers, air conditioners, hot water heaters, all batteries, basketball rims, scrap filing cabinets, pet cages, ironing boards, nails and screws.
Additionally metal bins, metal drums, old propane tanks (empty), metal signs, scrap tools, humidifiers, refrigerators, scrap stainless steel, music instruments, gutters, beer kegs, metal hubcaps, tv’s, scrap vcr’s, computers, nuts, bolts, garage doors and many more things.
Nearly everything, even the screws holding plastic toys together has some form of scrap metal.

If you think that you are going to get your hands dirty, you are right and you will but knowing that already, you will have no problem collecting scrap metal.
Your ticket to easy street is outside waiting for you. You don’t need me to prove it to you, all that you have to do is look outside on trash day.

Now that you know what kind of scrap metal to sell, spend some time reading about some of the opportunities that you can take advantage of as a scrapper.

Types of scrap yards – Your scrap metal salvage value as a whole depends on the market, the scrap metal buyer and most importantly your knowledge of what type of scrap metal you have.

Some things like old washing machines for example, have multiple forms of scrap metal within them. Most have brass fittings, steel, copper, aluminum and stainless steel parts that can be sold separately as scrap metal.

Warnings – Always check with your city or state to determine if you need a license to recycle any particular scrap metal.

Scrap buyers will also have this information available.

Punishment for Scrap Metal Recyclers

As in anything, if you can’t blame someone, blame the innocent. With the economy oscillating like a tilt-a-whirl and unemployment lines not receding, scrap metal theft is still a vibrant business. So how do you stop it, slow it down and/or penalize and curtail. Well frankly, the government has recently decided that tougher regulation on the scrap re sellers and scrap yards across the country might do the trick, it’s the old blame the parent for Billy’s bad behavior game. The bottom line is, punishment for scrap metal recyclers may be on the rise.

Educating dealers about their responsibilities in preventing the sale of stolen scrap metal is the new deterrent. New legislation alone will not suffice to change scrap metal dealers’ management practices on accepting scrap. Owner/Operaters of legitimate scrap facilities must be educated on their legal obligations and the importance of fulfilling them. This is all according to our government, and how they plan of stopping those who break into facility’s and steal metal.

Scrap metal dealers should be required to train employees on how to identify potentially stolen metal and how to report suspected sellers. Police officers and recognized stakeholders should help scrap recyclers in changing their business practices to prevent cash exchanges for stolen metal. Logistical concerns include having adequate technology for scrap recyclers, such as proper computer software, cameras, and fax machines.

The problem with all of this is that there is scrap metal everywhere. From the street to the sky, and without labeling every single piece, there is no wy to track what came from where. To ask the average scrap metal recycle yard, to give every single person who comes through their place of business the once over, the look down or the shakedown on how they look and act is ridiculous.

Thieves are stealing scrap 24/7, and the only way to stop them is to catch them in the act, which is the responsibility of whomever owns the metal in the first place.

Arizona Scrapping Laws

Let’s just be honest for a minute, 99% of us reading this blog are law abiding citizens (until we get behind the wheel of our cars) and have no intention of stealing anything from anyone, especially in the scrapping industry. Arizona scrapping laws or metal recycling laws, may not be our forte.

Yet there are those 1-2 times in your scrapping that you may come across a piece or two that you may or may not be sure where it came from and possibly how it happened to fall into your hands.

With that in mind we have decided to actually print out the state laws for Arizona here, just as a reference for anyone who may not be sure of the rules of the game.

Code Citation: Ariz. Rev. Stat. Title 44, Ch. 11, Art. 3.1 § 44.1641 to § 44-1649 and Ariz. Rev. Stat. Title 13, Ch. 18 § 13-802, subsections (I), (J), and (K)

Materials Covered and Other Definitions
“Scrap Metals” includes (but is not limited to) insulated and uninsulated metallic cables.

“Ferrous Metals” means those metals that will attract a magnet.

Prohibited Scrap Metal, as used in this summary, refers to the items listed in § 44-1642.01:

Metal manhole covers;
Brass or bronze valves or fittings that are commonly used on structures for access to water for the purpose of extinguishing fires;
Brass or bronze commercial potable water backflow preventer valves;
Water meters used for measurement of the use and consumption of domestic water;
Aluminum trench shoring that is commonly used for shoring below ground trenches and excavations for the construction of buildings and structures.
Aluminum loading ramps used for loading and hauling motor vehicles;
Aluminum or stainless steel beer or malt beverage kegs;
Catalytic converters.
Purchases from Industrial Accounts and other Dealers are exempt from the Reporting and Hold provisions. Other exemptions are specific to and listed with each provision. (Exemption from the Recordkeeping and Payment Restrictions provisions for transactions
involving used aluminum beverage containers or for materials consisting of a metal product in its original manufactured form comprised of no more than 20% nonferrous metal per weight removed by HB 2262).

Theft Notification Website (added by HB 2262)

Dealers and law enforcement must register on a free theft notification website that allows:
Law enforcement to send detailed descriptions of stolen items to recycling operations and other law enforcement within at least a 100 mile radius of a theft;
Dealers to alert law enforcement when the Dealers are offered suspicious metals.
Registration (added by HB 2262)
A Dealer must register with the Department every 2 years by submitting the following information along with a fee determined by the Department to cover administration costs. A Dealer does not need to separately register branch offices or wholly-owned subsidiaries.

The Dealer’s name and address;
The name of each person who owns at least 10% of the business;
Full personal identification info on each owner of the business;
A copy of each owner’s driver’s license;
The location of each principal office and branch office;
The name and address of any wholly-owned subsidiary.
Required Registration Documents (added by HB 2262)
A Dealer must keep the following documents at each place of business:

Proof of registration issued by the Department;
A statement indicating compliance with the Theft Notification Website provision;
An affidavit signed by the Dealer that the Dealer is in compliance with the law;
A questionnaire the Dealer must prepare every 2 years to show compliance.
Recordkeeping
A Dealer must keep an English record, legibly printed or written in ink, of each Scrap Metal transaction with the following information: (exclusion for transactions that do not exceed $25 removed by HB 2262)

The date, time, and place of the transaction;
A photograph of the Scrap Metal;
An identifying description and weight of the Scrap Metal;
The dollar amount of the transaction;
The following identifying information, unless the Seller is exclusively selling aluminum beverage containers: (exemption for aluminum beverage containers
The Seller’s name, physical description (including gender, height, weight, race, and eye and hair color), physical address, date of birth, and signature, a copy of the Seller’s current driver’s license, nonoperating ID license issued pursuant to § 28-3165, or photo ID issued by a tribal government or the
United States military to validate the information; and
A copy of the identification used to verify the Seller’s information.
The Seller’s transaction privilege tax number, if applicable;
The license number and state of issuance of the delivery vehicle;
A photograph, video record or digital record of the Seller;
The right index fingerprint of the Seller.
Seller’s Receipt
A Dealer must provide a receipt to the Seller on site at the time of the transaction, for every transaction, with the following information:

The date, time, and place of the transaction;
An identifying description and weight of the Scrap Metal;
The dollar amount of the transaction.
Retention
Records must be retained for 2 years: at the business premises for 1 year after making the final entry of any transaction; and at the business premises or any other reasonably available location for an additional year.

A Dealer’s business premises, business records relating to Scrap Metal transactions, and business inventory must be open during regular business hours for reasonable inspection by a peace officer. Inspecting peace officers must first identify themselves and the purpose for the inspection to the Dealer, Dealer’s manager, or other responsible person and comply with all of the Dealer’s reasonable and customary safety requirements for the premises. The Dealer may require the officer to sign an inspection log with the officer’s name, serial or badge number, time, date, and purpose of the inspection. A Dealer’s required registration documents (proof of registration, statement showing registration on a Theft Notification Website, affidavit of compliance, and biennial compliance questionnaire) for each place of business must be available for inspection by law enforcement. If a Dealer does not have the documents law enforcement must submit a notice of violation to the Dealer, and may not reinspect the premises for such until 15 days after the notice was received.

Reporting
A Dealer must submit an electronic report to the Department within 24 hours of receiving Scrap Metal, except from an Industrial Account or another Dealer, with the following:

The date, time, and place of the transaction;
An identifying description and weight of the Scrap Metal;
The dollar amount of the transaction;
The Seller’s name, physical description (including gender, height, weight, race, and eye and hair color), physical address, date of birth, and signature;
A copy of the identification used to verify the Seller’s information.
The license number and state of issuance of the delivery vehicle.
The Department shall design and make available a seller and transaction form that may be used for reporting. A Dealer that submits information to the Department shall not be required to submit the same information to a local law enforcement agency.

Hold
7 day hold after a report is filed for any reportable transaction involving:

Copper;
Aluminum wire with a diameter of at least 3/8ths of an inch; or
Any transaction with a value over $100.
Exempts transactions with Industrial Accounts or another Dealer, or purchases of:

Used aluminum beverage containers;
Ferrous Metas
Scrap Metal authorized for release by a peace officer of that jurisdiction.
No Purchase from Minors
A Scrap Metal Seller must be at least 16 years old.

Prohibited Scrap Metal
A Dealer may only knowingly purchase Prohibited Scrap Metal:

From an Industrial Account;
From another Dealer; or
After the metal is authorized for release by a peace officer of that jurisdiction.
Burned Metallic Wire
A Dealer may only purchase or receive metallic wire that was burned in whole or in part to
remove insulation from:

An Industrial Account;
Another Dealer; or
A Seller who provides the Dealer written evidence identifying the person who delivers the wire that includes evidence the wire was lawfully burned.
Aluminum or Copper Wire
A Dealer shall not accept aluminum wire with a diameter of at least 3/8ths of an inch or any copper wire that has had the insulation removed and shall not remove insulation from the wire until after the 7 day hold period unless the Seller is an Industrial Account or
another Dealer.

Payment Restrictions
No cash payments for purchases involving the following:

Any Transactions involving air conditioning cooling coils (added by HB 2262); or
Any of the following, unless the Seller is annually preregistered as an authorized
Seller on behalf of an Industrial Account:

Industrial accounts
Copper and aluminum wire with a diameter of at least 3/8ths of an inch,
Any scrap Metal transactions of $300 or more.
Payment for such must be by mailing a check or money order to the address provided in the transaction record, payable to the business name for an industrial account. A Seller may not participate in more than one cash transaction per day for Scrap Metal, or conduct a series of transactions for one vehicle load of Scrap Metal to avoid requirements.

Department Responsibilities
The Department shall submit a report every 2 years to the President of the Arizona Senate and the Speaker of the Arizona House about Scrap Metal Dealers identifying the Dealers registered in Arizona. The Department shall establish electronic reporting submission standards by rule, allowing submission in a format that is compatible with the output format of at least 4 record keeping software programs currently in use in the scrap metal industry in Arizona and that can be electronically merged with the Department’s database. The Department shall make reported information available to local law enforcement over the internet and provide for training and procedures to allow law enforcement to access the information.

2023 Joint Legislative Committee on Metal Theft
The President of the Arizona Senate and the Speaker of the Arizona House for the first regular session in 2023 may appoint a joint legislative committee on metal theft to review the effectiveness of this law in deterring crime and the cost of compliance to industries
affected. The Committee may report on its findings by December 1, 2023.

Penalties
A Dealer who fails to maintain the required registration documents for each place of
business is subject to any or all of the following that apply:

A penalty of any costs associated with enforcement;
The immediate suspension of all Scrap Metal transactions unless the business was previously registered as a Scrap Metal Recycler or has a local business license;
1st violation: a civil penalty of $500, except the Dealer is not subject to the penalty if the Dealer corrects the violation within 15 days of receiving notice; or
2nd or subsequent violation: a civil penalty of $1,000 and a suspension or revocation of the business license, or the suspension or permanent cessation of
business operations if a business license is not required.
A Seller may not conduct a series of transactions for one vehicle load of Scrap Metal to avoid the requirements of the Recordkeeping or Payment Restrictions provisions. A Dealer who fails to comply with the law is guilty of a class 1 misdemeanor.

Under § 13-1802, a person commits theft if, without lawful authority, the person knowingly commits one of the following involving ferrous or nonferrous metal: (added by SB 1107)

Controls the metal of another with the intent to deprive the other person of it;
Controls the metal of another knowing or having reason to know it was stolen; or
Purchases metal within the ordinary course of business knowing it was stolen.
Under § 13-1802, the value of any ferrous or nonferrous metal for sentencing includes the amount of any damage to property caused as a result of the theft. In an action for the theft of ferrous or nonferrous metal, unless satisfactorily explained or acquired in the ordinary course of business by an automotive recycler as defined in § 28-4301 or a Dealer:

Proof of possession of Scrap Metal that was recently stolen may give rise to an inference that the person in possession was aware of the risk it was stolen or participated in the theft;
Proof of sale of stolen Scrap Metal at a price substantially below its fair market value may give rise to an inference that the person selling was aware of the risk that it was stolen.
Preemption
Counties, cities, and towns may not enact or enforce ordinances, rules, or regulations that conflict, but may enact such that regulate Scrap Metal Dealers and are not in conflict. The power to register Scrap Metal Dealers is preempted by the state; this does not affect a
city, town, or county’s power to enforce business licensing laws.

Believe it or not, scrap metal is everywhere!. Scrap metal discovery is a bit of a challenge. Scrap metal can literally be laying on the side of road, waiting to be picked up. As scrap metal recycling gains popularity, people look for more ingenious ways to find scrap metal to resale to recycle yards in their town. Now this doesn’t mean to quit your day job and become the millionaire scrapper next door…which could be possible we assume, but you could earn an average living of about $40,000.00 a year as a full time scrapper.

There are numerous types of scrap to find, here are just a few:

1. Automobile scrap…unbelievably, in one hour of driving, we have spotted over 40 pieces of possible scrap metal on the side of the road. Usually due to poor roadside cleanups, wrecks, breakdowns and roadside dump offs. With a little patients you can drive a 60 mile stretch of highway and back in 2 hours to start your day.

2. Staying on the auto scrap idea, try towing old cars…if you have the ability to tow automobiles, you have the ability to tow cash. The average auto mobile, broken down and sold for scrap pieces could be worth as much as $2,000.00 if done properly, and about $300.00 if just transported to point a to point b (not a bad tow fee). If you are mechanically inclined you can break a car down and sell specific parts , sell the tires and rims, micro chips and of course engine block and body metals.

3. Old farms….ever driven by a farm and seen 3 old rusted cars, 2 tractors and a couple of empty trailers? Most of the time, they stay their due to no way to transport or no local availability to a scrap yard, good news you have both.

4. Try craigslist…for all of the above, advertise to haul off junk washers and dryers and cars and trucks and anything that remotely sounds like scrap metals. Use that trip to scour local ads trying to sell items super cheap. or even better..garage sales.

Scrap metal prices go up during good economic times

A scrap is defined as recyclable items that are said to be the left over from product consumption and manufacturing industries. Scrap Metal prices go up and down constantly. Metallic materials used in construction activities, from parts of vehicles, surplus products (such as furniture, office equipment, trucks, equipment used for computers, tools used in the kitchen, heavy equipment and etc.) and so on. These scrap items are different from waste products as they can be made use of over and over again giving them a monetary value depending on the properties and rarity of the metals. Recovered metals are the main example in this case. The scrap metals come from either a business environment or a residential one and are often collected by a scrapper who is an individual that buys these off people for a small price only to go sell these for a much higher price at a scrap yard.
Taking the pricing system of scrap metals into consideration, these are dealt over the internet either directly or indirectly in most cases. They vary depending on the location and period of purchase or selling and these are usually negotiated later on either by individuals that are purchasing or individuals with the mind set of selling these scraps. It is also important to note that scrap materials priced at the market is not the same as the prices recyclers see at the time of purchase in scrap yards. It is much cheaper for the purchaser to directly buy scrap metals from a scrap yard.
With the fluctuation of the economy it is quite hard to pin point if scrap prices are falling or rising. But with studies and research carried out, it comes to one’s notice that when the economy is at a good place the prices of scrap metals also increase as a result. This is mainly due to the fact that a good economy would simply mean richer people. This phrase does not necessarily have to mean that they have money to waste and end poverty but it means the country is doing well enough and the people are as a result earning well enough which pushes the government to increase price rates on most products.
People that work in scrap yards, or scrappers as mentioned above who are individuals that promote people to get rid of unwanted metals in order to make a living out of it could not exactly be identified as individuals with a high income. Therefore, when the economy of a country comes to a stable position these scrap metal prices are increased in order to increase the income levels of individuals that are involved in this field of business.
When the demand for metal go up, especially during the times of construction and such activities, people increase metal scrap prices to balance the demand. Copper, steel, aluminum and such metals are always in demand yet, because of the increase abundance rate of these, the prices do not inflate that much leaving these lagging behind.

What are Ferrous Metals?
From all the metals you can recycle, ferrous metals are the least popular. Ferrous metals include Iron and could be called an Alloy which is a mix of two metals. In the case of ferrous metals they are liable to rust and are magnetic too.
If a piece of metal is rusted it would definitely be ferrous metal but it would be stronger and that is the reason why Iron is mixed with another to provide that extra strength.
Wrought iron, stainless steel, cast iron and carbon steel are some of the metals added to provide extra strength especially in the manufacture of machinery.
On the other hand non-ferrous metals would be brass, aluminum, copper, tin, nickel, lead, zinc, gold, silver, and other similar metals in its single form with being mixed or added with another.
Gold is used for jewelry due to its ability to with stand rust and also the luster and value and which too has to be mixed with a percentage of copper to add strength to it so that it is strong enough to be made into jewelry.

Separation
Ferrous metals are separated from other metals by using its magnetic properties and then recycled to be reused again and again and in the year 2008 the world recycled 1.3 billion tons of steel was produced and of that 500 million tons were recycled scrap metal.
The scrap metal industry is highly dependent on scrap metal which is a very large industry around the world and is a billion dollar business.
Apart from the recycling part if all these scrap metal was lying around after use and is not reused that would be quite a lot of junk the world would have to contend with.
After the Second World War came to an end in Europe alone there were tons and tons of metal from the thousands of bombs that were dropped lying around and this gave the impetus for this industry to kick start and become what it is today, but there has been a slump in recent years due to many factors.
For scrap metal to be in demand the economy too plays an important part as both are correlated and when one does well the other follows.
The world needs ferrous metals to be recycled and reused and though in its raw form aluminum and other metals are recycled it is important that we reuse whatever we could and it also has a direct impact on the environments in two ways.
One we would be extracting less iron in its raw form and other metals for use and also getting rid and cleaning up the world by recycling ferrous metals which could cause immense damage to the environment especially to the water tables eventually in many years to come.
Hence we should encourage the recycling of every possible material and ensure that we leave a safer world for the generations that follow or we could leave a highly polluted world which would not last even a few generations to come.

Scrap metal is bought for a discount by metal re cycles and they will melt it up with the use of high density heat and then roll out metal bars to make other metal products, but there are some scrap metals not worth selling!
It is generally used in the construction industry where rolled ribbed steel rods are manufactured to reinforce concrete which being embedded does not see the light of day again.
It would of course be a very sad end to all those metal and it may not be worthwhile to collect a few dollars by melting all that steel which could have been put to better use by creating artistic masterpieces that would be valuable that the metal it weighs.
Scrap metal is sold by weight but if creativity could be born out of all that metal we throw away, why not? Would be the most pertinent question for which the answer would be, why not?
Creating metal art with whatever quantity of scrap metal we have would be more valuable than the melting of it and letting it silently be inside a concrete column or beam.
Metal art is here to stay and is the future for some very enterprising and imaginative artists we have around us and they need all the encouragement we could offer by supporting their endeavor which would not only propagate their inherent talent but also give us who are connoisseurs of art the golden opportunity to behold them with awe after they are completed.
There is no doubt that metal art is exquisite and only those who would value the work would call it a masterpiece but for others who are biased to this type of art it could be a nuisance.
Everyone looking at such a work of art would need to look at the amount of effort that an artist would have to expend to get the piece as he would visualize it and that has to be appreciated by all, connoisseur or not.
Selling such valuable scrap would be a waste to the imaginative artistic world of metal art and taking this art towards a more progressive era would be the best we could do.
The recent trend where there is an abundance of scrap metal available around us with metal industries of all types turning out products out of metal, it would be prudent on us that we do something about it.
Creating artistic masterpieces would not be a bad idea after all because doing so would safeguard the scrap metal industry offering a better price than what they are presently enjoying.
A better price for all that scrap they have with an artwork of exemplary creativity would be more valuable than the money that the metal scrap would have commanded in the first place.
Nothing should be thrown away and that is what is being taught in schools from Grade one onwards and not doing it but indulging in creativity of the highest order would be definitely better for everyone concerned.