by rpmadmin | Jul 18, 2024 | E Waste, recycling
People do silly things all the time. They hit their thumbs while hammering nails. They fall down the last step on the stairs. But most folks have some common sense. You wouldn’t grab a steaming dish from the oven without an oven mitt or hot pad, right? If you break a...
by rpmadmin | May 13, 2024 | aluminum, E Waste, recycling
A friend of ours is a huge fan of Apple products. He has a giant iMac in his office and a MacBook Air for travel. He wears an iWatch while he browses on his iPad while listening to iTunes on his iPhone. He faithfully watches the annual announcement from Apple, where...
by rpmadmin | Apr 15, 2024 | aluminum, Cast iron, recycling, stainless steel
We’re starting to see some warmer days around Central Virginia, and we’re getting closer to Earth Day (April 22nd). That means we’re hitting the time of year when folks get outdoors to clean their porches, prepare their gardens, and air out their homes. Why aren’t...
by rpmadmin | Feb 13, 2024 | recycling
We frequently get questions – both here and on our social media – asking if we’ll recycle certain items. More often than not, if it’s metal we will. But we prefer to have items that only contain the scrap metals we deal in. We do have some nifty tools around here for...
by rpmadmin | Sep 18, 2023 | recycling
When you recycle scrap metal, you sometimes run into some unsavory characters. We go to great lengths to avoid accepting stolen metal, but that doesn’t mean people don’t try. Folks who work in construction and contracting know the frustration of walking up to a job...
by rpmadmin | Aug 17, 2023 | recycling
One of our guys went to the dentist the other day. It was just a routine cleaning, but he came back quite alarmed. The dentist told him that he had a “super eruption.” Was he going to lose all of his teeth? A bit of Google-ing later, we were able to reassure him that...
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