Safety First!

Safety First!

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...
What About the Television?

What About the Television?

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...
Scrap for Spring!

Scrap for Spring!

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...
You Wanna Recycle What?

You Wanna Recycle What?

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...
What’s Up with Catalytic Converters?

What’s Up with Catalytic Converters?

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...
Talk the Talk

Talk the Talk

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...