More options | Transfer Station set to begin monthly collection of electronic ...
Helena Independent Record
Unlike some items that can actually command a price, like aluminum cans or scrap metal, properly disposing of electronics works the opposite way. While some items will be free to recycle, other products will cost from 25 cents to $50 to drop off. ...

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Area veterans benefit from Scrap For Vets program
WKTV
NEW YORK MILLS, NY (WKTV) - Many people in our area got rid of some old appliances and scrap metal that's been laying around their homes, and they helped area veterans at the same time. The event called Scrap For Vets was held in across from the New ...

Metal theft surges as economy limps along: Metal grates and a funeral sign are ...
Destin Log
According to the police report, Raebel admitted to stealing units and selling them for scrap metal in Fort Walton Beach. The prices of metal can vary depending on what you are dealing with, but for example, copper can earn you between 35 cents and ...

Washington Township Crimelog includes shoplifting at WalMart, theft of $1000 ...
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
By Jessica Beym/Gloucester County Times • Someone cut the lock off the back fence at Mitchell's Hardware on Delsea Drive and stole $1000 worth of scrap aluminum on Nov. 29. • A 12-foot wide kiln, made of iron and steel, was stolen from Densten Road on ...

Stolen copper gutters latest trend in metal thefts [The Baltimore Sun]
Insurance News Net (press release)
Despite repeated efforts, police have been unable to stop the thieves, or the unscrupulous scrap metal buyers who they say fuel the industry by bartering -- no questions asked. The 62-year-old Feldman mutes his criticism of authorities, ...

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Harrogate News
Metal theft continues despite law
Pacific Daily News
•Metal thefts continue in quiet defiance of a four-year-old law intended to take the profit out of stolen scrap. Four years ago a law was passed to take the profit out of metal thefts, but these crimes continue today, so stolen scrap metal must still ...
NEW TASKFORCE TO TACKLE METAL THEFTPublicNet

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Two arrested in metal fraud ring
Concord Monitor
Leonardo Cantres of Manchester, who worked at the company, Schnitzer Northeast on Sandquist Street, and Thomas Yeaton of Hooksett were arrested for profiting off scrap metal that was never delivered to the business, the police say. ...

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75-year-old in Virgin Islands accused of driving getaway car in metal theft ...
Washington Post
Both were charged with burglary in August for allegedly trying to steal aluminum windows in St. Croix. Police says Dennis and Martin were detained Wednesday when someone reported them loading scrap metal into a truck. Police say the two had permission ...

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Auto repair business turns scrap aluminum into food donation
phillyBurbs.com
The auto body collision shop takes all of the aluminum scrap parts from the cars they repair all year and recycles them to get the money together to purchase their donation. This is the third year they have participated in the WMMR annual food drive to ...

Scrap metal thieves getting brazen
Paoli News-Republican Online
Orange County Sheriff Richard Dixon says that good and bad things come from the sky-high value of scrap metal. “About every sinkhole in the county's been cleaned out,� he explained. But, on the flip side, the prices also seem to embolden ...