| For many years copper has been the main raw | | | | business more profitable for the copper gatherers. |
| material used by the Mexican artisans of Santa | | | | Though all junk serves, artisans specially avoid |
| Clara del Cobre for the fabrication of their | | | | junk made of copper wires covered with too |
| beautiful artisan items. Originally artisans relied on | | | | much soldering due to the harming potential that |
| the natural supply of copper of their lands for the | | | | this impurities have for the very characteristic |
| fabrication of their items. But has the supply of | | | | look of their handmade copper items. |
| the original sources has decreased and the | | | | The high demand and good price paid for copper |
| demand for items as copper sinks has increased | | | | junk has created a new industry of copper |
| they have had to think and look for new and | | | | gatherers in central Mexico with a number of |
| alternate sources of copper material. | | | | benefits for the environment turning old useless |
| Thankfully they have found a reliable source of | | | | junk yards into a profitable mine of copper and |
| copper in the recycling industry. Trucks loaded | | | | preserving natural copper sources for more |
| with tons of copper junk coming form many | | | | strategic applications. And at the same time it has |
| parts in central Mexico arrive every week and | | | | also benefited the economy of the abundant |
| deliver their precious load to the artisans shops. | | | | population of this region of Mexico that has seen |
| Artisans pay the load of copper according to the | | | | a growing industrialization in recent years. |
| cleanness of the material, the cleaner your copper | | | | So now many people may have one more reason |
| the closer you will get to be paid at international | | | | to buy a copper sink; that they are environmental |
| market prices for pure copper, that lately has | | | | friendly. |
| been increasing steeply making this recycling | | | | |