| Scrap metal recycling has changed since the | | | | contractor that installed your new unit along with |
| economic rise & fall. When the metal recycling | | | | a TX ID or DL, a picture may also be taken of |
| industry was booming 3 - 4 years back scrap | | | | your vehicle. In Arkansas for instance (once rated |
| metal prices were high, (scrap copper wire as | | | | as the worst state in the US for scrap related |
| much as $3.50(. Very much has changed including | | | | thefts) I remember one instance in which an |
| the way everyday household based metals are | | | | individual stole spools of heavy copper wire that |
| recycled since those high scrap metal prices. | | | | were located at a electrical sub station just blocks |
| When the boom first started thefts were being | | | | away from a police department in Arkansas. |
| reported at a high rate, everything from | | | | Another instance was a person in Dallas/Ft Worth |
| cemetery grave plates & flower holders (Brass | | | | TX tried to cut down a live power line (Copper |
| Scrap) to church air conditioning units (Copper & | | | | wire) and suffered the consequences with his life. |
| Aluminum Scrap) were being stolen by individuals | | | | Now the laws in many cities regulate many items |
| causing as much as thousands of dollars in | | | | such as scrap copper wire, residential/commercial |
| damage. Theft has finally fallen since most cities | | | | a/c units or parts, electrical fixtures & so on. The |
| are making more regulated laws that concern | | | | bottom of the crisis has been reached, it seems |
| recycling and scrap metal prices have fell along | | | | that way anyway for the recycling industry since |
| with the rest of our economy. | | | | metal prices are on the rise again and thanks to |
| For instance in Fort Worth TX many recycling | | | | these laws the future of metal recycling should |
| yards will not accept a scrap residential air | | | | have a lot less impact on thefts directly related to |
| conditioning unit unless you have a receipt from a | | | | high scrap metal prices. |