I had something interesting happen today. I am not going to name names, but a scrap metal buyer in Indianapolis that has multiple locations made me cringe today. I usually take steel to one location because it is easier to get in and out, and take non ferrous to a different location because I am friendlier with the yard manager and the guys on the scales. When I do bring steel to my non-ferrous location, they put fridges and such to the side to recover the freon. I had sold fridges to the other spot before, but today when i brought one and pushed it off my truck, a guy was in the "claw machine" and basically.....intentionally grabbed the fridge rough and squeezed it before throwing it on the common steel pile. I think he was intentionally puncturing it. This company is using a new computer system, and low and behold, by signing my ticket i certified that any freon containing item was evacuated before I brought it.
From now on I will stick to bringing fridges to the place I sell non-ferrous. I am not an eco-warrior, but that seemed really sloppy and short sighted.
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