Inclusion
The waste recycling industry plays a pivotal role in today’s society. From the perspective of recycling volume structure, scrap metal, waste paper and discarded plastic are the three main resources in this field.
Take scrap copper as an example, its production consumes less energy and brings larger benefits of energy saving and emission reduction than mined metal. The article will analyze the changes in copper recycling market and provide some suggestions to relevant practitioners.
Changes and solutions
Difficulties in recycling
There are many types of wires, some of them contain iron, but some do not. It is hard to tell from the outside especially when you collect a huge amount of scrap wire from different places.
Among scrap metals, copper has a relatively high value. Some unscrupulous sellers will paint on iron pipes to disguise them as copper pipes to get more profits.
Solution
For complex cable structure, you can install magnetic separator which uses the principle of magnetism to attract the iron mixed in copper.
For those fake copper, you can make an all-round judgment based on the metal’s luster, appearance, color, and its main characteristics. The article titled What can copper cable granulator machine do? provides specific judgment methods.
Single collecting way
At present, many people collects waste wires in a single way, such as door-to-door collecting or cooperation with garbage sites. They need to expand recycling ways to keep up with the times.
Solution
We provided a new operation model that combines online recycling and offline recycling together. Young people can place orders online and recyclers come to their home to collect waste metal which will attract a large number of young people to enlarge the source of waste metal. Moreover, online recycling requires low investment and help you quickly understand local market.
Set up your own recycling sites to attract the old. You can also cooperate with construction companies who has a lot of scrap metal. If you are in the United States, you can also use Earth911 to find recycling sites in different areas.
Through above methods your business will cover most of the local customer groups!
Changing market
Regardless of whether you engage in domestic or engage in the international scrap metal recycling market, your income will be affected by many factors, such as copper prices, national policies, market demand, etc.
Solution
Grasp and analyze market trends, you should pay attention to social media and news that provide relevant information timely. For example, you should sell the recycled copper when it meets the highest point of price. If you are working in overseas markets, you can take care of the policies of each country and choose the suitable one to do business.
More strict demands
With the promotion of sustainable economics and the vigorous development of science and technology, competition in scrap metal recycling industry is more and more fierce and the environmental protection requirements is increasingly stringent, too.
Solution
As a recycler, it is important to choose a high-tech, high-quality environment-friendly copper wire granulator machine. You need to select a machine on manufacturer’s experience, machine performance, customers’ feedback, etc.
