Everything You Need To Know About Scrap Metal Recycling
Metal that isn’t recycled usually ends up in landfills, which can harm our environment and destroy natural habitats. We should all be striving to keep hazardous materials such as mercury and lead out of landfills. This prevents these harmful materials from leaching into the surrounding ecosystem.
What to Do With Your Home Improvement and DIY Scraps
When you’re making plans for home improvement, remodeling, and renovation projects, make sure you include measures to reduce waste and dispose of your leftover materials responsibly
How to Sell Building Material for Cash
Scrap building material such as metal, lumber, brick and stone could be earning money back for your business, if you know how to sell it. Learn what to look for and what to do with it.
Where Can I Take Things that Cohen Does Not Recycle?
At Cohen, if it’s made of mostly metal, takes batteries, or plugs in, we can most likely recycle it. However, there are exceptions and restrictions to this rule of thumb, and there are items and materials that can be recycled, just not at Cohen.
Battery Recycling 101
Used batteries like everyday alkalines, batteries that run mobile phones and the kind that get your vehicle started every morning can be hazardous to people and the environment, so it’s important to dispose of them properly. Recycling is the responsible choice, and in some places it’s the law.
Time for Spring Cleaning? Think Scrappy
Spring cleaning is a great opportunity to make some decisions about your stuff. The sustainability movement is inspiring people to take a closer look at their use & disposal habits and find both creative and practical ways to extend the life of their belongings.
What Items Does Cohen Charge For?
Tossing devices into the trash and inevitably into the landfill is wasteful, risky for your personal security, and bad for the environment. Most devices can either be reused, broken down for parts, or recycled for materials like precious metals that can be used to make new devices.
How To Manage Construction and Demolition Scrap
Scrap material can quickly pile up on construction and demolition job sites, impacting your efficiency and even creating a safety hazard. It’s important that when you’re going into a new job, you have a plan in place to collect and remove the waste you generate.
Recycling Electronics Securely: How Data is Destroyed
You might be hesitant to hand over your electronic equipment, and all the data within it, to a recycling company, and no one would blame you. To give you peace of mind that you are safe to recycle electronics with Cohen, let’s walk you through how data is stored, and how it can be destroyed.
First Timer’s Guide: Recycling at a Scrap Yard
Selling scrap at one of our recycling centers is more convenient and less scary than you might think. In this guide we’ll walk you through the process so you know what to expect.
