Dive summary:
- New regulations in North Carolina are already creating problems for scrap metal recyclers, the regulations require metal recyclers to photograph or video record each person selling scrap metal and pay sellers by check if the total is over $100.
- After only being in effect for a little over a week, several recyclers are speaking out against the new regulations claiming they are unfair and specifically target the scrap metal business.
- Authorities say the heftier requirements are not meant to punish salvage yards, but curtail the rising levels of scrap metal theft.
From the article:
Scrap recyclers in North Carolina now have to photograph or video record each person selling scrap and pay sellers by check if they bring in any copper or more than $100 worth of other metals.
The new law went into effect Oct. 1 and several recyclers voiced their displeasure with the new regulations to The Daily News (Jacksonville, N.C.) newspaper. ...
