Dive Brief:
- A bill which requires scrap metal companies to pay for scrap metal by check, has been vetoed by California Governor Jerry Brown.
- The governor stated that there were already bills in place to combat metal theft, including four he signed within the past year, and he wants California to enforce those existing laws.
- Assembly Bill 841 was viewed as a hinderance to the metal recycling industry.
Dive Insight:
The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries has embraced the governor's decision and generally welcomes preventative measures to reduce metal theft. They also suggested that law enforcement punish those responsible for committing crimes associated with metal theft.