A ban on paying cash for scrap metal came into force in December.
[New York Post] A man was arrested and charged with stealing copper cable from the subway tracks, to sell for quick cash at scrap yards.
The EU has introduced strict environmental rules on how cars should be disposed of through its End of Life Vehicle Directive, while new rules designed to combat copper and other metal theft have had the curious impact of making it illegal for car owners to be paid cash when scrapping a vehicle.
The Government claims this bureaucratic tidying-up exercise will save £1 billion, but there's not a shred of evidence to back up his claim - if they want to save cash they should scrap the red tape challenge instead.
The next big surprise In a spin Stealing each other's clothes A shocking denouement A chill in the Alpine air Soap-box salesman Reprints Related items Scenario planning: The next big surpriseOct 11th 2001 Business in hard times: The uses of adversityOct 11th 2001Another way to save cash is to scrap purchases of non-essential services.
"After all the trauma we've had over the past few months and trying to scrap cash together to pay the players' wages - to see those scenes was amazing".
Dozens of new models take the stage for moments of glory before most move on to short, unremarkable lives spent commuting and fetching groceries, eventually becoming fodder in a "cash for clunkers" scrap-a-thon.
Government plans to change the $5bn-a-year system to cash handouts were scrapped last year after a public outcry.
It says more than 99% of bus journeys are currently paid for with an Oyster or bank card and scrapping cash fares would save them £24m a year.
As she looked for full-time work, she rented an empty room in her home to an elderly stranger with dementia, and sifted through neighbors' trash for soda cans to cash in at the scrap yard.
He'd read a history of the scrap industry, "Cash for Trash," that traced its swindles back to the early eighteen-hundreds.
