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A Post About Mercury…And Good Dental Hygiene
A Post About Mercury…And Good Dental Hygiene After so many years in the scrap metal recycling business, we are bound to have had at least a few unusual calls along the way. In fact, we have a number of stories that could very well be the subject of some blogs down the...
Good Communication Is The Key To Successful Relationships
Good Communication Is The Key To Successful Relationships In today’s world, we are losing the ability Good Communication face-to-face to solve our problems. People text, tweet, Twitter, etc. and as a result, there is seldom, if ever, anyone to tell you to your face...
The Only Resource On The Planet That Is Not In Decline
The Only Resource On The Planet That Is Not In Decline If you haven’t figured this out, there is no need to be embarrassed. The answer is not a word that we would commonly put in the same sentence as “resource.” Resources have a special place in our ecological word...
The Dvorkin Family –– A Century In Scrap Metal
The Dvorkin Family –– A Century In Scrap Metal The history of our family in the Scrap Metal Industry begins with my Grandfather, David Dvorkin, who arrived in Calgary from Russia in 1912. In 1918 he started Western Hide & Fur and his children arrived in Calgary in...
Sustainability – The New Mother of Innovation
Sustainability – The New Mother of Innovation Writers commonly suffer from a condition that is often referred to as “writer’s block”. According to Wikipedia, this is a condition in which the author loses the ability to produce new work. We find the same type of thing...
Recycling…It’s Not the Oldest Profession, But It’s Certainly Right Up There
A brief look at recycling through the ages.
Why It Is Increasingly Difficult To Do The Right Thing With End Of Life Electronics
Why It Is Increasingly Difficult To Do The Right Thing With End Of Life Electronics After some improvement over the summer, steel prices slumped back again this month and other commodity prices remain volatile. With the possible exception of continued strength in...
Recycling Cathode Ray Tubes…A Real Source Of Industrial Innovation
Recycling Cathode Ray Tubes…A Real Source Of Industrial Innovation For the curious minds among us, the recycling industry is a really fascinating place. It is always looking for and developing new and effective technologies to collect and process end-of-life material....
Introducing Peel MetalMart. Doing The Right Thing Made Easier.
Introducing Peel MetalMart. Doing The Right Thing Made Easier. There are only two sources for the natural resources used in industrial manufacturing – extraction from the earth and recycling. The “recycling” in our company name highlights what we do. It focuses...