{"id":2333,"date":"2019-05-08T22:17:21","date_gmt":"2019-05-08T22:17:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/projectgreenlancaster.millersville.edu\/?p=2333"},"modified":"2019-05-09T01:25:39","modified_gmt":"2019-05-09T01:25:39","slug":"recycle-your-metal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projectgreenlancaster.millersville.edu\/index.php\/2019\/05\/08\/recycle-your-metal\/","title":{"rendered":"Recycle Your Metal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Reselling Your Cell Phone, Car, or Refrigerator is Recycling!<\/strong><\/h1>\n

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Recycling metal reduces waste, pollution, gas emissions and destruction of habitats that are caused when producing new metal.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Sahd\u2019s Metal Recycling is taking one step further to educate their community on the benefits of recycling metal. They host tours and events to spread awareness on what metal can do to our climate and environment. By recycling metal, you can create art, save money on household items and reduce waste entering landfill.<\/span><\/p>\n

In 1941, Frank and Lucille started a recycling business with an antique shop in their front yard and a scrap location in the backyard of their home on 219-221 Locust Street, Columbia, PA. After WWll Frank\u2019s brothers Charlie and Joe joined the business. They bought and sold ferrous (metals that contain iron) and non-ferrous metals as well as burlap, rags and paper. The operation became so successful that in 1950, they moved their location to 1045 Lancaster Avenue in Columbia. Here they changed their mission to only focus on recycling while introducing another generation of the family. The business became incorporated in 1967. <\/span><\/p>\n

I spoke with Dan Sahd, a manager and son of the most recent generation. He informed me the amount of metal they receive per day usually varies between 60,00 lbs to 70,000 lbs. They have bins set up in multiple locations that can fill up at least 10,000 lbs of scrap. Those bins then get picked up and brought to the scrap yard to be weighed and sorted. Customers can also bring in their own scrap that can weigh anywhere between 2 lbs to 1,000 lbs.<\/span><\/p>\n

The great majority of customers are industrial companies that make anything out of steel, aluminum, or stainless steel. Basically any company that makes anything out of metal and needs to get rid of excess scrap.<\/span><\/p>\n

They hold retail hours from 8am-4pm Monday through Friday. At this time, anyone can walk or drive through the yard to pick out any kind of scrap. Prices are measured per pound.<\/span><\/p>\n

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This image shows a pile of Aluminum scrap stacked 30 feet high at Sahd’s Metal Recycling. Photo by Janice Garcia<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

Buying metal at retail price makes it a valuable resource to recycle. Dan has an app that releases up to date prices on how much metals are worth everyday. With this, he is able to properly negotiate with his customers. <\/span><\/p>\n

Choosing to purchase scrap metal rather than new metal for projects is also a great way to save money because it enables for more than one use for certain products. For example, Millersville University\u2019s Sculpture 1 class takes a trip every semester to Sahd\u2019s Scrap Metal to pick out pieces for their projects. The average price per student is about $5 for a large bucket of scrap.<\/span><\/p>\n

Dan claims that the environmental regulations have made the scrap industry better because the incoming scrap is cleaner. They don\u2019t accept anything with oil, any machine that has cylinders on it, anything with residue, etc. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Most metals are recyclable. The most common are:<\/span><\/p>\n