[TheForge] the theft of metal public

[Graham Whaley]

Yep, they are clamping down in the UK with more rigorous 'check ins'
at the merchants these days as well.
The hot favorites over the last few years seem to have been lead
flashing from roofs (I've even seen it taken off of small domestic
road frontage properties!), and copper wires from the railways
(causing much disruption). Must come as a surprise when they realise
they have pulled up some fiber optics :-)

 Graham

On 17 April 2015 at 16:18, CGRAF <adveniam at att.net> wrote:
> Terry I do not know how it is in your neck of the woods, but in Milwaukee
> you need a picture ID and an auto license plate number to scrap metal.
>  When I clean shop and take scrap in the check in process is a few minutes
> worth of form filling. The also have video of you loading things onto the
> scale.
> It has cut down on the copper downspout and aluminum siding thefts a lot and
> has made a dent in the new stock thefts from building sites, although the
> new stock sometimes is sold to building crews under the table for use in
> construction and is not scrapped.
>
> Mike Graf
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