no. i don't think the scrapping world is going to end. it is going to change. it has already started.

You have to wonder though, that at some point MS and other states will strangle themselves with trash and scrap. I mean, if a homeowner can't get rid of their own metal, the curbside pickers can't take it, and the yards won't deal with small lots because of the bureaucracy, where will it go?<<

some of the scrappers will become licensed. the trash service will start to collect more at curbside. the yards will cut out the free lance middlemen and replace them. there will be fewer involved. and they will all make more than they are today. less competition.

the point, that was missed by some, is that some states have already forced every yard to follow the same laws. which means everyone who brings scrap must follow those laws or they will not accept your scrap. and you will not get paid. the scrapping world did not end. it simply changed. if you do not change with it, then scrapping has ended for you. the scrapping world will continue. someone else who has met the changes will now pick up that metal. they will get paid. (by mail.) and they will go to the bank.



Except for the 10 day waiting period, that's just surreal.<<

worse than this?

oregon state law.

The law requires recycling businesses to hold payment for any non-ferrous metal purchases for 3 business days. All payments must be issued to the customer by check and the check must be mailed to the street address provided by the customer at the time of sale.
Qualified commercial accounts are exempt from the waiting period for non-ferrous metal payments.
The seller is responsible to carry a completed “Metal Transportation Certificate” (MTC) when transporting scrap metal intended for sale to a recycling business. Transporting scrap metal without a completed MTC with the intent to sell is a Class C Misdemeanor.

some of the cities are proposing a 15 day wait and that the check be mailed.