tell him to give it to someone who has a business that scraps if he just wants to get rid of it. I know Texas started doing something like that. They make you get registered in some sort of database or something at each yard you go to in order to get a cash card for that yard. other wise the yard has to print out a check for all regulated metals (anything besides light iron and aluminum cans). It made it more of a pain to take stuff to yards when I was in a different part of the state for something.