What do scrap industry standards actually cover?
Short answer: Industry standards generally cover how scrap is described and graded, how businesses manage quality, safety and environmental performance, and, for some streams such as electronic waste, how material must be handled and treated, so they exist to make transactions clearer and to give buyers and sellers a common language and a way to compare operators, rather than to guarantee any particular price.
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List Free →Describing and grading material
Specifications define what a grade of scrap should and should not contain, which lets two parties agree on what is being sold.
Managing a business
Management standards such as those for quality, environment and safety describe how an organisation runs its processes, not what it pays for scrap.
Treating particular materials
Some streams, especially electronics and batteries, have their own standards covering handling and treatment.
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ScrapTrade states the material and conditions behind each offer, which is the practical benefit that standards aim for.
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