The Scrap Show
The Scrap Show features informal conversations focused on an industry with a rich history and a bright future. Recycling is as old as humankind, but the scrap recycling business remains an industry little known to many. It is both a multi-billion-dollar industry shaped by globalization and a local business rooted in neighborhoods and communities throughout the U.S. and around the world. Hosted by veteran recycling journalist Brian Taylor, who has spent more than two decades covering the business of recycling, The Scrap Show provides a friendly and familiar place for scrap recyclers and a place to learn for those new to the industry. A Recycling Today podcast.
The Scrap Show: Kamlesh Jain of Jain Metal Group
Kamlesh Jain, board chair and managing director of Jain Metal Group, Chennai, India, oversees a company that converts several types of nonferrous scrap sourced globally into secondary ingots. Jain provides insight into his company’s diverse operations and offers thoughts about the industry’s future in India and beyond.
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The Scrap Show: Dhawal Shah of Metco Ventures LLP
Dhawal Shah of Metco Ventures, Mumbai, has built a nonferrous trading career while also being heavily involved in the BIR and India’s MRAI. He offers his perspective on global trade, India’s vibrant economy, government policies and recycling’s future.
Dhawal Shah of Metco Ventures LLP
Dhawal Shah, partner and managing director of Metco Ventures LLP, discusses his journey through the metals recycling industry and India’s rapid economic growth.
The Scrap Show: Johnnie Jr., Roger and Marcie Rodriguez, Comal Iron & Metals
Marcie Rodriguez, CEO of New Braunfels, Texas-based Comal Iron & Metals, is joined by Roger Rodriguez, director of operations, and Johnnie Rodriguez Jr., nonferrous manager, to discuss the family-owned and -operated company's growth over the last 55 years.
The Scrap Show: Duncan Pitchford, Hydro Aluminum Metals
Duncan Pitchford, president of Hydro Aluminum Metals, talks about the company's investments in recycled-content aluminum production and more.
The Scrap Show: Murat Bayram of EMR Ltd.
Murat Bayram is a Germany-based metals trader with scrap processing company EMR Ltd. and volunteers with several recycling trade associations. He discusses how he got his start in the industry and talks about the opportunities in today’s recycling sector.
Sanjay Mehta of MTC Group
Sanjay Mehta discusses his life as a second-generation leader of one of India’s largest recycling companies and his role in the Material Recycling Association of India.
The Scrap Show: Sanjay Mehta of MTC Group
Sanjay Mehta, director of the Mumbai-based MTC Group of Cos., discusses his life as a second-generation leader of one of India’s largest recycling companies and his role in the Material Recycling Association of India.
The Scrap Show: Colin Kelly of Radius Recycling
Colin Kelly will become chair of ISRI at this year's annual convention in April. He shares some of the association's priorities and the opportunities and challenges he sees in the recycling sector.
The Scrap Show: Scott Newell of Newell Recycling Equipment LLC
Scott Newell, chairman and CEO of El Paso, Texas-based Newell Recycling Equipment LLC, shares his perspective on the industry.
