I never realized there were so many grades of metals. I'm learning a lot from your channel. I wanted to ask for your advice. My teen son is autistic. We've been working on taking things apart to be recycled. My hope is to give him a way to get out his frustrations by being destructive but with a positive outcome. He has some interest in the inner workings of appliances and electronics but I am not confident in my ability to know what's safe for him and what isn't as far as the inner parts. Do you have any suggestions on things a beginner would find easy to recycle, besides pop cans? Are there any appliances or electronics to stay away from? Is there anything as a business you'd prefer intact? Thank you for your time. 😃

My husband has worked for major aluminum companies most of his career. He likes to occasional talking about the fact that aluminum is the one metal that can be recycled an infinite number of times. Thanks for the clear description. I can now share with hubby ;)

Yes, very interesting the different grades of aluminum.

This was my job at my local scrap yard. I hand sorted and bailed all the different types and grades of allumiinum. Siding and gutters we called "painted" aluminum. I did all our wire by hand too and bailed it, including 1,2 and grade 3 chops. Christmas lights sounded like popcorn in the bailer. I did all the street lights in my city by hand too. We also crushed cast bbq's that was fun to bail, the whole building would shake when I crushed my bails. AC rads, and brass rads were the best to bail, it was so satisfying to crush and watch the rads squish together.

Do you have the "magic " gun that tells you what alloy steel or non ferrous metals are?

Love it. What would be valuable is knowing the $ valuable differences... maybe not today, as that might jeopardize business but maybe a snapshot of a previous time (6months, year. 3 year).

Fascinates me on how you know what each grade is. I never knew there was so many grades. Please keep up the good work!

well put and appreciate the run down. like the mention of siding and guttering would be interested on what typically makes up each bail.

.....one more thing....even though I'm retired and don't consider myself too old. If I lived closer to your facility. I'm prettyvsure I'd apply for a job....lol

I want buying aluminium scrap 500mt per month

Thanks for the reminders Michael. Sometimes us scrappers just want to sell it and forget it.

I can smell that place through the screen. It's a unique smell.

Good call I enjoy you switching it up. Dam you know your stuff 👍🇨🇦

Thank you Michael for sharing the what the different grades of aluminum are. I always keep, or at least try to keep the grade of aluminum processed and separated separated as much as possible. I have learned that over the past 2 years that I have been a metal scrapper in the scrap industry and how some grades of aluminum are worth more than the other grades of aluminum.

The Modern Day Fred Sanford! Love the videos!

Happy to see you Americans no longer say"junkyard". Junk is just that,rubbish at the bottom of the tip. This is scrap,a critical part of the material recycling industry.Good for you Mike and crew.

I love it I love it I love it!!!

I remember a time when some scrapyards would only take aluminum if you had a ton or more.times have changed for aluminium alot as well as all many others.keep up the recycling my friends,Salutee👊

Thank you. I'm learning.

Very informative 😃 Great videos