How should a business handle scrap from strip-outs and site clearances?
Short answer: Plan the clearance so that metals are separated as they come out, keep hazardous items apart, agree in advance who owns the scrap and who may sell it, use authorised carriers and buyers and keep dockets for every load, because a strip-out can produce a large and varied amount of metal and the paperwork is much easier to build as you go than to reconstruct afterwards.
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List Free →Separate as you strip out
Sorting metals on site avoids paying to sort them later and gives you cleaner, better-priced material.
Agree ownership
Contracts and clients may say who owns the scrap, so settle this before you start.
Keep a docket for every load
Each load that leaves should have a record of what it was and who took it.
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