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Scrap brass - H+S restrictions
Posted: Tue May 26, 2015 10:01 am
by breacher
Moved house recently and just before I moved, I tried to get rid of my scrap brass via a few local scrap metal places ( Hertfordshire )
But each one refused used cartridge cases on "health and safety" grounds.
Now in Cambridgeshire - March. Anybody know a scrap dealer who will take cartridge cases ?
Not weighed it but feels like 50kg - its mostly .270 .308 .223
Re: Scrap brass - H+S restrictions
Posted: Tue May 26, 2015 10:02 am
by TattooedGun
I thought the shoebox of .22lr cases under my bed was a lot...!
Re: Scrap brass - H+S restrictions
Posted: Tue May 26, 2015 10:07 am
by ovenpaa
I have a good 35Kgs or so that is going to have to head north with me because I cannot scrap it here in Mid Bedfordshire.
Re: Scrap brass - H+S restrictions
Posted: Tue May 26, 2015 10:20 am
by snayperskaya
I think you may struggle, scrapyards round by me in Shropshire won't take them either.A friend of mine works at a Veolia recycling plant and he told me if they get cartridge cases on the line they have to shut it all down, call in the police and search for possible live rounds......at a cost of around 10k a time!!!.
Re: Scrap brass - H+S restrictions
Posted: Tue May 26, 2015 10:22 am
by TattooedGun
I have thought about building a backyard furnace to melt it down and make it easier to get rid of, btu something tells me they'd be even less likely to take ingots...! :(
Re: Scrap brass - H+S restrictions
Posted: Tue May 26, 2015 10:30 am
by bigfathairybiker
Contact Tony ( chief range officer) at ITSC.
He collects our range scrap and recycles it.
Mark
Re: Scrap brass - H+S restrictions
Posted: Tue May 26, 2015 10:31 am
by jmc67
Have you had a word with the NRA about who they use - there are scrap brass bins all around Bisley, so they must be disposing of it somehow?
Re: Scrap brass - H+S restrictions
Posted: Tue May 26, 2015 10:37 am
by Blackstuff
I scrapped 10-15kg of 5.56mm/7.62mm (Berdan primed) about 2 years ago at EMR in Newcastle. The guy on the shop floor said they couldn't take it but i'd emailed ahead and got confirmation them would. I showed him a print out of the email and after talking to his boss they reluctantly took it. Probably one of the most hostile non-alcholic establishments i've ever been too, and i've been on gypsy camps telling people they're going to lose their homes
Re: Scrap brass - H+S restrictions
Posted: Tue May 26, 2015 10:43 am
by Chapuis
No problem weighing it in around here, though we do have to sort it first and confirm that there are no live rounds.
Re: Scrap brass - H+S restrictions
Posted: Tue May 26, 2015 10:44 am
by Sim G
breacher wrote:Moved house recently and just before I moved, I tried to get rid of my scrap brass via a few local scrap metal places ( Hertfordshire )
But each one refused used cartridge cases on "health and safety" grounds.
Now in Cambridgeshire - March. Anybody know a scrap dealer who will take cartridge cases ?
Not weighed it but feels like 50kg - its mostly .270 .308 .223
PM saddler. He's as close to a "Do as you likey" as we have on the forum. He'll probably steal a Transit to come and collect it!