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scrap metal

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scrap
noun
uk /skræp/ us /skræp/
old cars and machines or pieces of metal, etc. that are not now needed but have parts that can be used to make ...
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metal
noun[C or U]
uk /ˈmet.əl/ us /ˈmet̬.əl/
a chemical element, such as iron or gold, or a mixture of such elements, such as steel, that is generally hard and strong, and through which electricity and heat ...
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One, do you have any information on the origin and degree of toxicity of the 42 500 tonnes of scrapmetal not recovered?
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We must have a co-ordinated programme with a limited size to sites and some means of controlling dealing in scrapmetal.
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A classic illustration of the sort of difficulty is that a scrapmetal dealer was previously prohibited from buying from private persons.
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Clause 2 refers to "all scrapmetal either processed at, or despatched from, that place".
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The scrapmetal industry is as anxious as any other to pursue quality control.
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The scrapmetal and car-breaking trades are interested in extending their activities and there is now better contact between them and local authorities.
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A wide area of amenity land has been taken over and strewn with litter and scrapmetal.
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They were there to carry out a valid commercial contract to remove scrapmetal from a former whaling station.
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It is obvious that scrapmetal plays an important part in the nation's economy.
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I very much regret the distress that this causes the scrapmetal industry.
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The principles involved are similar to those which operate in waste paper and scrapmetal.
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Exports of scrapmetal to all destinations are subject to control, and export licences are already granted or refused according to the state of supply.
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Investment grants will not be available to firms engaged only in sorting and merchanting scrapmetal or waste paper.
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Before 1947, part of the site was filled or overfilled with a variety of types of refuse, including tyres, concrete and scrapmetal.
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Within the ambit of the licensing authority you go from window cleaners, public entertainers, scrapmetal merchants and itinerant metal merchants.
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They will be derelict and thrown upon industry like so much scrapmetal.
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The port regularly handles valuable metals, vehicles, offshore equipment, foodstuffs, machinery, clothing, chemicals, oil, scrapmetal, and, of course, coal.
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The collecting and processing of scrapmetal are activities carried on alongside others in a number of industries and separate figures are not available.
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They are scrapmetal dealers by trade, and they do not want to live in such housing.
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