The Scrap Show
The Scrap Show
Recycling Today
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: Nitin Gupta of Attero
Nitin Gupta, CEO of India-based Attero, has helped build a company that harvests nonferrous and precious metals from small appliances and electronic scrap. Attero, which intends to export its business model abroad, also has announced a major investment to harvest rare earth elements from the secondary materials it processes.
Oct 28, 2025
The Scrap Show: Kamlesh Jain of Jain Metal Group
Kamlesh Jain, board chair and managing director of Jain Metal Group, based in 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.
Jul 3, 2025
The Scrap Show: Jacqueline Lotzkar of CARI
Talking in mid-April, Jacqueline Lotzkar, president and CEO of CARI, or the Canadian Association of Recycling Industries, discusses taking on this new role and the challenges presented by the shifting trade environment.
Apr 30, 2025
The Scrap Show: Nanci Schuld of FE Trading Group LLC
Nanci Schuld, co-founder, president and chief operating officer at FE Trading Group LLC, discusses how she started in the industry, her company's mission and the adaptability of industry professionals.
Mar 25, 2025
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.
Jan 13, 2025
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.
Nov 27, 2024
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.
Oct 14, 2024
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.
May 16, 2024
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.
Mar 1, 2024
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.
Feb 14, 2024
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