Mitchell's Metals

How to Sort Scrap Metal

Selling scrap metal can be a great way to supplement your income, or you can do it full time. Before you can sell your scrap metal to a scrap yard, you need to separate the different metals in your scrap. A scrap magnet will help you...

Here's How to Price Scrap Metal

Learn about the steps necessary to price scrap metal properly, including tips on identification and market resources.

7 items you didn't know could be recycled

Need ideas for America Recycles Day? Here are seven unknown ways to give items a second life.

What Not to Use Your Dumpster For

While dumpsters can be used for multiple waste and recycling projects, whether big or small, there are certain things for which a dumpster cannot be used. Most of the things for which dumpsters cannot be used pertain to any sort of toxic or hazardous waste. The types of waste listed below cannot be put into dumpsters as waste. There are alternate ways to dispose of those types of wasteWhat Cannot Go Into a Roll-Off DumpsterElectronicsThis includes mainly all televisions, radios,…

Look for Precious Metals where Heat and Metal Meet

If you’re on the lookout for precious metals that can be recycled by a qualified precious metals refinery, here’s a rule of thumb to keep in mind . . . You’ll often find precious metals in places where high temperatures and metal come into contact That simple principle can lead you to sources of rec

Freaking out about heavy metals in your food? Here's what you should know

Baby food is just the latest product to be found containing potentially hazardous levels of heavy metals. But what are heavy metals anyway, and why are they so dangerous?

Remove Up To 80% Of Heavy Metals From Your Body Using Cilantro!

Remove Up To 80% Of Heavy Metals From Your Body Using CilantroFebruary 26, 2017Cilantro is a highly potent detoxifier which eliminates heavy metals and toxins, thanks to its ability to draw mercury out of the organs.We’re all aware of the fact that heavy metals can sometimes be the main cause for various health conditions such as heart disease, weak bones, cancer, lung disease, kidney diseases as well as emotional problems and brain deterioration.But this is where cilantro comes into…

The Basics of Recycling Scrap Metal

Metals like aluminum, copper and iron are recyclable, but they're tossed in the garbage due to lack of knowledge and resources for proper metal recycling.

Working with metals — the easy way

TRAVERSE CITY — Working with precious metals like gold and silver can take a lot of training.

Aluminum Modular Systems Reduce Waste, Cost, and Delivery Time

Aluminum modular systems reduce waste, cost, and delivery time. The experts at Kawneer explain why in this in-depth expert interview.

Complicated Precious Metal Recycling Problems Made Easy

Recycling precious metals often involves analyzing and refining big messybatches of mixed materials. People who own these mixed lots of materialknow that gold or silver or platinum is “in there” somewhere, but don’tknow where it is, what it is, or how much of it is present.

Analyzing Samples for Metals (Part Two)

Manufacturers with NPDES permits must detect and quantify specified metals. In part one, we detailed the process of metals digestion. What happens next?

All The Metals Mined In One Visualization

Are You Testing Your Plants for Heavy Metals?

You don’t need an advanced degree in biology, chemistry, or biochemistry to know that certain metals are extremely hazardous to human health. Generally speaking, everyone knows the hazards associated with Arsenic.

How Metals Are Made Stronger

Kevin Cameron explains why, at an atomic level, metals can often be bent or stretched without breaking, and when failure does occur, why.