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Corona: Crisis or Cash?
10 August 2020That Covid 19 (or the Corona virus) is going to have an effect on the global economy is obvious. The hospitality industry, hairdressers, booth builders, aviation, and many other industries and professions are already facing far-reaching consequences resulting from government decisions. Expressions like ”Smart Lockdown,” ”Loneliness Virus,” and ”1.5-meter society” were unknown in January of this year, but we can ...
We put a heart into care workers
7 April 2020Van Pelt Recycling donates 8,000 mouth caps to local healthcare facilities. These masks are used to protect healthcare personnel from the Corona virus. Through the network, Van Pelt Recycling learned that there are significant shortages of mouth guards at local healthcare facilities. Because large (government) institutions buy up the large batches of mouthguards on the world market, it is very ...
Values of old motherboards are changing rapidly
9 March 2020For me, as an electronics specialist at Van Pelt Recyling, the diminishing value of old electronics is a recurring theme. Processors You may remember the processors of the past. In the pictures below you can see such an old processor. It contains several grams of gold per kilo. If we compare this processor to a modern i9 9900k processor, it ...
Old paper worthless?
23 July 2019The price of waste paper/cardboard has been under considerable pressure for years. More paper is collected in Europe than mills can process. Traditionally, large volumes were exported to China. But for a few years now, Chinese demand for waste paper has been falling. Partly because China no longer wants to process the “dirtier” types of paper/cardboard, but also because more ...
Old iron prices update
3 July 2019There is still uncertainty in the metals market due to trade talks between the U.S. and China. This creates negative pressure on the various metal types. The expectation is, however, that if the dollar weakens, for example through a looser monetary policy, prices for non-ferrous will rise again. For now, we are dealing with today’s reality. Do you want to ...
Acquisition Visser Recycling Oud-Beijerland
24 May 2019Van Pelt Recycling has taken over the activities of Visser Recycling in Oud-Beijerland. Mr. J.J. Visser is ending his activities as of 30-5-2019. He wanted to transfer his customers to a reliable partner for the disposal of metal waste, and has reached an agreement with Van Pelt Recycling. Following an earlier acquisition of a metal business in Papendrecht, Van Pelt ...
Why are metal prices falling?
16 May 2019In recent weeks we have seen a sharp drop in prices. The copper price fell as much as €350 per mt. (=1000 kg) in a short time at the end of April. The reason for this was a number of large investors relinquishing their (stock market) positions in copper. Soon after, negative reports emerged about the U.S.-China trade war. Due ...
What happens to your metal waste?
31 May 2018The scrap metal handed in is exported to factories. In the Netherlands alone, the volume of all this metal waste is about 3 million tons, of which 2.8 million tons is iron waste (scrap). Most of the scrap is shipped to the large smelting furnaces in Turkey. A smaller part remains in the Netherlands, where it can be used, for ...