Maryland proposal requires hold on all scrap

Jan 30, 2013 | 12:56 PM | Lisa Gordon

Tags  scrap metal legislation, tag and hold, Don Dwyer, Steven Schuh, Nicholaus Kipke, Lisa Gordon

PITTSBURGH — Recyclers in Maryland plan to fight proposed legislation that would require buyers to hold purchases of all ferrous and nonferrous metals for three days.

"We have been having meetings about this with several other companies and plan to go to the capital with our lobbyists to voice our concerns," one metal recycler said. A House Economic Matters Committee hearing on the bill is scheduled for Feb. 7. ....





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