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There is a tremendous difference between pawn brokers and scrap processors. Many of the items accepted at pawn brokers are small and readily identifiable. In contrast, most of the metal brought to scrap yards is not marked or identifiable, and can be quite bulky. Many scrap recycling facilities handle hundreds of transactions each day, often made up of combined materials of significant weight and volume.
 

A scrap processor is the first link in a large manufacturing chain providing raw material (scrap) to other manufacturers for the creation of a finished product. This chain begins and ends with the scrap processor. The business of scrap processing encourages recycling, responsible environmental management, and a reduction of material destined to our communities’ overburdened landfills. A scrap processor has invested thousands, if not millions, of dollars in equipment that specialize in sorting, shredding, shearing and chopping scrap material all in an effort to prepare the material for sale to a manufacturer. A pawn broker does not have this intensive capital investment in equipment and can operate out of a storefront.