The Scrap Show

Episodes

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  The Scrap Show: Nitin Gupta of Attero 28.10.2025

  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.
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  The Scrap Show: Kamlesh Jain of Jain Metal Group 03.07.2025

  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.
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  The Scrap Show: Jacqueline Lotzkar of CARI 30.04.2025

  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.
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  The Scrap Show: Nanci Schuld of FE Trading Group LLC 25.03.2025

  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.
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  The Scrap Show: Dhawal Shah of Metco Ventures LLP 13.01.2025

  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.
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  The Scrap Show: Johnnie Jr., Roger and Marcie Rodriguez, Comal Iron & Metals 27.11.2024

  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.
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  The Scrap Show: Duncan Pitchford, Hydro Aluminum Metals 14.10.2024

  Duncan Pitchford, president of Hydro Aluminum Metals, talks about the company's investments in recycled-content aluminum production and more.
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  The Scrap Show: Murat Bayram of EMR Ltd. 16.05.2024

  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.
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  The Scrap Show: Sanjay Mehta of MTC Group 01.03.2024

  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.
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  The Scrap Show: Colin Kelly of Radius Recycling 14.02.2024

  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.
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  The Scrap Show: Scott Newell of Newell Recycling Equipment LLC 30.11.2023

  Scott Newell, chairman and CEO of El Paso, Texas-based Newell Recycling Equipment LLC, shares his perspective on the industry.
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  The Scrap Show: Beatriz Landa of Novelis Inc. 23.10.2023

  Beatriz Landa, vice president of metal procurement and recycling for Novelis North America at Novelis Inc., sat down with Recycling Today at Scrap Expo last month to share her perspective on the scrap industry. Landa discusses women in recycling, diversity and inclusion and trends she sees emerging in the industry.
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  The Scrap Show: Autumn Barnes of United Metal Solutions Group Inc. 27.09.2023

  Autumn Barnes, vice president of trade at United Metal Solutions Group Inc., Houston, sat down with Recycling Today at Scrap Expo 2023 to share her perspective on the scrap industry.
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  The Scrap Show: Chris Greenfield of The Federal Metal Co. 08.08.2023

  Chris Greenfield, vice president at The Federal Metal Co., based in Cleveland, shares his unconventional journey into scrap recycling and what it takes to succeed in the industry.
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  The Scrap Show: Robert Goldstein of Alter Trading Corp. 27.07.2023

  Robert Goldstein, executive chairman of Alter Trading Corp., St. Louis, and chairman and CEO of Goldstein Group Inc., the parent company of Alter, shares his perspective on the industry.
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  The Scrap Show: Tom Bird of Elemental Holding Group 12.06.2023

  Tom Bird of Elemental Holding Group and Encinor Ltd., recently ended his four-year term as president of the Brussels-based Bureau of International Recycling and reflects on his career and time with the association.
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  The Scrap Show: Miguel Alvarez of OmniSource 10.05.2023

  A combination of luck and strong work ethic helped Miguel Alvarez achieve his goal of leading at a U.S.-based steel and recycling company. He serves as president of OmniSource LLC and senior vice president of recycling at Steel Dynamics Inc.
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  The Scrap Show: Tim Strelitz of California Metal-X 28.04.2023

  Tim Strelitz, co-founder and president of California Metal-X, a copper-based alloy manufacturer, offers his perspective on the industry and what it takes to be successful.
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  The Scrap Show: Lane Gaddy of W. Silver Recycling 08.03.2023

  Lane Gaddy, CEO of W. Silver Recycling, discusses how stability among his team contributes to the company philosophy, what a consumer-controlled nonferrous sector looks like and his outlook for scrap metal recycling this year.
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  The Scrap Show: Marc Schupan of Schupan & Sons 15.02.2023

  Marc Schupan of Schupan & Sons discusses his start in the recycling industry and the growing opportunities for aluminum.