The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection will hold a public meeting and hearing on Oct. 8, 2013, to outline its plan to complete the remediation at the former Reading Industrial Scrap ...

Franklin Iron & Metal occupies 55 acres between E. First Street and the railroad, bounded by Findlay St. to the east and Stainton Avenue to the west. The metal recycling company has been in business ...

One of the nation's busiest scrap-metal yards—a sprawling 83-acre site in Jersey City populated by cranes and a massive shredder that can crush a car in 10 seconds—sat right in the middle of ...

A Chalmette scrap yard did not weigh scrap metal that was dropped off by St. Bernard Parish government and neglected to provide receipts, running afoul of state law, according to a report released ...

MORRISVILLE, Pa. (WPVI) -- Multiple fire departments worked through the night to battle a stubborn scrap yard blaze in Bucks County. They even used cranes to lift burning scraps of metal into the air ...

Pennsylvania State police were warning drivers about a detour on Interstate 76 after a trailer carrying scrap metal split in half and dumped tons of metal Wednesday evening.The spill affected the ...

Over the last several years, municipalities contended with a wave of metal thefts that created dangers to the public as metal snatched from street and highway lights left freeways dark, and expensive ...

YORK COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) — Hundreds of bronze cemetery vases and scroll plates were stolen from cemeteries across Pennsylvania to be sold to scrap yards, according to court documents. Stephen Glassick, ...

CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (WKBW) — Catalytic converters are continuing to be stolen from cars across the country. The values of metals in the converters, such as Palladium and Rhodium, have gone up in the ...