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The Scrap Exchange, a scrapstore in Durham, North Carolina. A scrapstore or scrap store is a particular type of organization centered upon the principle of re-use and may be operated as for profit or not for profit. The basic operational principle of all Scrapstores is the same, although their business models may differ significantly.
The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) is a United States–based private, non-profit trade association representing more than 1,300 private and public for-profit companies—ranging from small, family-owned businesses to multi-national corporations—operating at more than 6,000 facilities in the United States and 40 countries worldwide.
A wrecking yard (Australian, New Zealand, and Canadian English), scrapyard (Irish, British and New Zealand English) or junkyard (American English) is the location of a business in dismantling where wrecked or decommissioned vehicles are brought, their usable parts are sold for use in operating vehicles, while the unusable metal parts, known as ...
Crushed vehicles ready for transportation to a steel mill in the US. Vehicle recycling or automobile scrapping is the dismantling of vehicles for spare parts.At the end of their useful life, vehicles have value as a source of spare parts and this has created a vehicle dismantling industry.
Scrap prices may vary markedly over time and in different locations. Prices are often negotiated between buyers and sellers directly or indirectly over the Internet. Prices displayed as the market prices are not the prices that recyclers will see at the scrap yards. Other prices are ranges or older and not updated frequently.
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The southbound Lexington Avenue Line platform has a part-time fare control area near the south end. A seven-step staircase goes up to a turnstile bank. Outside fare control, there is a customer assistance booth and one staircase [122] [121] going up to a plaza at 560 Lexington Avenue on the northwest corner of Lexington Avenue and East 50th ...
The most notable waterway is Sulphur Creek, which flows from the southwest to the northeast through the south-central part of the city. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 6.3 square miles (16.1 km 2), of which 0.04 square miles (0.10 km 2) (0.64%) is covered by water.