Association Activities

Every year an annual general meeting is held at which a chairman, vice chairman and treasurer are elected, together with 10 members of an executive committee. Thereafter, the executive committee meets every four – six weeks to manage the challenges faced by the scrap metal recycling industry by:

• Assisting business and law enforcement through the introduction of anti-theft measures.
• Co-operating with consumers to ensure that local industry requirements are met.
• Ensuring that government’s legislative initiatives are correctly researched.
• Promoting the positive contribution of the metal recycling industry.
• Safety, health and environmental issues relating to the industry.
• Ensuring that members’ businesses are conducted in an environmentally friendly manner.
• Policing members’ adherence to the association’s code of conduct.
• Ensuring members conduct their businesses in accordance with all applicable government, provincial and local legislation.
  

Development of the recycling industry

Since 1942, the scrap merchant has evolved to include both small and also very highly sophisticated and equipped businesses, both of which supports substantial skilled and unskilled labour forces thus creating much needed jobs in South Africa.

The scrap metal recycling businesses purchase, sort, process and sell both ferrous scrap metal and non-ferrous scrap metal as a secondary raw material for beneficiation by the local and international industry.