Short answer: Set up clearly labelled bins or laydown areas for heavy steel, light steel, stainless, aluminium, copper and cable, drums and containers, and a quarantined area for anything contaminated or suspect, brief the crews and supervisors on the rules, check the bins regularly and keep a record of what leaves, because a site that segregates at the source avoids paying for sorting and rejected loads later.
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Clear signs and colour coding make it obvious where each stream goes.
A quarantine area
A separate spot for contaminated or unknown material stops it mixing with clean scrap.
Check regularly
A supervisor who looks at the bins every day catches problems before they spread.
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