Living on Scrap: How Two Men Found Their Calling in the Garbage

Mark Stehle/Philadelphia City Paper
Philadelphia City Paper | August 5, 2008
The skyrocketing market for metal is turning into a boom for scrappers, guys who roam the streets searching for metal they can pile into their truck haul to the scrap yard for cold hard cash. Despite having led hard lives and having checkered pasts, Greg and Ron are now making an honest go of it as scrappers.

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