In this episode, I chat to Atilla Widnell, Founder & Managing Director of Navigate Commodities.Navigate Commodities monitors commodity supply chains in real time through the use of satellites. They monitor production at steel mills a...

In this episode, I chat to Dr. Salam Sharif, the Chairman of Sharif Metals Group, one of the largest scrap metal exporters in the Middle East. Dr. Sharif is the former Chairman of BIR, the Founding President of the BIR, and the Director of Advo...

In this episode, I chat to Brian Shine, CEO of Manitoba Corporation, Chairman of the Canadian Association of Recycling Industries (CARI) and a former Chairman of the Recycled Materials Association (ReMA).With all the turbulence around ta...

In this episode, I chat to Andy Cohen, Vice President of Raw Material Purchasing and Sales at Metal Conversions. More importantly for this episode, Andy is Event Chair for REMA's The Show 2025 taking place this May in San Diego.Andy has...

In this episode, I chat to Amy Hinton, North American Scrap Editor for Fastmarkets.She has her finger on the pulse when it comes to price reporting and has become a familiar face in the industry.Amy has a background in both financ...

In this episode I chat to Zohra Shroff, Director of Operations at Sealink International.Zohra has been in the freight game for 20 years and let's just say she knows a thing or two!In today's episode, we talk about:👉  Str...

In this episode, I chat to Jonathan Ross, Vice President at John Ross & Sons, a large metal recycler in Eastern Canada. The company has 14 yards, including a large auto shredding operation, and a very impressive cable granulation plant.&nbs...

In this episode, I chat to Adam Schaffer, AVP of International Trade and Global Affairs at the Recycled Materials Association (ReMA).He has over 15 years of experience in trade policy, government relations, and international affairs, wit...

In this episode, I chat to Kristen Hildreth, AVP of Government Relations and Strategic Partnerships at ReMA.Drawing on her extensive policy expertise from the National Conference of State Legislatures, Kristen provides a front-row persp...

In today's episode, I chat with Dave Klein, Senior Vice President of Nonferrous Marketing and Trading at Alter Trading, one of the largest privately owned metal recyclers in the US with over 75 locations across the country.He has spent t...

In today's maintenance masterclass, I chat with Justin Trentadue.Justin is Vice President of Operations at Coastal Waste and Recycling in Florida, but more related to this special episode, he's also the founder of Uptime PM, an innovativ...

In today's episode, I chat with Abhijay Goenka. He is the Vice President of Steelbro International, the Co-Chair of ReMA's Young Executives Council and is on the Young Traders Committee at the BIR.Abhijay has an MBA from Wharton and a Ba...

In today's episode, I chat with Andy Golding. He is the friendliest face at every conference you'll attend, and he also knows a thing or two about metal recycling!He was the VP of Sales and Marketing at Kripke Enterprises for 16 years, a...

In this week's episode, I chat with Marc Schupan, the CEO of Schupan & Sons. The business was started in 1968 and it has remained a family business all this time and now employs over 600  people.Marc has spent 50 years in the m...

Born Scrappy x Mike’s Mic.Live from Scrap Expo 2024.With special guest Seth Alter.In this special episode, which was recorded live at Scrap Expo, we bring you the first ever collaboration between Born Scrappy and Mike's Mic...

In today's episode, I'm joined by Nidhi Turakhia. Nidhi is the CEO and Partner at Allied Alloys and the Vice President at Titan Metals Corporation.She has an MBA, a double bachelor's degree in Economics and Spanish, a real estate certif...

In today's episode, I'm joined by Joel Fogel, Executive Vice President at Cohen Recycling.Cohen has been around for more than 100 years and is a fourth generation metal recycling business. Although Joel wasn't there from when it started...

In today's episode, I’m joined by Sandy Brooks.Sandy is Vice President of Finance at SA Recycling, the largest privately owned metal recycler in the US.Sandy has been an integral part of SA's growth, from 17 to over 140 recycling ...

In today's episode, I’m joined by Cliff Nance.Owner and CEO of Tungco Inc. Companies. Not only is Tungco Inc a global leader in the tungsten recycling industry. They have a world-class culture and are customer-obsessed.It's no s...

In today's episode, I’m joined by Beatriz Landa.As the VP of Metal Procurement and Recycling for Novelis North America, she holds one of the most influential roles in recycled aluminium.Not only is she a big player in our indust...

In today's episode, I’m joined by David Dodds.David is the owner operator and CEO at Sackers. Sackers is a UK based metal recycler operating a shredder as well as a copper granulation plant.He was born scrappy and has decades of...

Hi! I'm Stu Kagan, welcome to Born Scrappy.My goal is to spark more industry collaboration through sharing the experiences and learnings of industry greats through my podcast.So if you are a scrap metal exporter and you're ready t...

In today's episode, I’m joined by Tim Ridderbos.Tim is the GM of Circular by Shapiro, and was previously the Director of National Accounts for there. So he definitely knows how to look after our recycling customers!He's learned ho...

In today's episode, I’m joined by Garrett Tracey.Garrett is the former Chief Operating Officer and Chief Commercial Officer at Sims Brothers Recycling, and has recently gone on his own and started Recycling Revenue Partners.Garret...

In today's episode, I’m joined by Pablo Colucci.Pablo is the Founder and Managing Director of US-based brokerage firm Compass Metal Trading.Pablo started out young, scrappy and hungry. He said "yes" to all the opportunities that c...