How much is a catty of iron now?

How much is a catty of 20 16 scrap iron? The price of scrap iron will inevitably produce some waste products in daily life. In the past, most families collected waste products and sold them to recyclers. However, many citizens now find that not only are fewer and fewer people coming to collect waste products, but the price of waste products has dropped again and again, and it has really become a "waste product". Some citizens even call it "waste". It is better to throw it into the trash can than to make a little money by selling waste products.

Since 20 15, the purchase price of scrap steel, especially scrap metal, has fallen to a low point. It is reported that the price of scrap metal is 0.7-0.8 yuan per catty, and the price of scrap metal is still falling.

The purchase price of waste products has been reduced several times.

"It's hard to imagine that waste is so cheap now." The speaker is Ms. Ma who lives in Taozhuang Town, Xuecheng District. It is understood that Ms. Ma lives frugally on weekdays. After drinking beer bottles and mineral water bottles at home, they will be stored in the storage room at home, plus some waste paper boxes, old newspapers and other waste products, which have actually filled a room in one year.

Ms. Ma said that in the past, there were often door-to-door collection of waste products, but now it has been significantly reduced. I finally met a garbage collector the other day. Ms. Ma quickly stopped the other party, thinking that cleaning up the garbage in the storage room could save a lot of space. However, to Ms. Ma's disappointment, this waste product, which has worked hard for a year, actually sold for more than 20 yuan.

A kilo of scrap iron 0.3 yuan, a kilo of good quality carton 0.3 yuan, a kilo of ordinary quality 0. 15 yuan, and a beer bottle of 5 cents each. The more you listen to Ms. Ma, the colder her heart becomes. The most incredible thing is that mineral water bottles used to be sold by individuals, but now they can only be sold by the catty, and only one catty can be sold in 0.6 yuan. "There are not many valuable things to count, and finally all the waste products add up to only 27 yuan." Ms. Ma said that according to the market in previous years, the waste in this room had to be sold for 60 to 70 yuan, and now the price is less than half.

"Now the price of waste is too low, much lower than the original price, and you can't make much money." Uncle Zhang, who collects waste products on the road of the Cultural Palace, said that there were many people collecting waste products here before, but now they all quit. "It's not because we lowered the price, but because what we bought is not easy to sell, and the acquisition station is very picky. In the past, as long as it was waste paper, it was collected. Now the market is not good, and the acquisition station is not willing to collect inferior waste paper. "

It is reported that the price of waste paper reached 0.8 yuan per catty at the peak in previous years. Last year, the price of waste paper was kept at 0.5 yuan per catty, and now it is 0.25 yuan per catty. Waste paper must also be newspapers, books and periodicals. The price of scrap iron has dropped even more, and only one catty can be sold in 0.4 yuan. A few years ago, a kilo can be sold to 1.5 yuan. 0.4 yuan used to have a kilo of cartons, but now it's not in 0.2 yuan. Beverage bottles used to cost 0./kloc-0 yuan each, but now only two or three bottles cost 0./kloc-0 yuan.

In the interview, some "rags kings" think that this industry can no longer be done, earning tens of dollars a day, it is better to just work on the construction site for one day and get more than 100 yuan.

Reasons for the drop in scrap iron prices

According to industry insiders, the deserted waste industry is related to the overall economic environment. "The related industries are sluggish, and waste recycling will definitely not work." There are many reasons behind the sharp drop in the purchase price of scrap steel, among which the price of scrap iron is closely related to the price of steel.

According to the latest news released on the website of China Iron and Steel Industry Association, steel prices have been falling for four years in a row, with an unprecedented decline of 20 15. It is reported that the steel market in China is now overcapacity, and the steel price is generally low. Some people even say that China will not need to produce steel in the next five years, which is enough.

Li Fu told reporters that the scrap iron generally recovered is sent to steel mills for reheating. Now 1.900 yuan's new steel products can't be sold, and there is a serious surplus of steel products in the market. Naturally no one recycles scrap steel. In the interview, an optimistic recycling station said, "Now the price has fallen to the bottom, and it can't be lower in the future, otherwise the whole steel industry will collapse."

Excerpted from Baidu netizens, thank you.