A benefit for beer makers.Indiana recently passed a law to help beer distributors who are losing too many of their beer kegs to the scrap market. With the rise in stainless steel stainless steel: see steel. stainless steel Any of a family of alloy steels usually containing 10–30% chromium. The presence of chromium, together with low carbon content, gives remarkable resistance to corrosion and heat. and aluminum scrap prices during the past several years, the Years, The the seven decades of Eleanor Pargiter’s life. [Br. Lit.: Benét, 1109] See : Time value of kegs makes them attractive to retailers, restaurants, bars and individuals, who are selling the kegs to scrap dealers scrap dealer n → chatarrero/a scrap dealer n → marchand m de ferraille scrap dealer scrap n → . A keg can fetch from $15 to $55 or more at scrap yards scrap yard n → depósito de chatarra; (for cars) → cementerio de coches scrap yard n → parc m à ferrailles; ( , while a return deposit is only $10 to $20. The new law makes it illegal for scrap dealers to buy kegs marked with the name of a brewery. Beer distributors say they are also looking at increasing the deposit amount. |
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