Just-Recycling was born 18 months ago. Having had many years working within the field of waste and recycling, we decided to put our recycling machinery business online with the launch of our website – www.just-recycling.com. Since then we have gone from strength to strength, and now Just-Recycling supplies the waste and recycling industry worldwide with recycling machinery in the form of balers, shears, baler shears, shredders, granulators, alligator shears, guillotines and many more weird and wonderful machines to process and recycle every type of material imaginable.
Much of my time is spent out on the road visiting recycling businesses to chat to them about their machinery requirements, and this is the most enjoyable part of the job I do. I have met some of the most amazing characters over the years, and spent many hours conversing about every subject under the sun. I genuinely love what I do and enjoy every day. My wife tells me that I have a sad sense of humour; I’m not sure I agree with that. I prefer to think that my outlook is satirical and maybe a little “grumpy old man”.
Anyway, Just-Recycling now has a voice where like-minded sad bastards and machine geeks can interact – looking forward to hearing your views and thoughts.
Graham Barker
Dear Graham Barker,
My name is Patricia Barbara Barker and for a good many years now I have been searching for my brother Graham Ronald Barker born September 26th 1947. Our parents were Ronald Cecil Barker and Barbara Milne Barker. Alas, I lost touch with Graham in the early 60′s and know very little of his life since then. I have been trying to contact all the Graham Barkers I can find in the hope that one day I’ll get an e-mail that says “Yes – I’m the one you are looking for”. I realize that if you are NOT the one it is an imposition to ask you to let me know, but a moment of your time to just hit the “reply” button and tell me yes or no would be very much appreciated. Thank you for taking the time to read this.
Sincerely
Patricia Barbara Barker, CMRO
Revenue Officer
City of Cullman, Alabama
Hi Graham
I have thoroughly enjoyed reading your blog, tittering away whilst the rest of my family were watching something boring on the TV and asking me what’s so funny.
I’m afraid my request is likely to be the most boring you’ve ever received – do you know if a mere little person like myself can get hold of a defunct chest freezer or are our nannies under the caring impression that little people shouldn’t be allowed such things because we might cause ourselves harm – heaven forbid!
Kathy
Hi.
I would like to ‘pick your brains’ regarding scrap metal categorisation. My local scrap dealer has a category called ‘Mixed Light and shearing’, which I think is basically anything ferrous.
I am currently dismantling an old car of mine, keeping any serviceable parts and scrapping the rest. Could you tell me if items like the front suspension legs would fall into this ‘Mixed Light and Shearing’ category; as although they would contain a small amount of hydraulic oil and possibly non ferrous bearing material, the vast majority of it is comprised of steel. I assume that before this sort of component is melted down, it would go through some kind of shredding and then electromagnetic separation process.
Yours faithfully,
Paul de Saeger.
PS I liked the tale of your spaniel pup shredder; they are such affectionate little scamps, you can forgive them almost anything!