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Considering the price and availability of steel, i'm kind of suprised nobody is trying to scrap and recycle them.
by briffle 5y ago
Considering the price and availability of steel, i'm kind of suprised nobody is trying to scrap and recycle them.
- someguydave 5y agoProbably china uses low quality steel to make those containers. But you could melt containers and they would take up less space to ship back to China
- bluGill 5y agoOr just make collapsible containers. Bolt the corners (where all the strength is) on right and then take them apart. Needs careful engineering work, but it seems like it should be possible to standardize then and then machines at either end can take them apart and stack into a standard container dimension.
- more_corn 5y agoScrapping containers is a terrible idea. We need reuse those containers in 2 weeks. The supply chain is a loop. The pipeline is just stuffed up right now and we need to stash empties for a bit while we unload the ships that are backed up.