1 Laws and rules that protect people who shop and spend are examples of consumerism. 2  An obsession with shopping and acquiring stuff is an example of consumerism.  the practice and policies of protecting the consumer by publicizing defective and unsafe products, misleading business practices, etc.
Lower grades of aluminum or dirty aluminum (aluminum mixed with other materials or having insulation) will command a lower value then clean heavy aluminum scrap. for example - see some example aluminum scrap prices below for mid June 2011, the price per pound. Old Sheet Aluminum $ 0.63. Extruded Aluminum $ 0.90.
According to Bloomberg, over the past year on the London Metal Exchange, price of scrap zinc has fell to 1,568 per metric ton (29 percent down from a year ago). Prices of scrap copper and scrap aluminum are 26 percent and 20 percent down and selling now at $4,609.50/metric ton and $1,473/metric ton respectively. âI've seen high markets. I've seen low markets. For some reason, this one feels the worst of them all,â Jeffry Gertler, CEO of Scrap Metal Services, told CRANE3.