Stu brings 25 years of experience in scrap operations, trading and leadership. He started out with a torch in hand and worked his way up to the Executive at the largest metal processor in Sub-Saharan Africa.
A new scrap venture called and Stu, along with his wife Lisa, answered by setting up their own metal recycling operation in New Zealand.
Lisa has a background in disruptive innovation and venture creation as a Management Consultant at Deloitte, so it was only a matter of time before the pair hung up their hard hats to build a tech solution to solve some of the recycling industry’s biggest headaches.
It feels like we’re a forgotten industry
The one that the tech revolution left behind
They chased the new and shiny, not the old and scrappy
That’s why we’re excited.
Because they didn’t realise – The man with the metal is king
We don’t need tech. We got this far on our own.
But we see the potential it holds to improve each of our lives
Building relationships and trust efficiently
Giving more to the people who deserve it the most
The hardest-working-never-stopping people who keep the ‘circular economy’ rolling.
We constantly search for ways to make what you do better, simpler, and more efficient. Because we know there’s gotta be a better way to trade.
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Scrappies are the original recyclers – doing it before recycling was cool. They hustle day and night, often sacrificing time with their loved ones. We’re here to change that.
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