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S2E9: ISRI fireside chat with scrap legends George Adams and John Sacco
Season 2
Episode 9
Published 2 years, 5 months ago
Description
Join me for a fireside chat with SA Recycling’s George Adams & Sierra Recycling’s John Sacco live from ISRI 2024!
In this episode we chat about:
- Cleaning up our act
- Why you lose $ when you stockpile
- Our biggest challenge as an industry
- When to collaborate with competitors
- Why there will be scrap shortages in the future
WHO IS STU KAGAN ANYWAYS?
25 years in the metal recycling game and still learning and growing...
I learnt from the best and worked my way up from yard labourer to Executive Director of Trading and Operations for the largest metal recycler in sub-Saharan Africa. Responsible for 4,500 employees, 85 sites, and the overall profitability of a multi-billion dollar operation.
I brought my breadth and depth of knowledge to bear and co-founded the fastest growing, most-loved, and most awarded metal recycling company in New Zealand. No small feat in a country where people are outnumbered 4:1 by sheep (spoiler alert: sheep don’t produce much metal waste).
I thought it was time that tech worked for our industry, so I took all of my experience as an operator and trader and leveraged that to build THE killer scrap app, Buddy. That’s right - built for scrappies, by scrappies.
Father of two crazy-awesome boys. Husband to Lisa. Under 9 rugby coach. YPO member. Lifelong learner. Mentee. Mentor. Chief dog walker. Committed Stoic. Undefeated dance-off champion.
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