Scrap Baron: Scrapyard Tycoon

Scrap Baron is a scrapyard tycoon set in Paslıdere, an industrial estate on the edge of Istanbul. Street collectors bring copper, brass, aluminium, iron, stainless steel, batteries, e-waste, cardboard and PET by handcart, cargo trike and pickup truck; you weigh it on the weighbridge, look it over, haggle, and sell it to the wholesaler in the evening. Rıza Usta shows you the ropes on the first day and drops a tip whenever one is due. WEIGH, INSPECT, HAGGLE • Every collector has a character: some are honest, some sly, some impatient; loyal ones come more often and cheat less. • Soaked cardboard, stones at the bottom of a sack, unstripped cable, iron mixed into the aluminium, magnetic chrome mixed into the stainless, gutted batteries, circuit boards stripped of their chips, rubbish: take a look, hold up the magnet, tip the sack out if you must. The clock keeps running and the queue keeps…