Scrap metal dealers and workers yesterday protested the resumption of a ban on the trade, which was prompted by the resurgence of vandalism.
Scrap metal dealers, scrap metal sorters and members of the Guyana Metal Recycle Association quietly picketed the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM), at Kingston.
Dealers and workers were upset that they were not given any notification of the ban, which was made with immediate effect on Tuesday. “We weren’t warned before and we were trying to do our best to have them [dealers] straighten in a more orderly fashion,” said Desmond Sears of the Metal Recycle Association.
The sudden ban has stalled the exporting of some