With soaring prices, there are concerning reports of a rise in copper theft across Australia.

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Perth Today host Simon Beaumont spoke to Nicholas from Complete Metal Recycling about the measures being taken to prevent it.

“It’s a very regulated and very monitored system, and I think that has scared away a lot of theft to a certain degree, and as long as scrap yards keep following that protocol I think we will keep a very good lid on it,” he said.

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