In what became one of the largest thefts in the history of Washington state, two men were charged in with stealing more than four miles of copper wire from the underside of an elevated train line over an eight-month period between Industrial air conditioners like the one shown here contain valuable metals like copper and aluminum and are increasingly a target for scrap metal theft. Crimes like these, though usually of a much smaller scale, have soared in recent years, according to a report by the Council of State Governments, as the rise in the value of copper has spurred the thefts of objects like manhole covers, air conditioners and telephone cables.

And while illegal scrapping typically makes the headlines, there are legal ways to scrap, which many people use as a source of income.

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How much metal would a scrapper need to collect to make minimum wage? To learn more, NewsHour spoke with Sean Davidson of the American Metal Market , a trade journal that lists metal price points.

Davidson said copper is in high demand this year and can be sold, on average, for just over three dollars per pound. Other metals, like steel and aluminum, are sold for much less. Support the kind of journalism done by the NewsHour Become a member of your local PBS station.

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