 Following the ban on cash payments for scrap metal, and the subsequent introduction of the Scrap Metal Dealers Act in 2013, which requires all scrap dealers to be licensed by their local authorities, Recycling Lives developed a top-up trade card system for scrap metal transactions.Similar in use to credit and debit cards, the card allows scrap metal sellers to be paid directly, and can also be used to pay for goods/services and withdraw cash from cash points.Also in 2013, Recycling Lives Limited launched a new scheme, developing FPD processing lines at the Kirkham prison.