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Recycling metal reduces manufacturing costs in a wide range of industries. According to the American Iron and Steel Institute, more than 90 percent of foods cans are made up of around 30 percent recycled steel. Household appliances on average contain a minimum of 25 percent recycled steel.

Two of the main advantages of recycling scrap metal are that it creates less pollution and saves landfill space by ensuring materials do not become litter.

If you want to buy some scrap metal for your needs, why not visit a local metal recycling company? They often have the necessary amount of metal for you, even if you think they don’t.

By taking in items that are at the end of their use, we can recycle the pre-existing material and keep its usefulness in a whole new way. This helps reduce the need to mine and process new or "virgin materials such as trees and iron ore.

Did you know that nonferrous metals (such as aluminum, copper, lead, and nickel) do not degrade or lose their chemical or physical properties in the recycling process? As a result, these metals can be recycled an infinite number of times.

Did you know that more than 5,400 BTUs of energy are conserved for every pound of steel recycled? In fact, the steel industry’s annual recycling activities saves the equivalent energy to electrically power about 18 million households for a year.

Certain products, such as tin, paper, plastic and glass are easy to remanufacture. Processing these materials becomes highly efficient, so it’s certainly worthwhile and profitable to collect items made of these materials.

Do you realize, that your house is full of copper and brass pipes in the form of plumbing. If you are getting a new system put in, remember to recycle!

Once metal is collected, it is sorted by type of metal, quality of metal and other factors. After sorting, metal is compressed to remove air so it takes up less space.

Did you know that the amount of energy saved by using recycled metals instead of virgin ore is as much as 92 percent for aluminum, 90 percent for copper, and 56 percent for steel?

Recycling your waste metal is a great way to take part in saving the environment. By educating yourself as to which metals can be recycled, you will be able to greatly reduce your carbon footprint.

Did you know that your company could very literally throwing money away? If your company produces waste metals in the course of its normal operations, you could be losing out on revenues from recycling it instead.

Obsolete or "old scrap" is something that is unwanted and can no longer be used in its original form. This type of scrap can still be useful and the metal that is within these objects can be used. For example, silver can be taken from old film and copper can be taken from radiators.