Metal Recycling – Just How Important An Issue Is It?
Posted: January 31st, 2011 | Author: peeladmin | Filed under: Good Recycling Practices, Scrap Copper Recycling, Scrap Metal Recycling | Tags: facts about metal recycling, ferrous metal, good recycling practices, institute of Scrap Recycling Industries, non-ferrous metal, recyclcled steel, recycling aluminum, recycling copper, recycling issue | No Comments »On the Natural Resources Canada Website, the government points out that in this country it is estimated that 15 million tons of non-ferrous and ferrous metal scrap are recycled each year.
In the U. S., ISRI (the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries) states that in the U.S. enough ferrous scrap is recycled that if put in rail cars, it would stretch in a line for 11,349 miles or half way around the planet. In addition, about 6.6 million tons of non-ferrous scrap were recovered in 2007 – about $38 billion worth. So you can just imagine the enormous scale and potential of our industry on a global basis.
