| Worldwide metal production is ascertained
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| | amount of metals in use that will be
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| directly through ore deposits from
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| | recoverable at some future point.Aluminum
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| mining, smelting, and refining. What are
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| | recycling is a large portion of the scrap
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| secondary metals? They are metals
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| | metals industry. In 1993, in a survey of
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| discarded through industrial and
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| | Western countries, 28 percent of the
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| manufacturing operations or as commercial
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| | total recycled scrap materials were made
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| products that are now obsolete. The
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| | up by aluminum. The others that were a
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| benefit that recycling provides is that
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| | significant part of the total included
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| we return these waste materials back into
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| | copper, lead, molybdenum, tin, and
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| the general manufacturing so they can be
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| | zinc.Scrap recycling is the process of
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| used for the production of new metal
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| | recovering secondary metals, and is
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| products, thus saving costs and making
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| | subdivided into three different classes
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| things more efficient in general. The
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| | of metals. They are:Home scrap : This is
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| secondary metals industry is involved in
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| | what remains after a primary metal
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| all aspects of this process, from
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| | product is sold and is generated in a
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| locating scrap, to getting it to a
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| | smelting or refining plant.
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| recycle facility and then re-using the
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| | New or prompt scrap : This type of scrap
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| material for new metal-based
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| | can easily be reprocessed for use in
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| products.What's the rationale for
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| | primary metal manufacturing, it is
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| determining if scrap metal is worth
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| | essentially the remains of the general
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| recovering? Its potential for profit. In
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| | manufacturing process.
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| terms of the basic factors that determine
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| | Old scrap : This is the type of
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| if a particular metal should be recycled,
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| | recycling that we are most familiar with.
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| the following areas are looked at:
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| | Old scrap is recovered from consumer
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| How pure are the recovered products,
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| | goods that are no longer being used. This
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| what's the market for the recycled
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| | could potentially include discarded,
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| products like, and what is the true
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| | used, or worn-out products. Also could
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| dollar value of the metal?
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| | include metal products rendered obsolete
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| How much will it cost to collect and
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| | by technological advances or production
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| transport?
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| | overruns.
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| How much will it cost to sort and
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| | In terms of product applications, metals
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| transform it into reusable metal?
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| | are rarely used in their pure and
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| How much will it cost to dispose of any
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| | absolute form. It's also tough and
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| residual material?
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| | expensive to remove alloy elements from
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| The advent of the industrial revolution
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| | metals, so usually the alloyed materials
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| in the late 19 th and early 20 th
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| | are recycled as alloyed metals only. The
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| centuries fueled the consumption of
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| | various metals that make up the alloyed
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| metals significantly. During the 20th
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| | metal are not taken out to be used in
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| century, this trend continued and grew
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| | their pure state.Scrap metal recycling
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| exponentially. By the 1980's, the annual
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| | makes economic sense. It also shows our
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| production of metals worldwide was a
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| | responsibility to the earth and to the
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| hundred times what it was in the 1880's.
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| | efficient use of our precious natural
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| Naturally, this incredible rise in need
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| | resources. If there's one positive thing
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| for metals and the production of
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| | that is happening in this area, it's that
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| metal-based products has led many people
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| | the trend to recycle more
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| to question if there is enough metal
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| | continues.Applied Recovery Systems Inc.
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| reserves in the world to keep up with
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| | is a privately held company located in
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| demand. Is it sustainable? Is there an
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| | central Texas. They have been in the
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| unending amount of metals in the earth?
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| | business of scrap metal chip processing
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| No, on both accounts. Scrap metal
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| | and briquetting since 1992, all to save
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| recycling is a natural part of the chain
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| | companies money and help the process of
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| of use. Metal reserves are found, they
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| | recycling aluminum, brass, copper, steel,
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| are made into a usable form, a product is
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| | and cast iron. Research and development
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| manufactured from it, the product is
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| | will continue to be an integral part of
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| used, discarded, and then the metal is
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| | the Corporation's objective so as to
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| used again. It just makes ecological
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| | better serve the chip processing needs of
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| sense - it's using the earth in a smart
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| | its customers.
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| way. With recycling, there is a huge
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