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Source: https://www.thebalance.com
When it comes to facts and figures about scrap metal, we are looking at a range of
materials from building demolition to clothes hangers, and when it comes down to it,
it can all be recycled. Generally, scrap metals are classified into two categories:
Non-Ferrous Metals and Ferrous Metals.
Lets have a look on some of the useful facts and figures on both of these categories
of metals:
Non-Ferrous Metal Recycling Facts:
25,000 Statues of Liberty can be built with copper that the United States of
America recycles per year.
Copper and copper alloy scraps account for nearly half of the total copper
consumed annually in America.
Aluminum was first discovered in the 1820s and until now it is the most
abundant metal available on earth. And Aluminum is a very sustainable metal.
About two-thirds of all aluminum produced ever is still in use.
Recycling just one aluminum can will save sufficient energy to run a 100 watt
light bulb for around 20 hours, a TV set for around two hours and a computer
for around three hours.
The scrap aluminum that is thrown away every month in the U.S. is enough to
rebuild the entire American air fleet.
In the year 2014, the US scrap industry processed 0.83 million metric tons of
copper and 3.4 million metric tons of aluminum.
In 2015, more than 67 million metric tons of ferrous metal were recycled by
the US scrap industry. In that year, the USA ferrous scrap metal industry was
valued approximately $30.1 billion.
Currently, USA is the largest exporter of ferrous scrap metal in the world. In
2015, the US exported approximately 37 million metric tons of scrap metal,
generating $17.5 billion.
With the ferrous scrap metal processed in the US, 25 Eiffel Towers can be
built daily for a year. Another estimate says, every year, more than 250 billion
lbs. of scrap material which can be used to produce more than 70 million cars
is generated in the U.S.
A steel mill that uses recycled steel reduces air and water pollution by around
70 percent.
Every day, approximately 100 million steel and tin cans are used by
Americans.
Recycling every car we save 120 lbs. of limestone, 1,400 lbs. of coal and
2,500 lbs. of iron ore.