2016Yearbook_Flipbook

2016

THE I SR I SCRAP YEARBOOK

What is Scrap and Where Does it Come From?

What’s important to remember is that, unlike waste, scrap is a commodity, processed into tradable and highly valued specification-grade products that manufacturers use as raw material inputs to make new products. There are two

are continually entering the marketplace, scrap recyclers need to be extremely innovative in order to keep up with commodity and end-use market developments. Broadly speaking, scrap can be grouped into categories including: ferrous scrap, which includes items made from iron and steel like old automobiles and machinery; nonferrous scrap made of other metals such as aluminum, copper, lead, zinc, nickel, and tin; electronics scrap including used TVs, computers, cell phones, and other electronic equipment; and nonmetallic scrap such as recovered paper and fiber, plastics, rubber and tires, glass, and textiles.

major sources of scrap supply. Obsolete scrap comes from a wide range of used products including end-of-life cars and trucks, old newspapers and magazines, used appliances, demolished buildings, used beverage containers, consumer goods, and much more.

In addition, scrap generated by the manufacturing process, also known as prompt, prime, or new scrap , comes in a variety of forms including metal clippings, stampings, and turnings, to name just a few. Because new products

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