2016Yearbook_Flipbook

2016

THE I SR I SCRAP YEARBOOK

START Oldandbroken cars thatcanno longerbedriven, butcanbe recycled.

The recycled steel isused in the constructionof items suchas buildings,bridges, andnewcars.

Old Cars Can Become A New Bridge The steel in cars can be recycled and used to build other things, like bridges. Did you know: • Recycling one car savesmore than 2,500 lbs. of iron ore, 1,400 lbs. of coal, and 120 lbs. of limestone. • Steel is the most recycled material in the United States. On average, the U. S. processes enough ferrous scrap daily, byweight, to build 25 Ei elTowers every day of the year. • Recycling steel requires 60% less energy than producing steel from iron ore. • By using ferrous scrap rather than virginmaterials in the production of iron and steel, Carbon Dioxide emissions are reduced by 58%.

Shredded scrap is sold to a steelmill& melted tomake new steel.

Thoseoldcars are soldas scrapmetal to a recycler.

Ferrous Metal

Carsare inspected& potentially hazardous materialsare removed.

Scrapmetal is sortedby type ofmetal.

Carsare fed into a shredder to produce st sizedpiecesof scrapmetal.

Source: JASON Learning/ISRI

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