Why Recycle?
- When scrap metal is recycled it means there is less scrap metal in landfills and more space for actual waste like food and non-recyclable items. Freeing up space in our landfills means there is less pollution in the environment.
- Recycling metal conserves energy that would otherwise be expended in metal manufacturing processes. Saves about 74% of energy as opposed to producing it from raw material.
- By recycling metals, we protect our planet, the local landscape, and our animal population for future generations to enjoy by avoiding drilling deep into ground for base metals. We also conserve water because huge amounts of water are needed to produce new material.
- Recycling metal creates 36 times the number of jobs than sending it to an incinerator and six times more than sending it to a landfill.
- Recycling your scrap metals, doing so can make you money. Scrap yards will gladly take aluminum, brass, copper, iron, and steel.
- Scraps of metal consume lots of occupied space in our garages, sheds, yards so free up the space from recycling.
- Metals can be recycled repeatedly, while some metals might see a slight decrease in their quality over time, most metals can be recycled an unlimited number of times
