Metal

• Steel is an excellent candidate for recycling. Learn more in our steel recycling factsheet.
• Take another look at your construction and demolition waste. An estimated eight percent of this waste is metal, most of which can be recycled.
• How to Add Mercury Switch and Sensor Removal to a Municipal White Goods Program - AMRC manual (2002)
• Putting the "cop" in copper - trying to put a stop to metal crime in BC
• Stewardship for cars - the European End-of-Life Vehicle (ELV) Directive
• "Scrap Metal in Northern Communities" - brochure
• Recovering Scrap Metal from Northern Communities in Saskatchewan - 2007 Final Report
• US EPA program attempts to reduce release of lead into waste stream
• Steel recycling rate at all-time high
• A whole new look for your old motorbike.
• Turning guns into rebar in LA
• United Nations' study: Metal recycling rates are low

A little rust? No problem! Old rusting metal has an important role in metal recycling. That old car or rusty piece of farm machinery sitting in the bush still has some value. So take a 'retrospective' look around to see if you have any rusty old scrap that you can take to your local scrap metal dealer. They'll be happy to get it and will even pay you for it. Let's keep that metal in the recycling loop!

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