Originally posted by brady
Metal- From what I gather acording to the various things I read and watched on documentry's, was largely an iffy thing, a lot of metal that was collected was actualy smeleted down into these odd round balls and shiped off to Mexico and buried in the ground. Copper I know is a very reclicable metal, or at least one worth some coin at the scrap yard. Alunimum as I mentioned above is easly reclicable, it was the only universal metal (and materal in general) that was realy good to recycle. Most cars are made with Non Steal compontets I belave now days alinumium and plastics compose most of the boddy with some steal aloy in the frame I beelave.
You better stop watching crap TV or find better channel.
Steel is the most recycled metal alloy in USA. More than 60% of USA made steel is from recycled scrap metal. Recycled steel saves some 50% on energy cost alone. Majority of post production scrap steel comes from...CARS.
If you don't believe, just go to your closest foundry and ask, how and why... (steel recycling is mainly NOT subsidized)
Aluminum, most is recycled from production scrap, post production scrap comes mainly from collected cans. Saves 90% on energy. Yeah 90%. Even though aluminum is most abundant metal, production is extremely expensive (high energy demand).
Glass, To recycle bottle to produce bottle, doesn't saves much. But there are other uses of recycled glass which saves a lot. Just think about all the fiberglass insulations.
Advice, next time you watch documentary, go and check some facts afterward... You know, Michael Moore made documentaries and look what came out of it.