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Davis Recycling Incorporated
Scrap Metals Part 2
Iron ore is extracted from the ground. It is shipped to a mill where iron or steel--steel in this example--is made into different forms, such as sheet or bar stock. The steel is then shipped to a buyer, such as a stamping plant or screw machine shop, to be fabricated. During that fabrication, scrap metal is generated; then, it is sold for processing and/or melting.
Scrap metal is also produced by the ultimate user at the end of the steel product's useful life. The obsolete product enters the recycling system at that point.
After processing the scrap metal, the scrap processor will sell the processed scrap to a mill, foundry, or other concern that will use the metal to make new products. Examples of commonly recycled scrap metal products are:
Aeronautical and aerospace equipment,
including airplanes and rockets;
Aluminum siding, doors, and window frames;
Appliances;
Automobiles;
Bed frames and mattress springs;
Bicycles;
Bridges;
Cast iron sinks and bathtubs;
Computers;
Cooking pots and pans;
Electrical wire;
Elevators;
Eyeglass frames;
Farm equipment;
Food and beverage containers;
Hospital equipment;
Industrial cuttings;
Industrial machinery;
Locks and doorknobs;
Office equipment and furniture;
Park and playground equipment;
Pipe;
Railroad and subway cars;
Roadbed reinforcing bars;
Roofing;
Ships;
Structural steel building frames;
Telephone wire;
Tools; and
Toys.
Scrap recyclers purchase recyclables from various sources, including manufacturers of metal products; airlines and railroad companies; apartment complexes; automobile dismantlers; auto mechanics; builders, roofers, and other construction sources; demolition contractors; factories; mills; foundries; fabricators; farmers; federal, state, and municipal government agencies and programs; hospitals; universities; schools; machinists and appliance repair shops; municipal curbside collection programs; offices; stores; hotels and restaurants; plumbers and electricians; the general public; the U.S. Armed Forces; and utility companies.
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