Recycle Metal Sheets

You also get energy savings for various metals when you recycle.

Recycle metal sheets.

Or you can place them inside and squeeze middle of the can shut so they can t get out. Your energy savings are 95 for aluminum 85 for copper 65 for lead and 60 for zinc. Even if that metal is surrounded by other materials like plastic it s worth recycling if it s made mostly out of metal. When you recycle a ton of aluminum you save up to 5 tons of bauxite.

The colored aluminum foil is red green blue copper tone or gold on one side. The copper and alumimun sheet is uncoated. This sheet metal may have scratches folds dents tape residue finger prints and or water spots. Metal recycling preparation with scrap metal the general rule is a product needs to be at least 50 percent metal.

If you have products with only a small amount of metal but it s easy to remove separate the metal. Any items we do not stock can usually be ordered in less than a week. Choose from our inventory of over 800 metal products for any construction or finishing project. When recycling steel you save 1 115 kg of iron ore 625 kg of coal and 53 kg of limestone from the current stockpiles.

Metal products design. To help the recycling center out be sure to keep tabs attached to the soda can.