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Click here for Alcomet's On-Line Metal Calculator
Click here to view General Links
Learn about scrap commodities by downloading and viewing the following brochures as PDF files.
To download the
Recycling Brochures you will need the
latest version of Acrobat Reader, available for download by clicking here
or on the image below. For optimal results, please print the document.
Recycling
Iron & Steel
This brochure explains what ferrous metals are, the scope and importance of
the ferrous scrap recycling industry, equipment and processing activities, and
barriers to steel recycling.
Recycling
Nonferrous Scrap Metals
This brochure describes what nonferrous metals are and their importance; how
the nonferrous scrap recycling industry works; what scrap processors,
intermediate, and end-users do; and the significance of export markets. It
also provides definitions of 20 different metals.
Recycling
Paper
Readers will learn important benefits and economic incentives associated with
paper recycling. This brochure also defines various types of commonly recycled
paperstock, describes paper recycling equipment, identifies products made from
recycled paper, and points out the importance of markets for recycled paper
products.
Recycling
Plastics
To help understand the challenges of recycling plastics, this brochure
explains the basics of plastics manufacturing, then looks at the recycling
loop including the voluntary coding system used on plastic containers. It
defines the different types of plastics and cites examples of common products
made from both the virgin material and the recycled material. It also includes
a glossary of common plastics recycling terms.
Glass Recycling: It just Keeps Going On and On
Scrap Specifications Circular 1998: Chapters
all the above information are courtesy of
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