Metal recyling in NJ is Doing Just Fine, Thank You for Asking...

Nov, 2013 by

Recycling has been a hot button with many people in recent years. Aluminum cans get saved and put in the recycling bin; others may also recycle plastic bottles and newspapers. Governments at all levels have been alternately hot and cold on recycling, depending on the issues of the day. Metal recycling, however, is nothing new. All through human history, scarce resources, especially metal, have forced people to reuse whatever they could. Those working in the metal recycling industry should be generally recognized as the most effective recyclers in the world. Yet, even today, their contributions are generally unrecognized. People don’t look at a towering pile of scrap steel and think ‘recycling’. However, recycled steel is used in the production of 42% of all crude steel. It takes far less energy to use recycled metal...

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