Most people know that recycling is an important part of living an eco-friendly lifestyle, but the actual recycling processes aren’t talked about very often. As a metal scrapping company, we’d like to take some time to explain what exactly goes on behind the scenes. In this blog post, we’ll go over the basic metal scrapping process to explain how we can transform your old appliances, car parts, and other metal items into reusable raw materials.
The process begins with collecting sufficient amounts of scrap metal. We get our scrap metal from a variety of local sources, including homeowners, industrial facilities, construction companies, and manufacturing plants. Things like old appliances, metal construction debris, outdated industrial machinery, and other common sources of metal are usually accepted here.
After we have enough metal, we thoroughly sort the items into different categories. This part is crucial since different metals have different recycling processes, so we take great care to ensure that the same types of metal are grouped together. Next, we’ll move on to the cleaning process to remove dirt, grease, and grime from each piece of scrap metal before the processing phase.
The processing phase can vary depending on the kind of metal and how it will be used. However, some common methods of metal scrapping include shredding, melting, or smelting the recycled materials before refining the metals to get rid of any impurities or contaminants. Finally, once the metal is completely cleaned and refined, it’s ready to be used again in a wide range of industries and applications.
If you would like to learn more about the metal scrapping process, please give us a call today.