Recycling Is Essential

Recycling is a critical first link in the manufacturing supply chain and an important component of the nation’s economic stability and protection of our environment. Recycled metal, paper, plastics and other commodity-grade materials feed critical U.S. manufacturing operations such as transportation, infrastructure, manufactured goods, electronics, healthcare and personal supplies, and other priority needs for today’s world. It:

Is essential for manufacturing:

• The recycling sector supplies 40 percent (on average across all commodities) of raw material needs for U.S. manufacturing. Without the continued supply of specification-grade recyclable materials, many companies would be forced to reduce operations.

Is essential for jobs:

• 164,154 jobs are supported by the recycling operations of the scrap industry in the U.S. alone.

Supplies feedstock for:

• Construction, automaking, and appliances: The U.S. steel industry relies on ferrous scrap as its largest single raw material input. In fact, 70 percent of all U.S. produced steel and stainless steel is made from ferrous and stainless scrap supplied by recyclers.
• The beverage industry: More than half of all aluminum consumption by manufacturers in the U.S. comes from scrap.
• Manufacturing: Copper and copper alloy production in the U.S. is also heavily dependent on scrap as a raw material input. Copper scrap provides approximately one-third of the supply of all copper, brass and bronze produced in the U.S.

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Credit: ISRI.