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Low grade iron scrap can probably be diverted from landfill, or reclaimed from it?
by JulianMorrison 8y ago
Low grade iron scrap can probably be diverted from landfill, or reclaimed from it?
- CapitalistCartr 8y agoIron and steel are not normally put in landfills. Due to the ease of extraction, iron is the most recycled material on the planet.
- Animats 8y agoLow grade iron scrap goes to Nucor Steel. Nucor started in steel making rebar from scrap. Then they figured out how to continuous-cast better steel from scrap. Now they're the biggest steelmaker in the US. If it's steel or iron and you can get it to a scrapyard, it's going to be recycled. If it was a car, it's going to be recycled. If the magnets at the recycling center can pull it out of trash, it's headed for a steel mill.
- nerdponx 8y agoIf people don't do this already, the technology to do it cost-effectively probably doesn't exist.