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The iScrap app locates the nearest scrap metal yard to a user’s location. It takes the hassle out of finding where the best-priced location is for trading in cans for cash.
TerraCycle is a private U.S.-based recycling business headquartered in Trenton, New Jersey. [2] It primarily runs a volunteer-based recycling platform to collect non-recyclable pre-consumer and post-consumer waste on behalf of corporate donors, municipalities, and individuals to turn it into raw material to be used in new products.
Trex Company, Inc. is a manufacturer of wood-alternative composite decking, railing, and other outdoor items made from recycled materials. [6] Headquartered in Winchester, Virginia, Trex is the world's largest manufacturer of wood-alternative decking and railing. [7] Trex composite products are made of 95% recycled materials.
For example, scrap recycling diverts 135 million short tons (121,000,000 long tons; 122,000,000 t) of materials away from landfills. Recycled scrap is a raw material feedstock for nearly 60% of steel made in the US, almost 50% of the copper and copper alloys produced in the US, more than 75% of the US paper industry's needs, and for 50% of US ...
These upcycled, recycled, sustainable, or eco-friendly ideas are great for anyone — from toddlers to grandparents. The 25 Best Recycled, Eco-Friendly Earth Day Gifts You Can Buy Skip to main content
Modern vehicle recycling attempts to be as cost-effective as possible in recycling those residual materials. [1] Currently, 75% of the materials can be recycled, with the remaining 25% ending up in landfill. [2] As the most recycled consumer product, end-of-life vehicles provide the steel industry with more than 14 million tons of steel per ...
Disbrow: The Waste Management Shawnee County recycling facility receives approximately 1,000 tons of recyclable material per month from residents and businesses.
In 2021, the company created the GAF RoofCycle Process, a patented recycling process that diverts post-consumer waste from landfills for reuse in the manufacture of new GAF shingles. [15] Alongside fellow Standard Industries company GAF Energy, the companies launched Timberline Solar, the world’s first nailable solar shingle, in 2022. [16]