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STEEL:
DRIVING AUTO RECYCLING SUCCESS
 Despite
their complex construction, cars are one of today's most recycled commodities.
Whole automobiles are simply not landfilled. The reason why is that the
steel and iron components, which make up nearly 65 percent of the average
vehicle, are too valuable. Instead, virtually all of the steel and iron
are recovered for reuse and recycling along with most of the other metals,
such as aluminum, copper and lead. As a result, the recycling rate averages
about 100 percent each year.
The
very roots of the automobile recycling industry lie in the steel industry's
need for ferrous scrap. Once all the fluids have been drained and all
the reusable parts have been removed from an automobile, ferrous scrap
processors shred the car and sell the ferrous material to a steel mill.
AUTO
RECYCLING RESOURCES
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