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Scrap

Scrap consists of recyclable materials, usually metals, left over from product manufacturing and consumption, such as parts of vehicles, building supplies, and surplus materials. Unlike waste, scrap can have monetary value, especially recovered metals, and non-metallic materials are also recovered for recycling. Once collected, the materials are sorted…

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Processing

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Hazards

Metal recycling industry

Ferrous metal recycling

Economic role

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Scrap

Nodes84
Edges83
Triples128
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.02381
Components1

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Scrap

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related to Canada · 16
Scrap → AI-based, British Columbia, CAD, Canadian Association, CARI, CARI's, Covering, Environmentally, Extended Producer Responsibility, Investments, Ontario, Recycling Industries, The Canadian, United States, USD, USMCA
related to Types of scrap used in steelmaking · 14
Scrap → Also, Cast, Domestic, Examples, Heavy, Industrial, Manganese, Non-magnetic, Rail, Rails, Remains, Used, Vehicles, White
related to Resources · 12
Scrap → American Metal Market, Auctions, Canada, In, Internet, Non-US, Other, Prices, Scrap Metal Prices, Some, The Steel Index, US
related to Ship breaking · 6
Scrap → Asia, For, In, International, Some, The
related to United States · 6
Scrap → For, In, Recycled, Since, The, US
related to External links · 5
Scrap → News, ResourcesHow Scrap Is Recycled, Steel Recycling Information, Steel Recycling Institute, Video
related to Hazards · 5
Scrap → Goiânia, Great, Many, Mayapuri, Toxic
related to Metal recycling industry · 5
Scrap → ISS, Metals, Steel, The, There
related to Processing · 3
Scrap → Customers, Many, Typically
causes · 1
Scrap → death

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steel metal metals recycled recycling iron also materials industry copper used prices ferrous often may non-ferrous waste us weight aluminum

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Scrapcausesdeath0.90text
Scrapis araw material feedstock for nearly 600.90text
waste pickers who help sorting through scrapinstance ofThe industry includes both formal organizations and a wide range of informal roles0.80text
engines or machinery by weight with no regard to their functional statusinstance ofoften selling entire units0.80text
refrigeratorsinstance ofExamples are automobiles and white goods0.80text
stovesinstance ofExamples are automobiles and white goods0.80text
clothes washersinstance ofExamples are automobiles and white goods0.80text
etcinstance ofExamples are automobiles and white goods0.80text
Scrap Metal Pricesinstance ofbased on confirmed sales as well as reference sites0.80text
Auctionsinstance ofbased on confirmed sales as well as reference sites0.80text
asbestosinstance ofToxic materials0.80text
and toxic metals such as berylliuminstance ofToxic materials0.80text

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