Scrap

<p>Scrap consists of <a href="/facts/Recycling/x9X7GAzz">recyclable</a> materials, usually metals, left over from product manufacturing and consumption, such as parts of vehicles, building supplies, and surplus materials. Unlike <a href="/facts/Waste/qLmtkUQ4">waste</a>, scrap can have <a href="/facts/Waste_valorization/FR7JFKpm">monetary value</a>, especially recovered <a href="/facts/Metal/PT8hNX6R">metals</a>, and non-metallic materials are also recovered for recycling. Once collected, the materials are sorted into types – typically metal scrap will be crushed, shredded, and sorted using mechanical processes.
</p><p>Metal recycling, especially of <a href="/facts/Structural_steel/u5UsVypD">structural steel</a>, <a href="/facts/Ship_breaking/qh49CobX">ships</a>, used manufactured goods, such as <a href="/facts/Vehicle_recycling/7dNvPR9V">vehicles</a> and <a href="/facts/White_goods/0bh8HEtz">white goods</a>, is an industrial activity with complex networks of <a href="/facts/Wrecking_yard/9yNJHwH5">wrecking yards</a>, sorting facilities, and recycling plants. The industry includes both formal organizations and a wide range of informal roles such as <a href="/facts/Waste_picker/c1Kd5VD1">waste pickers</a> who help sorting through scrap.
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