Collecting
Collecting Wasting Materials
Where Does It Come From?
As the public's participation in recycling increases, it might seem that soft drink cans and bottles, milk jugs, newspapers, and used juice bottles constitute the bulk of products that are recycled.
Scrap Products Commonly Recycled
Scrap Metal
Appliances · Automobiles · Bed Frames and mattress springs · Bicycles · Bridges · Cast iron sinks and bathtubs · Computers · Cooking pots and pans · Electrical wire · Elevators · Eyeglass frames · Farm equipment · Food and beverage containers · Hospital equipment · Industrial cuttings · Locks and doorknobs · Office equipment and furniture · Park and playground equipment · Pipe · Railroad and subway cars · Roadbed reinforcing bars · Roofing · Ships · Structural steel building frames · Telephone wire · Tools · Toys
Scrap Paper
Books · Cardboard (corrugated) boxes · Computer printouts · Industrial cuttings · Newspaper · Office paper · Packaging materials · Surplus wallpaper · Telephone directories
Scrap Plastics
Bottle carrying crates · Detergent containers · Milk and water jugs · Pallets · Soft drink bottles
Sources of Scrap
Scrap recyclers purchase recyclables from a wide variety of collection sources, including · Airlines and railroad companies · Apartment complexes · Automobile dismantlers · Auto mechanics · Builders, roofers, and other construction sources · Demolition contractors · Factories, mills, foundries, fabricators · Farmers · National, counties and municipal government agencies and programs · Hospitals, universities and schools · Machinists and appliance repair shops · Municipal curbside collection programs · Offices, stores, hotels, and restaurants · Plumbers and electricians · The general public · Armed Forces · Utility companies
