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Everyone seems to be trying to recycle these days, but few really understand what materials can be recycled. Although we are all familiar with the more common ones like paper and plastics; metal seems hard to remember. It is true; you can recycle metal as long as you know what metal items and how to go about it. In fact, the amount of scrap metal in apartment buildings or households is amazing! Our homes are filled with metals that can and should be recycled when we no longer use them, and these household metals can be broken down into several groups: household appliances, large household metal scrap and fine household metal scrap.
Recyclable metal scrap categories
Household appliances: This term refers to large household appliances and includes things like refrigerators, cookers, dishwashers, washing machines and dryers etc.
Large Household Scrap: This category includes items such as outdoor furniture, aluminum siding, bicycles, window and door frames, grills, larger car parts, etc. Note that microwave ovens and air conditioners can also be classified as whites.
Small residential metal scrap: dishes, pots and pans, clothes hangers, tools, small car or bicycle parts, watering cans, screws, nails, hooks, pins, pipes and hinges belong to this category as well as many other small metal items used items for renovation or general domestic use.
While most items will fall into one of the categories mentioned above; you may come across items containing metal that you are not entirely sure about. These metal-containing scrap items can also be recycled when they pass away and are no longer needed – great thing considering how full of these items our homes are!
Metal-containing scrap includes extension cords, electric cables, Christmas lights, umbrellas, glasses, belt buckles, lamps, handles, hardware … the list goes on and on. This includes largely any electrical items you may be lying around in your home, as well as most sports equipment such as skates and rackets.
When it comes to recycling these items, you should check with your local government office as some of these items cannot be left at the curb with other recyclable materials such as glass, paper, and plastics. Some municipalities require you to call and arrange a pickup, while others leave you alone. Fortunately, there are several options available in your local phone book when it comes to recycling scrap metal – it’s a big industry you know! There are several scrap yards that will send a truck to get your household appliances and the like; all you have to do is lead them to the curb. There are even places that will pay you for your metal scrap and will happily send someone for your items if there are enough of them to make it worth their time. It certainly makes spring cleaning a whole new light, right?
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Source by Christopher John Graham