Copper recycling and waste
New scrap comes from factories which make articles
from copper, brass or bronze. Their machines will produce offcuts and shavings
that can be collected and returned for recycling.
Copper is made with different purities depending on the application. The
highest grade copper is electrical grade. It is 99.99% pure and is used
for electrical cables because it has the best electrical conductivity. Electrical
grade scrap must never be mixed with any of the lower purity grades such
as plumbing tube scrap. This contains too much phosphorus which drastically
reduces the electrical conductivity.
The lower grades of scrap can be used to make copper alloys or chemicals.
Copper can be found in various waste items, from electrical cables to central heating tanks and Plumbing offcuts and waste.
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