3 - Managing energy consumption

3. Managing energy consumption

The recycling of metal reduces the growing demand for natural resources such as ore. When more and more metals are recycled, the demand for the natural metal is reduced. On top of that, less energy is required to process scrap metal than it is required to extract ore from the earth, purify it and later shape it into desired shapes and sizes.

The amount of energy saved using various recycled metals compared to virgin ore is up to 92 % for aluminium, 90% for copper and 56% for steel.