WE BUY A WIDE VARIETY OF SCRAP MATERIAL

The word ‘ferrous’ comes from the Latin word ‘ferrum,’ which means ‘iron.’ Ferrous metals include steel, cast iron, as well as alloys of iron with other metals .

Non-ferrous metals or alloys are defined as materials that are not iron-based like their ferrous counterparts. Common non-ferrous metals include copper, aluminum , lead, brass and Stainless steel 304 / 316

Paper & cardboard recycling is really important as each year South Africans use millions of tonnes of paper and paperboard and cardboard. For each ton of non-recycled printing and office paper that is made, about 24 trees are used. Around 12 trees are to make a ton of newsprint; it takes 8 trees to make lower end magazine paper and a little more than 15 trees for a ton of higher-end virgin magazine paper. This mean on average 17 trees are required to make a ton of virgin paper.

Not only does recycling save millions of trees but it also saves 40% of energy in the manufacturing process

1. PET or PETE or Polyester (Polyethylene Terephthalate)

2. HDPE (High-Density Polyethylene) Plastic Type

4. LDPE Plastic Type (Low-Density Polyethylene)

5. Polypropylene Plastic Type (PP)

Every year millions of electrical and electronic devices are discarded as products break or become obsolete and are thrown away. These discarded devices are considered e-waste and can become a threat to health and the environment if they are not disposed of and recycled appropriately.

Appliance recycling is the process of dismantling scrapped home appliances to recover their parts or materials for reuse. Recycling appliances for their original or other purposes, involves disassembly, removal of hazardous components and destruction of the equipment to recover materials