Super Metal Recycling

Scrap metal, often referred to as reject materials, are a huge component of production waste in manufacturing facilities. Thankfully, the rise of lean manufacturing has inspired an upward trend of recycling manufacturing waste like reject materials. So, how can manufacturing waste management help your industry?  When encouraged in the workforce, effective manufacturing waste management protocols can: Build a circular economy of high-grade metals Drive down the price of metals overall Maintain a healthy planet Help your facility stay lean and green Are you wondering how to reduce waste in manufacturing? It’s easier than you think! Here are our top 5 tips to reduce production waste in your manufacturing facility. Let’s get started. 1. Decide to Make the Change First and foremost, determine WHY you want to recycle production waste, HOW manufacturing waste management will positively affect your business, and WHEN you are going to make the change.  For starters...

Scrap metal, often referred to as reject materials, are a huge component of production waste in manufacturing facilities. Thankfully, the rise of lean manufacturing has inspired an upward trend of recycling manufacturing waste like reject materials. So, how can manufacturing waste management help your industry?  When encouraged in the workforce, effective manufacturing waste management protocols can: Build a circular economy of high-grade metals Drive down the price of metals overall Maintain a healthy planet Help your facility stay lean and green Are you wondering how to reduce waste in manufacturing? It’s easier than you think! Here are our top 5 tips to reduce production waste in your manufacturing facility. Let’s get started. 1. Decide to Make the Change First and foremost, determine WHY you want to recycle production waste, HOW manufacturing waste management will positively affect your business, and WHEN you are going to make the change.  For starters...

via Instagram

via Instagram

via Instagram

Old, non-functioning computers are found in bulk in business closings, school auctions. These old computers can contain valuable metals such as gold, copper, and aluminum. While sleek modern laptops do not provide the bounty of precious metals found in the heavier, older units, they can remain profitable, just the same. Some reports suggest that an older laptop may contain $30 worth of gold, while newer units would include gold worth $15 to $25. Besides, it notes, there are still a lot of old laptops in storage that will eventually have to be recycled. You can take out metals from the computer case, disk drives, hard drives, motherboards, CPUs, power supply, PCIs, and RAM. But you need to separate them all first. Following is step by step guideline: Open the Side of the Computer Case Find the screws fastening the case with the computer normally on the backside of the computer and unscrew them with a screwdriver or a power drill. After that, you should be able to easil...

Scrapping a CRT monitor is almost the same as scrapping a television. Nonfunctional and old CRT monitors contain various valuable metals like aluminum and copper. You can expect to profit from scrapping nonfunctional CRT monitors, especially if you have a bulk number that you can systematically process to recover those metals. Tools Required A hammer, a bolt cutter, a long screwdriver to reach the deep screws, a power drill, some big pliers and side cutters. You may also benefit from having a pickup truck or trailer if you plan to be a serious scrap metal collector. Important Tip You need to keep in mind that you are trying to make separate piles of different metals or things such as aluminum heat sinks/ aluminum magnetic shields, wire, ABS plastic shells, stainless steel yoke fastener rings, stainless steel shields, copper yoke, copper breakage (the black box controller, transformers and inductors) and any other metal parts. Step 1: Remove the Back Cover of the ...