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Copper (and other metals) are recycled by scrap metal companies or industrial processors. The metal recyclers buy scrap from individuals or companies. Industrial users take "drops" or "left overs" from production and sell them back to metal suppliers for reuse. For instance, if a company making tubing has bits and pieces of material that were pulled from the beginning or end of a production line, they'll gather them up, stick them in a bin, and vend it to a metal recycling company. Large companies doing demolition often include language in the contract that allows them to do some salvage during the process of removing a structure. Copper wiring and Plumbing will be pulled, steel support structures might be recovered, and other materials can be removed for re-use as it is cost-effective to do. Metals end up at the recyclers' yards, and they separate and process the various things they buy. Their end products will be sold to different companies that smelt these metals for forming and eventual reuse. Interestingly, copper that is recycled is generally not used to make wire for use as an electrical conductor. It's too expensive to get the copper pure enough to use in wire. Instead, it's used heavily in copper tubing manufacture and in other applications. In any case, copper is a sought after metal for recycling.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 11y agoAt home you can use a hammer, utility knife or wire cutter to strip insulation off copper wire. If you have a large amount you can also send them to recycling centers to recycle with professional machines like copper granulator and copper stripping machine.
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What to do with a car that has been used for 15 years?What about the empty cans after drinking?
The problem of scrap metal recycling cannot be separated from the scrap metal crusher. Only by doing a good job of waste crushing can the recycling of scrap metal be more conducive.
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∙ 11y agoI know two ways to recycle waste copper. One is to make them into copper granules and the other is to strip them. Both of them will help in giving you valuable copper core.
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∙ 14y agoPut it in a recycling bin marked 'Metals'. and crush the metal cans before recycling metal cans
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∙ 11y agoMany recycling centers recycle copper wire.
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∙ 10y agomolecular copper can be put into a convinorsizer to clean and polish it. it costs about £1,000,000 just to clean 58kg. Better keep it dirty!
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∙ 10y agoRecycle it.
Charisa Simmons
Put it in a bag
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How can you conserve coal?
you can use less of it.
How do you conserve coal?
we can use less of this resource
What is the correct name for CuS?
CuSO4 copper sulfateCuSO3 copper sulfiteCuS copper sulfideCuSO unknown, rather impossible copper-sulfur compound
What are the compounds of copper?
There are many e.g. CuO, CuCO3 CuSO4 and Copper Phthalocyanine which is an important blue pigment used in blue paints and inks.
What metals are not silver gray in color?
Copper and gold.
What are the 1941 pennies that do not look copper made of?
The '41 wheat cent was made of copper. The '43 wheat cent was in steel to conserve copper for wire and bullet manufacturing.
Why should we conserve minerals?
we should conserve minerals because they are a non-renewable resource.it takes thousands of years for the formation and concentration of minerals.>they are used in industrial works.>used in cookwares>used for making pipes,coins etc.(copper)
How did the copper 1943 penny come along and how many were made?
To conserve copper for the war effort, cents were minted on zinc-coated steel planchets in 1943, but a few of the pre-war planchets were somehow overlooked and at least 12 copper cents were made and got into circulation.
How much energy is saved when Copper is recycled instead of mined?
Recycling copper saves fifteen percent of the energy used in producing the same amount from copper ore. Recycled copper has exactly the same qualities as copper from ore, so it can be recycled over and over without any loss. Copper is non renewable, so it is important to conserve it. Energy saved means fewer greenhouse gas emissions from the fossil fuel saved.
Worth of a 1943 steel copper penny?
There isn't a "steel copper" penny. US cents were made of steel - but no copper - during 1943 to conserve copper for use in ammunition. Up till 1982 other dates of cents were made of a bronze alloy that was 95% copper, but no steel. A few 1943 cents were struck in bronze by accident but these are very rare and none have been found in many years.
What is the opposite of the bleed?
Conserve
What is sentence of conserve?
I was not sleeping, I was just trying to conserve my energy. The water that you conserve today can be consumed tomorrow.
Why should you conserve wildlife?
Why should you conserve wildlife?
Why you should conserve coal and petrol?
To conserve the environment.
Why do have to conserve water?
we have to conserve water to save our planet
I heard that a circulating pump will cause pin holes in copper pipe, is this true?
yes, it really creates holes in copper pipe it can be clearly known here http://remodeling.homenlearn.com/prevent-pinhole-leaks-slab-leaks-conserve-energy-by-controlling-your-hot-water-circulating-pump/
Why will the real 1943 penny stick to amagnet but a real 1944 penny will not?
1943 cents were made of steel, a magnetic metal, to conserve copper for the war effort. Other pennies are made of bronze or copper-plated zinc depending on their dates. Neither bronze nor zinc are susceptible to a magnet.
