How to dispose of scrap metal safely and securely?
Ferrous and non-ferrous metals are highly valuable finite resources used in every industry in the United Arab Emirates. However, the United Nations claims that nearly $10 billion worth of gold, platinum, and other precious metals end up in scrap yards, landfills, and domestic waste due to poor waste management and lack of awareness.
Steel, zinc, copper, and other industrial metals are quickly becoming short in the markets due to our skyrocketing consumption levels and the mass production of goods, including electronics, construction material, packaging, electricity generation, and equipment manufacturing, to name a few.
Today, the UAE is one of the top suppliers of metal scrap worldwide, as it produces over 4 million tons annually. As a result, recycling metal has become one of the most important green initiatives in the kingdom to preserve natural resources and virgin raw materials used in making them.
RECAPP is one of the leading recycling companies in the Emirates, offering a subscription-based pick-up service for aluminum beverage and steel cans from homes and businesses. We also offer a wide network of certified metal recycling centers, using which you can easily dispose of other types of scrap metal safely, quickly, and properly.
What Can You Recycle?
Almost all types of metals can be recycled (fully or partially), including:
Ferrous Metals
- Steel
- Cast iron
- Wrought Iron
Non-Ferrous Metals
- Copper
- Zinc
- Aluminum
- Gold
- Vanadium
- Titanium
- Brass
- Bronze
The Metal Recycling Process
RECAPP offers a door-to-door metal waste pick-up service in Dubai, Sharjah, Abu Dhabi, and other parts of the Emirates. Here’s an overview of our process.
Collection
A typical metal recycling process involves the collection of scrap metal from homes, businesses, and drop-off locations. At RECAPP, we offer can recycling boxes to subscribers using which they can collect metal and aluminum cans for easy pick-up.
Storage
Next, the scrap metal is transported to different facilities in the region for sorting and segregation before they’re recycled.
Sorting and Shredding
Most recycling facilities use magnets to separate aluminum cans from metal cans before cutting and shredding them to reduce their volume. Next, they’re sprayed with different chemicals to remove paint and other materials.
Melting and Compounding
Next, the scrap is loaded into a furnace and melted so it can be formed into ingots after cooling before being transported to manufacturing plants for making new products.
More reasons to recycle Metal
Preserve Natural Resources
Metal waste results in a significant depletion of precious metals. These raw materials are non-renewable and their processing requires a huge amount of energy and other limited resources. Therefore, recycling metal can help preserve the material we rely on for thousands of applications and use cases.
Reduce Pollution
Scrap metal usually ends up in landfills and the ocean, leading to high levels of pollution that can result in metal poisoning. Moreover, traditional melting processes release toxic gases into the environment and result in acid rain and global warming.
Save Money
Recycled metal is an excellent alternative to virgin raw materials. It’s cheaper and can cut down production costs significantly.
Get started with RECAPP
Fortunately, metal has a much better recycling rate than other resources, especially plastic and paper. However, there’s a massive room for improvement. Therefore, at RECAPP, we aim to help more households and businesses dispose of metal waste (aluminum and steel cans) in smaller quantities to make a bigger impact on waste reduction.
You can also opt for our waste can recycling boxes when opting for our subscription-based pick-up service in the UAE.
