Alaska Coop Starts Scrap Metal Recycling

When I took a cruise up the inside passage in Alaska in the 1980's, we stopped at Ketchikan,  the southeastern-most city in Alaska. With a population at the 2010 census of 8,050 within the city limits, it is the sixth-most populous city in the state. Little did I know at the time that there would be a major metals recycling project here thirty years later.

A cooperative scrap metal recycling  project was just announced today in which eight cities in Southeastern Alaska will work together to collect, and recycle large amounts of scrap metal.

According to Chuck Pool, of Pool Engineering in Ketchikan, the contractor who is handling the project, "This is the first time that there has been a cooperative effort between these eight cities. The project is expected to be profitable, and does not involve any government subsidies."
The full story can be viewed here:
http://www.ktoo.org/2014/12/04/eight-southeast-cities-plan-scrap-metal-recycling/ 


Scrap metal recycling has a number of benefits for the consumer, industry, and the environment. 


Recycled scrap metals can produce many benefits in energy savings and resource reduction. Here's some facts that show why:
Using recycled scrap metal in place of virgin iron ore can yield:
75% savings in energy

90% savings in raw materials used

86% reduction in air pollution

40% reduction in water use

76% reduction in water pollution

97% reduction in mining wastes

Every ton of new steel made from scrap steel saves:

1,115 kg of iron ore

625 kg of coal

53 kg of limestone

David Brown
webmaster
Talway Recycling Corp.
www.TalwayRecyclingCorp.com