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Topic Title: ARTICLE: The Importance of Recycling to The Environmental Profile of Metal Products
Topic Summary: K. Martchek, for Recycling of Metals and Engineered Materials, 2000
Created On: 1/22/2008 5:45 AM
1/22/2008 5:45 AM


Lynette Karabin

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This article highlights efforts to quantify the positive value of recycling metals such as aluminum, magnesium, lead, zinc, nickel and copper. It also provides an overview of life cycle assessment profiles and highlights national and international regulations which affect efficient recovery and recycling.

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SOURCE: K. J. Martchek. "The Importance of Recycling to The Environmental Profile of Metal Products". Recycling of Metals and Engineered Materials. Ed. D. L. Stewart, Jr., J. C. Daley and R. L. Stephen, TMS, 2000.
       
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