Proposed industrial recovered materials utilization targets for the metals and metal-products industry

Technical Report · Tue May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1979

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6848347· OSTI ID:6848347

The introductory chapter provides a discussion of the factors that affect the recovery and reuse of secondary materials and the competition between the primary and secondary metals industries. It discusses these industries in terms of resource characteristics, industry technology, pollution control requirements, market structure, the economics of recycling, and the issues involved in econometrically estimating scrap supply response behavior. It further presents the methodology established by DOE for the metals, textiles, rubber, and pulp and paper industries. The areas in which government policies might have a significant impact on the utilization of primary and secondary metals and on any recycling targets between now and 1987 are noted. Chapter 3 presents general profiles for the major industrial segments comprising SIC 33. The profiles include such topics as industry structure, process technology, materials and recycling flow, and future trends. Chapter 4 specifically covers the evaluation of recycling targets for the ferrous, aluminum, copper, zinc, and lead industries. (MCW)

• Research Organization: Little (Arthur D.), Inc., Cambridge, MA (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC03-78CS40015
• OSTI ID: 6848347
• Report Number(s): DOE/CS/40015-T2
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
ALUMINIUM
RECYCLING
COPPER
IRON
LEAD
METAL INDUSTRY
MATERIALS RECOVERY
WASTE PRODUCT UTILIZATION
ZINC
ECONOMICS
IMPLEMENTATION
INDUSTRY
PLANNING
SCRAP
TECHNOLOGY UTILIZATION
ELEMENTS
MANAGEMENT
METALS
PROCESSING
RECOVERY
SOLID WASTES
TRANSITION ELEMENTS
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTE PROCESSING
WASTES
320305* - Energy Conservation
Consumption
& Utilization- Industrial & Agricultural Processes- Industrial Waste Management