Metal scrap recycling is a large complex industry requiring many processing techniques that may pose a range of health and safety concerns for employees and the environment. This bulletin highlights pollution prevention opportunities, including those on the use of environmentally-friendly products and practices to avoid the release of liquid hazardous materials, such as oils and lead-acid battery contents, and air conditioning refrigerants, such as chlorofluorocarbons.
You may need a PDF reader to view some of the files on this page. See EPA’s About PDF page to learn more.- Scrap Metal Merchants Sector Insights Bulletin (PDF)(2 pp, 554 K, September 2016)