With increasing pressure on the airline industry to be more environmentally friendly, many within the industry are turning to recycling their aircraft in a more effective way.
With aircraft recycling, the sky really is the limit, as we are finding ways to recycle more components of a plane than ever before. In this article, we take a look at just what goes into recycling an aircraft, and how this is having a beneficial effect on the holiday goer.
Disposing of your scrap metal may sound like an easy process, but you’d be surprised just how many variables you need to take into consideration to ensure you’re selling your scrap metal in a legal way. In 2013 the Scrap Metal Dealers Act (SMDA) came into force across England and Wales; this act created an up-to-date regulatory regime for the scrap metal recycling and vehicle dismantling industries, and any businesses which work within this sector.
The SDMA came into force as a result of a sharp upturn in metal theft across the UK; according to recent figures, metal theft has cost the economy between £220 million and £777 million over the last few years.
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In this section of ‘Metals and their Properties’, we’re tooting our horns for brass. Brass alloy shares its name with the group of wind instruments, but we’re going to be looking at more than just its instrumental value. In this post, we’ll cover the history of the uses of brass, including its place in non-ferrous metal recycling.
