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• COPPER
  The weight of recycled copper in Europe
  increased to 43% in 2008. Production of
  secondary refined electrolytic copper
  increased from 800 to 857 thousand tons,
  while the use of directly melted copper
  decreased from 1.242 to 1.150 thousand
  tons. An improved feature of copper is
  its infinite purity during recycling.
  Copper recycling may be made from scrap
  valves, pipes, as well as from wastes
  derived from direct melting.
• WEEE
  WEEE include chemicals that are highly
  hazardous against environment and
  health: mercury, lead, chrome, bromine,
  halogen chemicals like CFC
  (chlorofluorocarbon, which is
  responsible for damages caused to the
  ozone layer). Given their hazard level,
  they should not be disposed into dump
  sites. They must be collected
  separately and recycled, for the
  protection of life and environment.
• ALUMINIUM
  Recycling of aluminum wastes is an
  important source of raw materials for
  secondary metallurgy of aluminum.
  Recycling is made by melting sorted
  wastes, using various types of ovens.
  Power consumption for recycling
  aluminum is significantly lower than
  consumption incurred when producing
  primary aluminum, for which reason
  this procedure is considered to be
  more environment-friendly.
• WEEE
  WEEE stands for "waste electrical and
  electronic equipment". This category
  mainly includes any domestic or
  industrial equipment that comprises
  electronic components or electric
  engines. In Europe, the WEEE increase
  rate is 4 times higher compared to
  household wastes. Toxicity of electric
  and electronic wastes is 10 times
  higher compared to regular wastes.
• SCRAP IRON
  Recapitalization of ferrous wastes derived
  from technological process scrap and from
  old ferrous materials contributes to
  environment protection as the costs for
  raw material processing is higher with up
  to 50% compared to recycling costs, and
  in the same time emission of hazardous
  chemicals into the atmosphere is
  significantly reduced when recycling
  ferrous materials compared to raw
  material processing.

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Based on their source and composition, ferrous and nonferrous reusable materials are divided in several categories. Each category is collected, prepared and transported separately to increase efficiency of recycling process. Most ferrous and nonferrous metallic materials are technological wastes derived from production processes (metal shavings, profiled sheets). Metallic materials also derive from wastes collected from population and companies undergoing restructuration, most of them being used or scrap materials. A less (but not negligible) weight belongs to materials derived from consumer goods, like decommissioned vehicles, washing machines, refrigerators, stoves and metallic packaging materials.

Another part of recycled materials is represented by paper and cardboard wastes that, following recycling, provide a huge impact on and environment and on economy. For each ton of recycled paper waste, approximately 4-5 cubic meters of wood and a huge water quantity are saved. Furthermore recycling of paper wastes reduces processing costs of cellulose and also the emissions of pollutants into the atmosphere by up to 80%. Most paper and cardboard wastes and recycled packaging materials are collected from population, public companies or institutions and from household waste collection centers.

A relatively new category of recyclable materials are electric, electronic wastes and electric appliances wastes. This category includes most of devices in industry, domestic electric appliances and IT components that include a large content of rare nonferrous materials, therefore they have a higher acquisition price compared to other WEEEs. Apart from the value of such products, recycling in a well managed and environmentally safe system is mandatory as these products may contain highly hazardous and harmful pollutants, e.g. a cathode ray tube from a TV set pollutes 50 square meters of earth for 30 years.