recycled metal
Melted down cans
Recycled metal is metal that has been recovered from scrap, processed, and reformed for new use.
The term encompasses everything from aluminum cans to structural steel beams, melted down and recast rather than mined fresh.
The sculpture was made entirely from recycled metal.
Recycling metal requires far less energy than producing virgin ore, making it both economically and environmentally significant.
- scrapDiscarded bit or tussle
- scrap yardSalvage facility for metal
- salvageRecovering damaged goods
- aluminumElement thirteen
- steelCarbon-hardened iron alloy
steel mill · copper · junkyard · car parts · crushed · melted · reclaimed · shredded · cans · smelter · foundry · repurposed · brass · tin · tin cans · beer cans · waste · baled
- ecomaterialsbamboo flooring, cork, cork flooring, reclaimed wood, recycled glass
- eco materialshemp, organic cotton, bamboo fiber, jute, linen
- Green Resourcessolar power, wind power, hydropower, biomass, biofuel
- mininggold, mines, gold mines, mine, coal
- wastetrash, garbage, rubbish, refuse, debris
- mineral tradegold trade, rare earths, diamond trade, coal exports, salt trade
recycle, recycling, recyclable, recyclables, recycler, cycle, cycles, cycled, cycling