Calgary Metal Recycling Inc

CALGARY'S MARKET LEADER IN METAL RECYCLING

Calgary Metal Recycling Inc. has a proud heritage as a market leader in metal recycling in western Canada for over 85 years. We are committed to building a sustainable future through environmentally responsible practices.With state of the art equipment we are able to excel in our service to you.Our commitment to our customers is to provide professional, efficient, environmentally responsible, full service scrap metal recycling and asset desctruction.Our full service Calgary facility is centrally located for easy access of large or small deliveries of all metals.Call us 403.262.4542 or visit us at 3415 Ogden Road S.E. Calgary.

ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY

Calgary Metal Recycling is committed to operate its business in an environmentally responsible manner that protects human health, natural resources, and the environment. We continue to meet our environmental commitments, pursuing a course of responsible environmental stewardship, complying with all federal, provincial and local environmental laws and regulations.Calgary Metal Recycling has developed and implemented several best management practices, including a comprehensive refrigerant-recovery program, mercury-switch removal program and a state-of-the-art downstream separation process for greater metal recoveries that reduces metal content in landfills. We are constantly working to improve our environmental programs, which is another component to being “Southern Alberta’s Market Leader in Metal Recycling.”

HEALTH AND SAFETY

Calgary Metal Recycling is committed to providing a safe working environment for our employees and customers. We are a member of CARI (Canadian Association of Recycling Industries) and ISRI Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries) and MHSA (Manufacturer’s Health and Safety Association), which has provided us with the resources to help establish a comprehensive Health and Safety Program.

 SCRAP METAL PICK UP SERVICES

While you’re more than welcome to bring your scrap metal to our recycling centre, we know that’s not always convenient or even possible. We are able to pick up scrap at your site either through our bin service or with the equipment required to meet your needs. Call us today at 403.371.5330 or click here to inquire about the scrap metal pick up service.

THE NOBLE AND THE BASE NON-FERROUS METALS

The term non-ferrous metals include aluminium, copper, lead, nickel, tin, titanium, zinc, and alloys such as brass. Precious metals such as gold, silver and platinum and exotic or rare metals such as cobalt, mercury, lithium etc. are considered a non-ferrous metals too. Non-ferrous metals have properties such as high density, good corrosion resistance, good electrical conductivity and light reflectivity that are extensively used in many industries.Gold, silver and copper were the first non-ferrous metals used by humans. Copper was known even to the most ancient civilizations, because it was soft enough to be shaped into various objects and it could be melted. Gold, silver and copper artifacts such as weapon and jewellery were treated as luxury items and handled with great care. The use of non-ferrous metals led to the main transitions of humankind from the Stone Age to the Copper Age, and later to the Bronze Age, when bronze, an alloy of copper with the tin, was invented.

The modern world could not exist without non-ferrous metals as well. Precious and rare earth metals are essential to producing PCs. None of the modern gadgets could function without batteries, and batteries are made of non-ferrous metals. In particular, Lithium-ion batteries are incredibly popular these days and can be found in laptops, PDAs, cell phones and iPods. Non-ferrous metals are used in electrical applications such as wires, circuits, switches and electromagnets and are important for car production. There are no daily life activities that could be done without using these noble and base metals.Non-ferrous metal recycling is small in volume, but big in terms of value. The growing demand for high-tech devices and their short life is producing a lot of electronics waste; however, the electronics recycling rate is still low for mobile phones and computers. The increasing demand for non-ferrous metals means that recycling industry should create more efficient technologies to extract non-ferrous metals from electronics, because energy is becoming more expensive, and the recycling is more energy efficient than smelting virgin ore.