Five Reasons Why It’s Important to Recycle Metals

Recycling is an essential task we must all do to help save the planet, by reducing our carbon footprint, generate less waste, and use fewer natural resources.

9, a:1:{i:0;s:8:”defaults”;}, Five Reasons Why It’s Important to Recycle Metals, Recycling is an essential task we must all do to help save the planet, by reducing our carbon footprint, generate less waste, and use fewer natural resources., Recycling is an essential task we must all do to help save the planet, by reducing our carbon footprint, generate less waste, and use fewer natural resources. While there has been a concerted focus on plastic, and the harm it can do to the environment, metal recycling should not be neglected.

Whether it’s remembering to sort and recycle food and drink cans in the household, or developing means to properly recycle batteries to meet the demands of the burgeoning electric vehicle market, we have a look at five reasons why recycling metal is essential.

  1. To preserve natural resources

Recycling metal mitigates the need to produce virgin metals, which in turn helps preserve natural resources such as coal and iron ore, needed in the production of metals. This means that recycling metal is an environmental activity and an easy way for companies to take corporate responsibility.

Recycling metals uses less energy than is required to produce new metals. Coal which is required in the manufacture of new metals accounts for 43 per cent of global greenhouse gases.

  1. To make the best use of raw materials

Metals are one of the few raw materials that can be recycled without damaging the original properties of the material. This should mean that there is no real reason to create new metals, save for meeting increased demand.

The recycling process can be repeated over and over, even with valuable metals such as aluminium. Scrap metal recycling facilities will always accept a wide range of metals like steel, as operators know that the value of this material will never decrease.

  1. To offset your company’s carbon emissions

Companies are working hard to achieve zero-landfill ambitions, meaning it is increasingly important to recycle all raw materials. Metal recycling is an ideal alternative to disposal, as it cuts down emissions and reduces air pollution

A tonne of aluminium recycled saves 9 tonnes of CO2 emissions from being released into the atmosphere. The Planet Mark Environmental Foundation confirms that every tonne of aluminium that is recycled results in conserving five tonnes of bauxite.

  1. To save money by reducing production cost

No one should feel ashamed for recycling solely based on the financial incentive. Many companies recycle on the basis that it is cheaper to do so, which will drive down production costs. It is much more efficient and affordable to make use of the waste that you have by helping create an effective waste stream that is is to create natural resources from scratch.

 

  1. To meet recycling industry standards

Growing awareness and concern about the environment has led the recycling industry into applying pressure on businesses to meet higher recycling standards.

Firms are expected to recycle materials where possible, with metal recycling a huge part of this. Needless to say, if you have scrap metal laying around on-site, you should feel obligated to take action. On top of this, the recycling industry benefits the economy by providing employment in waste facilities.

The key to recovering all the values is through robust segregation on-site and good quality control before metal finds its way to a metal recycler.

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A time served Mechanical engineer Matt’s background includes many high-profile projects within the Automotive Industry: The Rolls Royce Phantom, Rolls Royce Cullinan, Spyker Le-Mans racing teams, Bentley, Aston Martin, and Airbus A380. This history and knowledge of complex manufacturing and engineering projects have been transferred and further developed into the bulk material handling sector. Matt has work in Europe, North America, Indonesia, and China

He joined the bulk solids and bulk handling industry in 2019 as Managing Director of Hoverdale UK Ltd and subsequently completed a Management buyout in July 2020. The business has grown yearly, increased employment, its customer base, and worldwide reputation, and disrupted the market with groundbreaking innovative technology. Since Matt took over Hoverdale, the company has filed four patents for innovation; one was granted in 2023 for a design to improve bulk handling. The success had been driven by delivering tailored solutions to the waste recycling sectors that keep material flowing out and money flowing in.

Awards Include

  • 2024 – Shapa company of the Year
  • 2024- Shapa Innovation in Technology
  • 2024- MHEA Engineer of the year
  • 2021 – MHEA Innovation of the year
  • 2021- IMechE Innovation award

Current Positions Include.

  • Group Chairman Hoverdale UK Ltd
  • President (MHEA) Material Handling Engineers Association
  • Vice Chairman: IMechE Bulk Material Handling Committee
  • Council Member: (SHAPA) Solids Handling & Particle Association
  • Member: Chartered Management Institute

Matt has been happily married to Julie for 22 years and has 4 children, 3 of which are involved within the Hoverdale group of companies. He is an RFU level 2 qualified coach and referee having been in several head coaching roles at various age groups from under 6’s to adults for his local team Nuneaton RFC. He believes in the core values that rugby teaches of Teamwork, Respect, Enjoyment, Discipline, Sportsmanship and try’s to carry this through in his day to day business activities. He is passionate at brining the next generation of young, diverse engineers into the sector through promotion of apprenticeship scheme and further education routes.

DAVID BARTER

David is an experienced leader, with a background covering Operations, eCommerce, Finance, Compliance, HR and IT. His career spans Banking, Retail and Engineering, spending the majority of his career working for ALDI as they grew to become 4th largest supermarket in the UK, including seven years on their UK board as Managing Director of IT and eCommerce.

David joined Hoverdale’s Senior Management Team in 2023 to seek a fresh challenge in a completely different industry sector. He has applied his approach to Process Improvement, Efficiency, Customer Service and Teamwork to great effect during Hoverdale’s sustained growth.

Married to Jane, with three adult sons between them, David volunteers on the board of the Nottingham Playhouse theatre as well as his local rugby and football clubs. Any spare time he spends enjoying walks with their Golden Retriever, Buzz, who is also regularly seen in the Hoverdale office.

BEN DUCHESNE

Ben is a time serviced field service engineer in the busy waste and recycling sector, who’s career moved into to managing service teams and beyond. Originally beginning his career with a HGV repair and maintenance apprenticeship with IVECO, from there travelling and working in multiple countries moving towards waste processing shredders.

Ben joined the Hoverdale team in September 2024 seeking to apply his extensive knowledge to a new area. His values and ethics fit perfectly within the Hoverdale ethos.

He is happily married to Kristina, with 4 wonderful young children; 14, 11, 8 and 5. We the children he doesn’t get much spare time. He is a family man, who enjoys spending as much time with them as possible.