How to Recycle Saw Blades

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Aluminum and steel are two materials that are frequently wasted. Every day, in cans and beverage containers alone, Americans throw away enough steel and aluminum to rebuild the nation's entire fleet of commercial aircraft every three months, according to Green Student U. Virgin aluminum and steel require great amounts of energy to process their raw ores into the end product. Recycling these products, on the other hand, takes only a fraction of the energy of extracting them from ores. Recycling unwanted household metal items, like saw blades, can help the environment by saving both energy and natural resources.

Finding a Metal Recycling Location

Recycling steel and aluminum takes much less energy than processing raw ore.

  • Locate a recycling facility or scrap yard near you.

  • Call the facility to verify that they accept the kind of metal you want to recycle. You can also check to see if they are solely a drop-off facility, or if they purchase the metal you're trying to recycle to sell it wholesale to companies to recycle and use.

  • Take your saw blade, and/or any other metal items that you wish to dispose of, to the facility and collect your payment if the facility pays for scrap metal.

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