Is Iron / Steel endlessly recyclable ?

If it wasn't, China and India would be in deep ****.

Regards Ian.

My best source of steel is the local farm machine repairer.He buy black mild steel in plate,bars etc for ca 1,3 £ per kg.Made from recycled scrap.

I have seen his bandsawblade destroyed by a short piece of 5mm spiral drill.

Carbide and he was concerned.

It does not melt in furnace and is small enough to defy separation by density.

The people at workshop was told to be carefull when throwing away carbide.

Edited By Niels Abildgaard on 23/07/2020 13:59:24

During WWII the GWR had wide spread 'salvage' drives. Salvage being the collection of materials for recycling and not just metal by the way - paper, rags,oil,grease, bones amongst other commodities were sought. A special request was made for used razor blades to be handed in, thousands were collected and £8 was raised, this was then donated to a comforts fund.

My point being that razor blade manufacturers would be willing to pay a premium for these old blades as their provenance as scrap would be known and trusted.

Also in former times some larger engineering companies would collect scrap files for resale back to manufacturers. Both these instances are probably examples by which modern day recycling conscience enterprises could benefit.

Nothing like good ole Blue Gillette's for cutting Balsa, much better than any of the new "Replacements".

Regards Ian.