Today, the major scrap metal companies are sophisticated operators using the latest technology to improve the recycled products sold to mills and foundries.

Metal processing mills pay premiums for cleaner, more compact product, denser material, sorted shred scrap, and a variety of other processed material. To meet this demand, scrap recyclers are investing in better equipment, waterproof storage facilities, and technology.

Demand for ferrous, non-ferrous, and new materials will grow to unprecedented levels fuelled by:

	Environmental conservation of natural resources, especially in the forestry sector, creating increased use of metal products in the housing sector
	Increase in the use of non-ferrous metals in the development of lighter and stronger products for the automotive and aeronautics industries
	Improved recycling and sorting methods with the advent of new and more powerful equipment, which will increase capacity and quality
	More efficient scrap metal collection methods due in part to an environmentally conscious society willing to participate more in the recycling chain
	A broader use of steel products in a range of industrial and domestic uses, e.g. computers, food and beverage containers, construction, telecommunications and transportation
	Governments on all levels that have become proactive in the recycling process by implementing legislation and by-laws to ensure an increasingly greater proportion of all waste is recycled.