UNEP REPORTS SAY METAL RECYCLING RATES TOO LOW
May 1st, 2010
BY ALYSHAH HASHAM and KEITH NUTHALL
A NEW report from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has underlined the enormous disparities in stocks of metals used in rich and poor countries.
The report 'Metals in Society' examines the amount of individual metals present in society, and the potential for using the in-use stock to offset demand from virgin metal stocks.
Its authors found the largest global per head of population (per capita) stock of in-use metals is iron at 2,200 kg, followed by aluminium at 80 kg, copper at 35-55 kg and lead at 8 kg. And ...
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