World crude metal production for 2008 alone is more than 1.4 billion tons. Double the quantity of the late 1970s. More than seven times as much as in 1950. Metals can be recycled infinitely without losing any oft heir properties. Billions of tons of scrap metal are laying abandoned all over the world. This quantity is constantly increasing. About 70% of all metal is used just once and then it is discarded. The remaining 30% is recycled. After 5 cycles, only one-fourth of 1% of the metal remains in circulation. The rest is… 99% RUST A steel mill using recycled scrap reduces pollution and mining wastes by about 70% We throw out enough iron and steel to supply all the automakers on a continuous basis. Recycling aluminum saves 95% of the energy used to make the material from scratch. This means you can make 20 cans out of the recycled material with the same amount of energy it takes to make one can out of new material. Americans throw away enough aluminum cans to rebuild their air fleet every three months. With the current rates of consumption most of the world’s metal ore resources will be completely exhausted in less than fifty years. What are you going to do about it?