To meet some critical environmental challenges, industrial-scale recycling is a key solution. For example, aluminum (Al) from discarded products may be recycled over and over again — each time using only 5% of the energy required to extract and refine new metal. This green advantage shines brightly at CASS, a unique closed-loop recycling and manufacturing company in West Oakland, California. More then 200 workers manufacture more than 140 million pounds of aluminum, and process over 100,000 tons of ferrous materials annually — for foundries, die casters, and even industrial artists.
Their products are used to produce goods for applications including transportation, medical, aviation, defense, semiconductors, and communications. “We specialize in recycling society’s end-of-life products,” explains CASS CEO Edward Kangeter. “On the ferrous side, we see a large range from appliances to end-of-life machinery. On the nonferrous side, it’s also things like aluminum vehicle wheels and products from extrusion and demolition operations.” Even compared to other recycling operations, CASS exhibits a signal commitment to sustainability. For example, rather than smelting, it remelts metals: producing quality-spec alloys without using chemical fluxes or chlorine.
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