Ever Considered Using Brass Scrap?

By: Karen | Posted: 30th March 2010

Brass is not actually a metal by itself. It is an alloy of copper and zinc where copper is the base metal, alloyed with a certain percentage of zinc. Brass has become so widely popular that it has created a niche for itself and thus people think of it as a metal. As brass is widely used, it is also recycled to a huge extent, especially in the UK. The United Kingdom is known to be using 100% brass scrap from metal scrap companies in Dubai and other parts of the world.

The brass industry is well organized and is responsible for recycling brass items at the end of their long lives or when discarded. On account of environmental sustainability, making brass from new components is pointless. Thus the act of recycling brass items is heavily encouraged world over. All the metal recycling companies in Dubai also contribute towards this idea.

Brass scrap in Dubai is widely recycled for plumbing hardware. But architects and interior decorators are taking this alloy made from zinc and copper scrap in Dubai, a few steps further. Brass alloys are available in a range of beautiful tints and accordingly known as yellow brass, red brass, semi-red brass, etc. It is widely used in hospitals too as it has proven to kill pathogens settling on it. Thus it prevents the spread of infections that could be acquired by the patient through an operation or by simply breathing the air in the hospital. Materials like steel and plastic are unable to do this. Thus, because of its many properties, brass scrap is also traded among other scrap metals available at Lucky Recycling in the Middle East.

About The Author

Karen Adams is an environmentalist who contributes articles to metal recycling companies in Dubai. Lucky Group is one such company he trusts in. He does his best to inculcate an eco-friendly behavior among people. As Lucky Group is one of the best metal scrap companies in Dubai and internationally, he enjoys yielding ideas on this topic.
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