The British Metals Recycling Association is the UK's trade association

Trade association

A trade association, also known as an industry trade group, business association or sector association, is an organization founded and funded by businesses that operate in a specific industry...

 for metal recycling. It is based in Cambridgeshire

Cambridgeshire

Cambridgeshire is a county in England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the northeast, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the west...

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Function

Its companies recycle over 95% of the UK's metal waste - around 13 million tonnes. The companies recycle steel, copper, aluminium, ferrous

Ferrous

Ferrous , in chemistry, indicates a divalent iron compound , as opposed to ferric, which indicates a trivalent iron compound ....

 and non-ferrous metals, batteries, domestic appliances, and electronic goods

Electronic waste

Electronic waste, e-waste, e-scrap, or Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment describes discarded electrical or electronic devices. There is a lack of consensus as to whether the term should apply to resale, reuse, and refurbishing industries, or only to product that cannot be used for its...

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Worldwide, 400 million tonnes of metal are recycled.

Policy issues

It argues that many motor vehicles are illegally dumped because owners of end-of-life cars are not required to obtain a certificate of destruction for the vehicles.