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How to Sort and Prepare Your Scrap for Recycling: A Step-by-Step Guide

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We often see clients–typically residential, but we won’t discount businesses–that call in with a heap of scrap metal for recycling. Let us first congratulate you. You chose to recycle your scrap metal and, more importantly, chose Norstar to do so. Those choices must be acknowledged and appreciated–well done. The next step is organising that scrap […]

Copper: The Metal with a Golden Recycling Potential

14 Mar

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Copper is a versatile and highly conductive metal, that plays a pivotal role in many industries across Australia. Its properties make it excellent for electrical and thermal conductivity, and it’s a hardy metal, resistant to corrosion. We’re going to delve into its recyclability and why its worth taking the time to recycle your scrap copper. […]

Recycling Made Easy: Free Scrap Metal Pick-Up Services in Melbourne

14 Mar

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As of 2021, Victorians dutifully place two-thirds of ‘recyclables’ in their recycling bins. We’re a city that appreciates sustainable solutions in waste management – a priority for residents and businesses. What about recycling that last third? Obstacles can prevent us from recycling, whether it’s a misunderstanding about what can or cannot be recycled, available recycling […]

The Benefits of Battery Recycling

25 Jan

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Batteries have become ubiquitous, powering everything from everyday gadgets to essential medical devices, and electric vehicles. Surging growth in battery usage, and demand globally, has led to a significant increase in battery waste, presenting both a challenge for Victorians and the environment. “The global market for lithium batteries reached nearly 250 GWh in 2020 and […]

Interesting Facts About Metal Recycling

7 Dec

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Although we’re passionate about metal recycling, we appreciate you might not be smelting with excitement. Get it? We wanted to add some brevity to the fun world of metal recycling and introduce you to some interesting metal recycling facts. Share with your family and friends or keep these little nuggets to yourself for icebreakers at […]

How Scrap Metal Gets Reused

27 Nov

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We have a great blog post all about the environmental benefits of metal recycling, here. So, if you’re looking for information on which metals are recyclable and how it’s better for the environment, then head on over there, have a quick read through and then come back. Here, we’re going to focus on how metal […]

Scrap Metal Recycling and Sustainability

17 Nov

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2023 has been a tough year for energy prices, interest rates, mortgage repayments, and food prices, but did you know we also had a steel shortage? Steel manufacturing plants were closed through parts of 2020 due to Covid. Yet this metal is one of the most popular across numerous industries. And with a shortage and […]

The Environmental Benefits of Metal Recycling

9 Aug

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We love metal. Not just at Norstar; but humans, as a species – we love metal. Anthropologically, we have been utilising metal since around 5,000BC – starting with copper. Metal is versatile, tough and multi-functional. But, one of the best benefits of metal is that most of it’s recyclable. So, if it’s not suitable for […]

Can You Recycle Steel?

27 Dec

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Let’s take a fun dive into the wonderful world of recycling steel. Since the late 1800s, the construction industry has used steel for the frames of buildings. Where previously, construction may have used iron, steel quickly supplanted it as a more versatile design material that’s less susceptible to degradation. Steel is used to build modern […]

The Scrap Metal Recycling Process For Ferrous Metals

27 Dec

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If you have scrap metal lying around that you need to dispose of, we urge you to consider carefully how you do so. A lot of metal materials can be recycled; the more ethical and environmentally-friendly option for disposing of anything unwanted. Metal resources are not renewable; our planet has a finite amount, so it’s […]

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