If the manufacturing process I am involved with consumes aluminum coil to produce our end product can we use the internal scrap percentage of the aluminum reused/reverted at the mill as either pre or post consumer scrap for our recycled content percentage? Thanks
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Nadav Malin
PresidentBuildingGreen, Inc.
LEEDuser Moderator
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January 24, 2020 - 7:49 am
Hi Trey,
I don't you think you can count that as recycled content. Any recycled content you count would have to be in the coil that you purchase. Internal reuse of scrap within a factory is consider just good manufacturing practice, not recycling.
Nadav
Trey Jones
January 24, 2020 - 8:11 am
Hello Nadav,
Thanks for the information!
Alexis Corrieras
February 7, 2020 - 1:47 pm
Hello Nadav,
Could you please provide a reference on why internal reuse of scrap within a factory is consider just good manufacturing practice, not recycling? Thank you
Renee Shirey
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February 10, 2020 - 5:03 pm
Alexis, it is in the BD+C Reference Book & Guidance, under Further Explanation / Recycled Content. "Although it is good practice, reusing materials reclaimed from the same process in which they were generated does not contribute toward the recycled content of the material."