Galaxy Metal Recycling

When living through a pandemic, the confinement of your own home can leave you deprived of that fresh air the great outdoors can provide – and while coronavirus has left us questioning the safety of all travel, camping is one great summer activity that has proven to be low-risk. With plenty of room to social distance, […] source https://www.galaxymetals.com.au/how-to-make-your-next-camping-trip-zero-waste/

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As buildings continue to go up – particularly here in Melbourne – the demand for responsible construction and environmentally sound practices continues to skyrocket as well. Market research has shown that construction revenue is rising and builders want to use that additional income on energy-efficient, water-efficient, recycled, and renewable materials and services. Additionally, local governments are ramping […] source https://www.galaxymetals.com.au/how-to-make-your-construction-site-green-without-destroying-your-bottom-line/

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The price of scrap metal is in constant fluctuation, so you can’t always estimate how much money you’ll get for whatever scrap you’re planning to sell. That said, having an idea of the market and the factors that influence the price of scrap metal at any given time will help you build some reasonable expectations. […] source https://www.galaxymetals.com.au/how-much-is-scrap-metal-worth-knowing-your-scrap-metal-prices/

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Moving is an often tiring chore. And after a move, you’ll likely find your new home is filled with not just your furniture and belongings, but with boxes and packing paper. You might even find yourself still hanging on to some old furniture that has not quite made it out of our possession. What do […] source https://www.galaxymetals.com.au/answers-to-your-waste-disposal-questions-after-a-move/

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Metal is one of the most widely recycled materials in the world. It can be used and reused endlessly without ever degrading, and the scrap metal industry takes full advantage of this. Today, the scrap metal industry remains both lucrative and efficient, working at a local and global scale to help those in commercial and […] source https://www.galaxymetals.com.au/an-introduction-to-scrap-metal/

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Wasting food is a problem. Approximately a third of all food is wasted globally, and the EPA estimates 15% of that waste is coming from the restaurant industry. That’s 39.7 million tons of food that could have been consumed, recycled, or composted. Those numbers may be disheartening, but there is an opportunity here: 95% of […] source https://www.galaxymetals.com.au/7-ways-to-run-a-more-sustainable-restaurant-and-reduce-food-waste/

Different communities vary in how they define zero waste and what achieving that looks like for them. At the heart of zero waste though, a global movement that began in the 21st century, is the shared goal of decreasing the total amount of waste created, whether that waste ends up in landfills, the side of […] source https://www.galaxymetals.com.au/what-is-zero-waste/

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Before single-stream recycling was developed in the 1990s, recycling was a much more involved task, requiring the separation of recyclables like plastic, glass, and paper. Recent findings show that 91% of plastic—which takes over 400 years to degrade—ends up in landfills or in natural environments as litter. This is likely, in part, due to a lack of general knowledge […] source https://www.galaxymetals.com.au/what-can-i-recycle-and-other-common-recycling-questions/

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