Copper: recycling volume from new scrap in the U.S.

In 2020, the volume of copper recycled from new scrap in the United States amounted to 697 thousand metric tons, slightly down from 700 thousand tons in the previous year.

The figures refer to scrap that results from the manufacturing process, including metal and alloy production. New scrap of copper excludes home scrap, which is scrap generated and recycled in the metal producing plant.

Annual volume of copper recycled from new scrap in the United States from 2005 to 2020 (in 1,000 metric tons)

Characteristic	Amount recycled in thousand metric tons
2020	697
2019	700
2018	712
2017	702
2016	690
2015	640
2014	672
2013	630
2012	642
2011	649
2010	642
2009	639
2008	700
2007	772
2006	819
2005	769

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Release date

June 2022

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Region

United States

Survey time period

2005 to 2020

Supplementary notes

According to the source, figures include copper recovered from unalloyed and alloyed copper-base scrap, as refined copper or in alloy forms, as well as copper recovered from aluminum-, nickel-, and zinc-base scrap.

This statistic was assembled using several editions of the report.

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