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Zic i a eetial elemet r all lii raim. It iqe metallrical a chemical prpertie hae al mae it the

material chice r a exteie rae applicati i mer ciet. At the e their el lie, the ctaie

zic recere rm thee prct ca be reccle witht l it metallrical characteritic r ale. Frther,

while the attribte zic ctribte iicatl t taiabilit ri the e phae, ice zic reccli i a critical

a beecial pplemet t primar metal prcti, zic al pla a imprtat rle ri the e--lie phae b

reci eer e, lweri emii a miimizi wate ipal.

 Tw apprache cmml e t ae reccli rate r zic are the reccle ctet a e lie reccli rate.

Reccle Ctet, a it ame implie, i the meare reccle ctet i a ie prct. Fr metal, reccle ctet

i ciere at the metal prcti tae e.. lab zic. The

reccle ctet r zic i abt 15% lbal ree metal

prcti. Zic’ cmbiati relatiel l erice lie >40

ear aerae a tr cmpti rwth er time

Fire 1, pt it at a iaatae whe cmpari it reccle

ctet aait material like paper, la r platic whe e are

te hrt-lie cmable.

Fr zic a ther hihl rable prct, E Lie Reccli

Rate i the preerre meare a it er a mre cmpreheie

apprach b icrprati reccli eciec, prct lietime

a hitrical prcti patter. It qatie the amt  

zic actall recere at the e prct lie “l crap” a

reccle it ew zic products, a reqire a ertai  

hitrical prcti a cmpti leel, prct lietime

a cllecti rate. It i etimate that 60% aailable zic at the

e lie i recere a actall reccle.

Closing the Loop

FIguRE 2: Reccli Circit r Zic

End oF LIFECllecti & Reccli

PRoduCTIonMii & Rei

usEApplicati

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

Galvanizing Die Brass Rolled ZnO Other Casng Zinc

30%

54%

27%

13% 14%

10%12%

8%6%

10% 11%

5%

1970 (5.2 Million tonnes)

2010 (12.9 Million tonnes)

FIguRE 1: Etimate glbal RefinedZicCmpti b E ue

Whatarethecurrentusesofzinc?

galaizi - cati teel with zic t prie crri

prtecti - i the laret e zic metal accti rer 50% ttal cmpti. other market r zic icle

iecati, bra alli with cpper, rlle zic heet,

cmp ertilizer, pait, rbber a pharmacetical

a batterie Fire 1. The e zic hae t iicatl

chae er time; hweer, refined zic cmpti ha mre

tha ble i the lat 40 ear t er 13 milli te

aall. The majrit thi rwth ha ccrre i

applicati with l eectie lietime, ch a alaizi,

where thee prct ma ta i erice p t 100 ear.

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 TABLE 1: srce a tpe ecar zic

 TyPE oF sCRAPsCRAP RECovERSourcE rESiduES and WholE STEEl FilTEr ProcESS

dRossEs (ns) PRoduCTs (os) dusT (os)

Bra ✓  ✓  - Remelti

die Cati -  ✓  - Remelti

galaizi ✓  -  ✓ Remelti ns

Rei os

Rlle Zic ✓  ✓  - Remelti

other ✓  ✓  ✓ Remelti ns

Rei os

 os = ol crap; ns = new crap

Whatarethesourcesforzincrecycling?

A tematic lie ccle r zic i illtrate i Fire

2. Zic ctaii prct ch a alaize teel

becme a rce reccli eetck at the e

their el lie “l crap”. Thee prct are

cllecte a prcee bae crap aailabilit,

metal cmpiti e.., prit, all, etc. a eae

prcei. Aitiall, e t ptetial le

ri maactri a abricati e.., re,

reie, -ct, etc., zic becme aailable r

reccli ri the prcei phae “ew crap”.

depei the cmpiti the crap bei

reccle, it ca either be re-melte r retre t the

rei prce Table 1.

Howmuchzincisrecycled?

uertai the itricate pathwa rm prcti

thrh e lie allw reccli rate r zic t

be qatie r the erall itr, r b e eectr. Abt 60% l crap cmi t e lie

i ltimatel reccle E Lie Reccli Rate. The

reccli rate are iicatl hiher r me prct

s s z seet fg bss (we ve 90%),

while me e cat be reccle zic xie e

i pharmacetical prct. Fr eelpe rei,

ch a Erpe a the uite state, reccli rate

are cierabl hiher e t exiti tate--the-art

techl a e lie plic meare. The “l

crap rati” ca be calclate a the racti zic

rm l crap i the erall reccli fw. Cieri

e lie eciecie r zic, “l crap” acct r

apprximatel 45% ttal crap aailable Table 2. Reccli rate are al el i ietii area r wate

maaemet ptimizati a t ae the beet plic meare e.., Lie Ccle Aemet.

Whatisthezincindustrydoingtoadvancezincrecycling?

de t the ale zic a a cmmit, the itr ctie t aace

techlie r receri zic rm prct at e lie. Fr example, the

lbal capacit t recer zic rm alaize teel crap teel lter t i

ctiall rwi. I aiti, the Iteratial Zic Aciati IZA ha

eelpe mel t qati zic reccli rate t emtrate the recclabilit

prct a eectiee reccli prram. Frther, the IZA ctiall

eerate a mitr irmati the eectiee zic reccli t help

cmmicate a prmte the ma wa zic ctribte t a taiable ciet.

 TABLE 2: Tpical Reccli Rate Iice

45%

IndICAToR dEsCRIPTIon EsTIMATEd gLoBALRECyCLIng RATE

Reccle Fracti zic crapCtet RC ew a l i the ttal

metal ipt metal prcti

primar a ecar

ol scrap Fracti zic rm l crap

Rati osR i the erall reccli fw

E Lie Fracti zic reccle at eReccli Rate lie relatie t the amt  EoL-RR zic aailable at e lie

1

15%

60%