1. System economy

In the article [M 7 059] "General Aspects", we emphasized that recycling ferrous products is an almost natural process. This does not, however, rule out clashes between the continuous production of end-of-life products and the more cyclical production of steels for the manufacture of new goods.

As in any production chain, "accordion effects" occur in the recycling industry. However, such phenomena can be amplified by factors exogenous to the processes, such as, for example, the policy of encouraging higher recycling rates, whose motivations are environmental or...