Australia is one of the leading countries when it comes to recycling, with 51 percent of its waste being utilised again for other purposes. This is partly because of the Government's Department of the Environment and Energy's Green Army initiative which aims to encourage local people to clean up local land. It's a great way to get people involved in community projects, and as such has met with great success. It's also due to the Government's willingness to make metal recyclers and other garbage disposal and recycling services much more available to the general public.

It is no surprise that many Australians have old cars taking up valuable space in their garage or backyard. If you have such a vehicle that you don't use and have no plans of reselling, it can be a good idea to sell it to a scrap yard. Cars are primarily made of metallic materials, and you can fetch some good cash from the old one that's lying in your yard.

In this consumer-driven world, almost everything that you buy can in one way or the other be recycled and used again. If you've just become the owner of a wide selection of used equipment or appliances and may be wondering what to do with them, why should you consider recycling and how are the various components segregated for scrap? How Metal Is Segregated Typically, scrap metal can be divided into two separate categories – nonferrous and ferrous.