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Copper recycling in the United States 2005-2015

Volume of copper recycled from scrap in the United States from 2005 to 2015 (in thousand metric tons)

The data describes the volume of copper recycled from both old and new scrap in the U.S. between 2005 and 2015. Here, around 805,000 metric tons of copper were recycled from scrap in 2015.

2005	953
2006	968
2007	933
2008	859
2009	777
2010	785
2011	802
2012	806
2013	796
2014	845
2015	805

Copper recycling in the United States 2005-2015

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