Sustainable recycling of metals can significantly reduce energy input. Nevertheless, many half-truths have surrounded the recycling of metals for years. So it's high time to clear up the most common prejudices.
Quality is one thing, because no one wants to be accused of not being a quality product. "Thus, even in the marketing of metals extracted from primary raw materials, buzzwords such as "solder of primary smelting" and the like persist. Due to the inflationary use of the quality term "primary smelting", however, the standards slip and it is suggested to the market that only solders from this primary smelting are of high quality. This is not the case, this claim is false. This is why we have launched the GreenTin+ on the market," says Tobias Patzig, authorised signatory of Feinhütte Halsbrücke GmbH. Reason enough to fight the persistent myths and half-truths. It must be emphasised that the material origin of metals does not necessarily say anything about the purity or quality of the material. Unlike raw materials such as paper or plastic, for example, metals can be recycled as often as desired without any loss of quality or, as in the case of GreenTin+ from Feinhütte Halsbrücke GmbH, even upcycled. With a purity level of 99.99 %, the tin GreenTin+ obtained from recycling processes clearly surpasses the quality of imported tin from primary raw materials.

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