When a building is demolished, what happens to any metal that was used to build it? Do they just throw it away

Question

When a building is demolished, what happens to any metal that was used to build it? Do they just throw it away

Answer 1

no they usually have a private company buy it and then sell th metal to be recycled and salvaged even some of the concrete is recycled

Answer 2

That really depends on the demo company. If it is something they can sell for scrap or reuse they may save it. Otherwise it just goes to the dump.

Answer 3

It'll go to a scrap yard that will sort it out, and melt it down to sell to contractors

Answer 4

It is sold as scrap and recycled.