The British Metals Recycling Association (BMRA) is the trade association representing the £7 billion UK metal recycling sector – a globally competitive industry supplying environmentally-friendly raw material to metals manufacturers around the world.

We represent 300 organisations comprising of metal recyclers both in the UK and internationally and members who provide services to the industry from insurance to computer software to equipment.

The wider metals recycling industry comprises an estimated 2,000 businesses and employs some 15,000 people.

The industry trades and processes approx. 11.6 million tonnes of ferrous and non-ferrous metals every year, including: steel, aluminium and copper. This sees them recycle a wide range of related products, such as end of life vehicles, packaging, batteries, domestic appliances, building materials and electronic goods.

www.recyclemetals.org