The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) has updated the ISRI Scrap Specifications Circular which includes revisions to existing and the addition of new nonferrous scrap specifications. The ISRI Board of Directors approved these specifications.
ISRI's new specifications
Tank and aluminum chops and straw
Shall consist of clean aluminum, chops or straws, free of screening, hair-wire, iron, copper, insulation, and other non-metallic items. Must be free of minus 20 mesh material. Must contain 99 percent aluminum content.
Tease aluminum wire and cable
Shall consist of new, clean, aluminum wire or cable free from hair wire, ACSR, wire screen, iron, insulation, and other non-metallic items. Must contain 99 percent aluminum content.
ISRI's revised specifications
Reels mixed nonferrous wheel weights
To consist of nonferrous wheel weights that are a minimum of 35 percent (overall) nonferrous and no more than 65 percent Iron (Fe). Anticipated nonferrous material may be both Lead and Zinc weights. To be free of foreign material. Final material specifications to be determined between buyer and seller.
Tall E.C. aluminum chops and straws
Shall consist of clean, 1350 and/or 1050 alloy, E.C. aluminum, chops, or straws, free of screening, hair-wire, iron, copper, insulation, and other non-metallic items. Must be free of minus 20 mesh material. Must contain 99.45 percent aluminum content.
Talon E.C. aluminum wire and cable
Shall consist of new, clean, 1350 and/or 1050, E.C. aluminum wire or cable free from hair wire, ACSR, wire screen, tape, iron, insulation, and other non-metallic items. Must contain 99.45 percent aluminum content.
ISRI's Scrap Specifications Circular provides industry guidelines for buying and selling a variety of processed scrap commodities, including ferrous, nonferrous, paper, plastics, electronics, rubber, and glass.
