Editing Scrap (section)

== Urban mining ==
[[File:Scrap metal on barge in Stockholm (by Ropsten road and rail bridges).jpg|thumb|Collected scrap metal on barge in Stockholm in course of water transportation and recycling (2023)]]
This term is used to describe the recovery of "dormant" materials that once served a purpose in society but have become disused since. For example, large amounts of metal are buried underground as part of the provision of basic services including telecoms. Infrastructure, buildings and equipment stored or lying dormant in this way accounted for 28% of Sweden's copper use in 2021. In the same period, one sixth of the cables installed in Sweden's telecoms came from harvesting via urban mining. In particular this involved copper, aluminium, iron and steel.<ref>{{Cite web |title=SGU – Urban Mining |url=https://www.sgu.se/en/mineral-resources/metal-and-mineral-recovery/urban-mining/ |access-date=2023-09-05 |website=sgu.se}}</ref> Figures for this are issued by SGU, a Swedish government body responsible for geological survey of bedrock, soil and groundwater.