2019 Recycling Industry Yearbook

ISRI.ORG 57 Year Primary Production Secondary Production Old Scrap Secondary Prod. New Scrap 1968 2,953,000 164,000 740,000 1969 3,441,000 181,000 862,000 1970 3,607,000 179,000 728,000 1971 3,561,000 196,000 757,000 1972 3,739,000 227,000 795,000 1973 4,109,000 240,000 886,000 1974 4,448,000 276,000 887,000 1975 3,519,000 305,000 816,000 1976 3,856,000 371,000 963,000 1977 4,118,000 482,000 974,000 1978 4,358,000 522,000 996,000 1979 4,557,000 557,000 1,060,000 1980 4,654,000 617,000 960,000 1981 4,489,000 758,000 1,030,000 1982 3,274,000 782,000 884,000 1983 3,353,000 820,000 953,000 1984 4,099,000 825,000 935,000 1985 3,500,000 850,000 912,000 1986 3,037,000 784,000 989,000 1987 3,343,000 852,000 1,130,000 1988 3,944,000 1,050,000 1,080,000 1989 4,030,000 1,010,000 1,040,000 1990 4,048,000 1,360,000 1,030,000 1991 4,121,000 1,320,000 969,000 1992 4,042,000 1,610,000 1,140,000 1993 3,695,000 1,630,000 1,310,000 Year Primary Production Secondary Production Old Scrap Secondary Prod. New Scrap 1994 3,299,000 1,500,000 1,580,000 1995 3,375,000 1,510,000 1,680,000 1996 3,577,000 1,570,000 1,730,000 1997 3,603,000 1,530,000 2,020,000 1998 3,713,000 1,500,000 1,950,000 1999 3,779,000 1,570,000 2,120,000 2000 3,668,000 1,370,000 2,080,000 2001 2,637,000 1,210,000 1,760,000 2002 2,707,000 1,170,000 1,750,000 2003 2,703,000 1,070,000 1,750,000 2004 2,516,000 1,160,000 1,870,000 2005 2,481,000 1,080,000 1,950,000 2006 2,284,000 1,580,000 2,800,000 2007 2,554,000 1,660,000 2,450,000 2008 2,658,000 1,500,000 2,130,000 2009 1,727,000 1,260,000 1,570,000 2010 1,726,000 1,250,000 1,540,000 2011 1,986,000 1,470,000 1,640,000 2012 2,070,000 1,630,000 1,802,000 2013 1,946,000 1,630,000 1,790,000 2014 1,710,000 1,690,000 1,870,000 2015 1,587,000 1,560,000 2,000,000 2016 818,000 1,570,000 2,010,000 2017 741,000 1,590,000 2,050,000 2018 890,000 1,600,000 2,100,000 U.S. Primary Aluminum Production and Secondary Production from Old and New Aluminum Scrap, 1968-2018 (metric tons) Source: U.S. Geological Survey