Metal Recycling, Scrap Processing & Salvage worked example

Recovered Material Yield at 99% target recovery yield benchmark: a worked example

This scenario runs the recovered material yield calculation on the strong side: 99% target recovery yield benchmark, with every other input held at its documented default. Use it when recovered material yield in metal recycling, scrap processing and salvage needs a clean rate and gap-to-target you can put on a tier board.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Recovered saleable metal (clean output): 8 count (unchanged)
  • Total infeed processed (gross input): 250 count (unchanged)
  • Target recovery yield benchmark: 99 % (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 95)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Recovered material yield rate = recovered material yield count ÷ total recovered material yield population × 100) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 3.2 % for recovered material yield rate, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 95.8 points for recovered material yield gap to target.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 8 count for recovered material yield count.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 250 count for total recovered material yield population.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where target recovery yield benchmark sits at 95% and the headline result is 3.2 %, this scenario lands almost exactly on the baseline at 3.2 %.
  • Use it on shift-end reconciliations, when commissioning or tuning a separation line, or when auditing whether an incoming grade is paying out as expected. Treat this as a target state: the delta against the baseline quantifies what the improvement is worth before you commit to chasing it.

Results at a glance

  • Recovered material yield rate: 3.2 % (headline result)
  • Recovered material yield gap to target: 95.8 points
  • Recovered material yield count: 8 count
  • Total recovered material yield population: 250 count

Run it with your numbers

  • Every input above is editable in the live Recovered Material Yield calculator, which recalculates instantly and can be shared with the inputs intact.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.