Metal Recycling, Scrap Processing & Salvage worked example

Recovered Material Yield at 68% target recovery yield benchmark: a worked example

This worked example runs the recovered material yield numbers for a tougher week than the baseline: 68% target recovery yield benchmark instead of the typical 95%. Estimate recovered material yield for metal recycling, scrap processing and salvage using production-ready inputs so teams can track KPI performance and decide whether corrective action is needed.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Recovered saleable metal (clean output): 8 count (held at the documented default)
  • Total infeed processed (gross input): 250 count (held at the documented default)
  • Target recovery yield benchmark: 68 % (the input this scenario stresses; the baseline uses 95)

Working through the calculation

  • The calculation starts from the formula this tool documents: Recovered material yield rate = recovered material yield count ÷ total recovered material yield population × 100.
  • Recovered material yield rate works out to 3.2 % at these inputs, and this is the headline figure for the scenario.
  • Recovered material yield gap to target works out to 64.8 points at these inputs.
  • Recovered material yield count works out to 8 count at these inputs.
  • Total recovered material yield population works out to 250 count at these inputs.

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. A result at this level usually justifies acting on the stressed input before touching anything else, because every other figure in the table is downstream of it.

Results at a glance

  • Recovered material yield rate: 3.2 % (headline result)
  • Recovered material yield gap to target: 64.8 points
  • Recovered material yield count: 8 count
  • Total recovered material yield population: 250 count

Run it with your numbers

  • To rerun this with your own numbers, open the live Recovered Material Yield calculator, set target recovery yield benchmark to your actual value, and adjust the remaining inputs to match your operation.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.