With any refinement process scrap is unavoidable, but one of the benefits of working with metal clay is that all dust, shavings & broken pieces generated prior to firing can be reused simply by adding water. Any scrap generated from working with post-fired metal pieces can also be recycled.

See below as metal clay scrap is collected, crushed and rehydrated so it can be reused in future projects.

Considering that most metal clays are made from recycled metals, the fact that there is next to zero waste produced during the entire making process makes it a great eco-friendly material to work with.