The dire environmental situation in a number of cities and the urgent
need to take steps to protect air and water resources require the deve
lopment of new and efficient methods of pollution control. This proble
m is also important in the processing of secondary ferrous metals. Ire
addition to the scrap-breaking shops at metallurgical plants, about 1
500 other shops and subdivisions process scrap metal within the nation
s of the CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States).