Any item that has multiple uses like the flip lighter (steel and oil) you only get one of those when you use it. Steel or Oil. However, you drop it on the ground and break it down in Workshop mode, and those components are seperated.
This is Extremely tedious however, no one wants to do that.
So maybe with the Scaveging bench, on top of collecting materials, they Automatically break down the base components. If that isn't possible, make a Scrapper machine that you store items in and it does it for you. Maybe make it a Workshop upgrade instead, so they are broken down and stored at the same time.
Just a thought! Hopefully this is doable, and is done.
Thanks for reading. = )