Steel Recycling
The following steel objects can be recycled
Steel, Stainless steel, Some alloy steel
- Steel accounts for 1.5% of waste in the household bin.
- Using recycled metal in the manufacturing of new metal, results in a 75% energy saving.
- Steel can be recycled indefinitely without suffering any loss of quality.
- Tin cans can be recycled to make new tin cans, car parts and keys.
- Steel is the most energy efficient metal used in can production, requiring only 50% of the energy needed to make a comparable aluminium can.
- Steel is easy to extract from a domestic waste stream as it is magnetic.
- Every tonne of recycled steel saves 1.5 tonnes of iron ore, half a tonne of coal and requires 40% less water than primary steel production.
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