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A “Can-do” approach
All about Recycling Steel
A presentation from BritishRecycledProducts.co.ukin collaboration with British Steel plc,
SCRIB, the Steel Can Recycling information Bureau, and with thanks to WRAP, the Waste Resources Action Plan
How steel is recycled
Collected in three main ways
3
Kerbside collection
Supermarket collection bank
Council recycling centre
Steel is EASY to recycle from household waste!
It’s MAGNETIC
Machines bale the steel in our domestic waste
Household appliances are much harder to recycle
Like cars, they take time and skill to break apart, which is costly.
Once the steel has been sorted and baled it is…
put into the furnace where molten iron is added
It gets heated to 1700 degrees C
The liquid metal is poured into a mould to form big slabs which are then rolled
into coils
It’s then made into new cans…
bicycle parts…
railway tracks…
ships’ hulls…
cars…
bridges…
rollercoasters…
and many other things,both big and small.
What about the environmental impact?
Steel is made from one of earth’s most common resources – iron ore
as well as limestone
and coal.
Mining these has massive environmental impact,
the manufacture requires a huge amount of energy,
and creates a lot of waste.
The good news is that…
STEEL ISINFINITELY
RECYCLABLE
So by recycling we can…
Conserve non-renewable fossil fuels
Reduce the consumption of energy
Reduce waste
Reduce greenhouse gas emissions
But we can do much better!
In the UK up to 25% of a can is made up of recycled steel
but steel manufactured in Europe contains 54%
recycled steel.
SO WASH YOUR CANS PLEASE!
Find out what can be recycled where you live
Enter your postcode at
recyclenow.com(There are lots of other cool things there too.)
Thanks for watching!