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