The recycling rate for steel grew by 4.3% from 2001 to 2002, reaching 70.7%, according the Steel Recycling Institute, a unit of the Washington, D.C.-based American Iron and Steel Institute. The recycled scrap totaled more than 70 million tons. Sample ...
The recycling rate for steel grew by 4.3% from 2001 to 2002, reaching 70.7%, according the Steel Recycling Institute, a unit of the Washington, D.C.-based American Iron and Steel Institute. The recycled scrap totaled more than 70 million tons. Sample segments of the steel industry include:
Construction and demolition ferrous debris hit a 95% recycle rate for structural beams and plates. Meanwhile, collection and recycling of rebars and other construction materials increased from 50% in 2001 to 57.5% in 2002.
Steel in automobiles reached a 100.6% rate, a slight drop from 101.9% the previous year. (This rate is calculated by comparing total steel used to produce new cars with the total steel recovered from old cars.)
The recycling of steel in household appliances grew from 85% in 2001 to 86.6% in 2002.
