US steel product recycling rates up

Archiv – The US-based Steel Recycling Institute (SRI) has announced a slight increase last year in domestic recycling rates for a variety of steel products. According to the SRI, steel continues to be the backbone of the recycling infrastructure throughout the USA with almost 69 million tons recycled in 2003. This gave an overall recycling rate of 70.7% – virtually unchanged from 2002.United States | The US-based Steel Recycling Institute (SRI) has announced a slight increase last year in domestic recycling rates for a variety of steel products. According to the SRI, steel continues to be the backbone of the recycling infrastructure throughout the USA with almost 69 million tons recycled in 2003. This gave an overall recycling rate of 70.7% – virtually unchanged from 2002.
Steel-dominated consumer products such as cans, cars and appliances posted slight increases in recycling levels as a result of the increased value of steel scrap during the second half of 2003. Over 14.2 million tons of steel from end-of-life vehicles was recycled in 2003 to give a rate of 102.9% compared to the 100.6% registered in 2002. When it comes to those products that typically end up in household refuse, such as steel cans and steel-intensive appliances, more of these found their way into kerbside bins and recycling centres last year than in 2002. Over 2.6 million tons of appliances and almost 1.6 millions tons of steel cans were recycled last year to yield recycling rates of 89.7% and 60.2% respectively.
’In 2003, we continued to see the trend of increased ferrous recycling in the construction and demolition arena,’ commented SRI President Bill Heenan. Recycling of heavy structural beams and plates was up slightly from 95% to 96%, while recycling of rebars is estimated to have risen from 57.5% to 60% last year.
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According to the SRI, steel continues to be the backbone of the recycling infrastructure throughout the USA with almost 69 million tons recycled in 2003. This gave an overall recycling rate of 70.7% – virtually unchanged from 2002.
Steel-dominated consumer products such as cans, cars and appliances posted slight increases in recycling levels as a result of the increased value of steel scrap during the second half of 2003. Over 14.2 million tons of steel from end-of-life vehicles was recycled in 2003 to give a rate of 102.9% compared to the 100.6% registered in 2002. When it comes to those products that typically end up in household refuse, such as steel cans and steel-intensive appliances, more of these found their way into kerbside bins and recycling centres last year than in 2002. Over 2.6 million tons of appliances and almost 1.6 millions tons of steel cans were recycled last year to yield recycling rates of 89.7% and 60.2% respectively.
‘€˜In 2003, we continued to see the trend of increased ferrous recycling in the construction and demolition arena,’€™ commented SRI President Bill Heenan. Recycling of heavy structural beams and plates was up slightly from 95% to 96%, while recycling of rebars is estimated to have risen from 57.5% to 60% last year.