More than half of the steel we see around us has already been recycled from scrap. Waste disposal problems are lessened because used steel can be recycled over and over. But sooner or later virtually all scrap gets back to the steel mill. Many lives of steel Steel is the world's most versatile material to recycle.
Steel is the world's most versatile material to recycle.
Other less flexible materials must be recycled back to their original uses. But once recycled, steel can hop from one product to another without losing its quality. Steel from cans, for instance, can as easily turn up in precision blades for turbines or super strong suspension cables. Every year steelmakers recycle nearly 385 million tons of steel. In the 60 seconds it has taken you to scan this page, steelmakers around the world recycled more then 700 tons of steel.