Unlike most other construction materials steel can be recycled indefinitely without loss of property or performance.
This is referred to as multi-cycling.
It means steel always has a value, which guarantees that virtually none is ever disposed of in a landfill.
The multi-cycling of steel is a self-sustaining system that predates modern appreciation of environmental issues and would continue in the unlikely event that they should ever lessen in importance.
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BCSA memorandum No 244/12
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