ONESTEEL says it expects its metal recycling operation to increase as more and more people become active in trying to slow climate change.
According to OneSteel Market Mills, it recycles enough metal per year to construct almost 50 Sydney Harbour Bridges.
Its recycling operation has expanded to over 35 depots across Australia, and major shredding plants are located in five States.
The company takes abandoned vehicles, white goods, industrial off-cuts, demolition materials, and obsolete goods. These are processed into raw material for making new steel.
Shredders transform used vehicles into fist-sized pieces of scrap at a rate of two cars per minute.
The steel producer says its monitors the amount of water used in the recycling process, and moderates the energy needed to process the scrap. This can lead to savings of up to 74% on the emissions of greenhouse gases compared to making the metal originally in a blast furnace, as well as 90% savings on virgin materials, 40% on water use, 76% on water pollution, and 97% on mining waste.

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