Emeritus Prof Christopher May on Nostr: There is a major opportunity in the UK for a #steelmaking #greentransition. As blast ...
There is a major opportunity in the UK for a #steelmaking #greentransition.
As blast furnaces become cleaner so the use of scrap metal for making new steel can expand (and has done elsewhere!)
Currently the UK is a laggard in recycling it's scrap, so its both an opportunity for metal #recycling but also yet one more indication that in the details the UK could be doing so much more to (easily) promote green solutions.
(Though, as chart shows our scrap is imported for recycling elsewhere!)
As blast furnaces become cleaner so the use of scrap metal for making new steel can expand (and has done elsewhere!)
Currently the UK is a laggard in recycling it's scrap, so its both an opportunity for metal #recycling but also yet one more indication that in the details the UK could be doing so much more to (easily) promote green solutions.
(Though, as chart shows our scrap is imported for recycling elsewhere!)