Post and pre-consumer steel scrap is a valuable raw material used in the steel production process, notwithstanding due to its inherent magnetism, steel is easy to separate and recycle, making it the most recycled material in the world.

Around 650 million tonnes of scrap steel is utilised each year within global steel production, with scrap steel used in both primary and secondary steel production routes. This reuse avoids the emissions of over 975 million tonnes of CO2e annually and significantly reduces the use of natural resources.

We continue to explore opportunities to reuse structural steel members reclaimed from existing buildings and structures. As a member of the BCSA structural steel reuse working group, we promote steel reuse as a credible option, whilst raising awareness and knowledge throughout the construction industry.

Interestingly, back in 2005, Caunton Engineering, in conjunction with a major UK car manufacturer, collaborated to reuse and re-erect the structural steel frame of an obsolete building, thereby utilising steel's inherent sustainability quality. The entire existing structural steel frame including the cold rolled members were reused - an excellent example of "Sustainability in Action".