Metal recovery over the product life cycle

On average, 81% of our input material stems from recycled resources, but we want to increase this to 90% by 2030. This will also reduce our Scope 3 emissions, which we want to cut down by 25% by 2029. To achieve this, we are already working across the product life cycle of steel to return scraps, chips, and other metal-containing wastes to our plants. This enables us and all our partners in the chain to reduce their Scope 3 emissions and make their processes and products more sustainable. In this article, an exemplary product life cycle of steel products will be explored to show how different types of metal wastes esp. chips and sludge are generated in the product life cycle and some approaches taken for their collection and return.