Download presentation
Presentation is loading. Please wait.
Published byFrederica McDowell Modified over 8 years ago
1
Statewide Solid Waste Planning and Recycling Workshop Metals Recycling
3
Nucor A Steel and Steel Products Company The largest recycling company in the Western Hemisphere Scrap Yards Steel Mills – bar, structural, sheet Fasteners Building Systems
4
Nucor Steel Gallatin Who Are We? 400+ Teammates working together An Electric Arc Furnace Steel Recycler Hot Rolled carbon steel producer A Gallatin County community member
5
Cultural and Environmental Stewards Stewardship at Nucor Steel Gallatin Student Earth Day Earth Day Celebration Adopt a Highway River Sweep
6
Student Earth Day
7
Earth Day Celebration
8
Adopt A Highway
9
Ohio River Sweep
10
Recycling Purpose KnowledgeEasy Teamwork
11
Recycling – Purpose $
12
Recycling – Knowledge
13
Recycling – Made Easy Plastic Bottles and Aluminum Cans Paper and Light Weight Cardboard
14
Recycling – Made Easy
16
Recycling – Teamwork
17
Recycling Manage Process Purchase
18
Scrap is Not Waste Recycling is Not Disposal Environmental Benefits of Steel Recycling Reduced: Consumption of Water Air Pollution Water Pollution Energy Usage Raw Materials
19
Recycling one ton of steel conserves: 2500 pounds of iron ore 1400 pounds of coal 120 pounds of limestone (USGS Study) Environmental Benefits of Steel Recycling
20
A viable steel recycling infrastructure Discourages open dumping of steel containing items Motivates people to clean up steel items along roadsides, in creeks, and fields Keeps valuable material out of landfills
21
River Metals Recycling Largest scrap metal processor in Kentucky Over 350 Employees Recycle over 1.8 billion pounds of steel metal (including over 80,000 cars) Recycle over 35 million pounds of aluminum scrap
22
River Metals Recycling * Louisville 502-585-5331 * Newport 859-291-5509 * Owensboro 270-264-4004 * Paducah 270-442-5122 * Somerset 606-679-2448
23
Nucor Steel Gallatin In 2016 Our 400+ Teammates have: Used 1.5 billion pounds of recycled steel Produced over 30,000 coils of carbon steel Sold over 200 Million pounds of slag Recycled over 18 Million pounds of dust
29
Largest Recycling Company in the Western Hemisphere Over 19 Million Tons of Scrap melted in 2013
30
Recycling
Similar presentations
© 2025 SlidePlayer.com. Inc.
All rights reserved.