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ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS
Responsible architectural design should take into consideration environmental issues as well as cost. Because steel is the most recycled waste in North America, it is considered a green building material.
Steel is cost-competitive, performance-enhancing and environmentally advantageous. According to the Steel Recycling Institute (SRI), it takes about 40 to 50 mature trees to build a 2,000 sf home from wood. It takes about six scrapped cars to build the same house out of steel. More steel is recycled
annually than paper, aluminum, glass and plastic combined.
The steel framing production process uses a minimum of 25% of recycled steel (often much more), and even all-new steel contains some recycled steel. The steel industry has made tremendous improvements to reduce pollution produced from mining, processing and steel-making waste.
Steel waste has scrap value and is readily accepted by scrap yards for recycling. Timber waste has much less recycling value than steel. The timber industry also impacts wildlife, soil, water and other resources during growing, harvesting, clear-cutting, run-off and replanting plus pest control operations.