Metal Recycling Factsheet
• Recycling steel saves 72% of the energy needed for primary production (i.e., 4,697 kWh per tonne). • Recycling one tonne of steel saves 1.4 tonnes of iron ore, 0.8 tonnes of coal, 0.3 tonnes of limestone and additives, and 1.67 tonnes of CO 2. • In 2018, 157 million tonnes of CO 2 were saved in the EU by