Recycled Content Chart

This chart shows data on recycling rates for basic oxygen and electric arc furnaces.

CSP meets all AASHTO and ASTM pipe standards.

Steelmaking Process
Basic Oxygen FurnaceElectric Arc Furnace
Total Recycled Content*28.9%82.8%
Recycle Content Value for LEED Certification:
Post-Consumer Content Value22.3%46.2%
Post-Industrial Content Value6.1%31.1%

*Details add to less than total due to exclusion of “home scrap” for LEED purposes.
Check the LEED web site for most current data.

Source: Steel Recycling Institute
www.recycle-steel.org