Benefits of Steel

Steel is a unique material because it ALWAYS contains recycled steel. Even while two out of every three pounds of new steel are produced from old steel, it is still necessary to continue to use some quantities of virgin materials. This is true because many steel products remain in service as durable goods for decades at a time and demand for steel around the world continue to grow. All new steel made last year contained a minimum of 25 percent steel scrap on average. To maintain this year-to-year recycling rate, the steel industry has become an efficient user of raw materials and has increased its demand for post-consumer scrap. The steel industry is one of the largest consumers of recycled materials in the world. Not only does steel have recycled content when new it is also 100 percent recyclable at the end of its life. In the United States, about 76 million tons of steel are collected, processed, and ultimately recycled into new products annually, from cars to cans to appliances and, of course, new construction materials, including steel studs and cool metal roofing. Recycling saves energy and other natural resources as embodied energy is amortized over future generations of new steel.

Cannon Equipment uses steel in the manufacturing of its material handling carts, Front-end merchandising fixtures, Point of Purchase fixtures, and automated systems for Dairy and Newspaper.

Listed below are some of the advantages of steel used in our material handling carts –

• Can eliminate the use of stretch film
• Can eliminate the use of corrugated containers
• CannonCarts® have a typical life span of 10+ years
• Steel is a recyclable material

Sources: Steel Recycling Institute; Gregory L Crawford (2007, May). STRONG AS STEEL. Environmental Design + Construction, 10(5), 74-75. Retrieved March 6, 2008, from ABI/INFORM Trade & Industry database. (Document ID: 1278250651).