WFAA WorkshopMay 22 2012

Ian HetheringtonDirector General

British Metals Recycling Association

Ken Mackenzie

• Trade Association - c 300 members

• ferrous and non-ferrous metals

• small, family owned businesses & large, international companies

• collecting, sorting, shearing, baling, shredding and media separation, trading and export

BMRA members:

Metalworks

Shredded scrap

End of Life Vehicle

Car Shredder

Depolluted End of Life Vehicle

Carmaker

Car in use - Product

Smelters

Foundries

Exports

Media Separation

Shredding

Shearing / Baling

Collecting / Sorting

UK Metals Recycling- many suppliers, fewer customers

Recycled metals- environmentally friendly

- widely used

Steel

Aluminium

Copper

Lead

Recycled content

42%

39%

32%

74%

Energy saving

60-75%

95%

87%

60%

Huge environmental benefitsMetal recycling saves 551 million tonnes CO2

equivalent to:

• 1.8 % of all fossil fuel emissions*

• 65% emissions from aircraft

Increasing recycled content from 40%-50%would be equivalent to:

• 15% cut in aircraft emissions

*metal and paper, according to BIR/Imperial College (2010)

High quality metal from scrapElectric Arc Furnace steelmaking- 95-100% scrap metal- tool steels, engine blocks, construction materials

Foundries- Up to 100% scrap- statues to oil rig castings

BOF steelmaking (blast furnace sites)- 10-20% scrap metal

UK METALS RECYCLING- major contribution to European ‘end of life’ targets

• End of Life Vehicles : 75% car is metal 2 million cars , more than any other European country 85% of a car is recycled into secondary raw material

• Packaging : 2-5 billion cans every year

• WEEE : 8m fridges, washing m/cs, electronics

• Batteries : 98% lead acid batteries recycled

• Construction materials

UK METALS RECYCLING- established trading industry

• £5.6 billion annual turnover*

• 13 million tonnes of metal recycled*

• > 70% exported

• traded on the London Metal Exchange

• internationally recognised specifications

EU27 used 96 Million Tonnes of Iron & Steel scrap in 2010

EU27 exported 19 Million Tonnes of Iron & Steel scrap in 2010

EU 27 imported 3.6 Million Tonnes of Iron & Steel scrap in 2010

Metal

– the world’s most recyclable and recycled

material

• Supporting EU Industries

• Prompt EU Payments

• Excess of Scrap in EU

• Need to Export

• Help Import

• Competitive Neutrality

Supporting EU Industries

Excess of Scrap in EU

Need to Export

Competitive Neutrality