{"id":294,"date":"2022-06-15T10:28:26","date_gmt":"2022-06-15T17:28:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ollierecycles.com\/?page_id=294"},"modified":"2022-06-15T10:28:27","modified_gmt":"2022-06-15T17:28:27","slug":"what-is-steel","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ollierecycles.com\/uk\/what-is-steel\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is Steel?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Steel is a type of metal. It’s made from iron ore, limestone, and up to 25% scrap, or recycled, steel. This means that everything made of steel contains recycled material.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Imagine a world without cars or bicycles, without bridges or machinery, without scientific or surgical instruments, without paperclips or cans for food and drink. This is a world without steel!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Every steel object contains some steel that has been recycled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Steel is 100% recyclable.<\/strong> It’s the easiest packaging material to recycle. Things made of steel can be recycled to make new products again and again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Steel is very energy efficient.<\/strong> This means that we use less power making something from steel than if we make it out of another metal. By saving this energy, we save precious resources like coal, gas and oil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Steel is rescued from household rubbish by using huge electromagnets, in a process called magnetic extraction. Steel is the only common metal that sticks to a magnet \u2013 try it yourself!<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n To find out if something is made from steel:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Steel is a very common type of metal. Every day we use many things that are made from it, including cans. These are the most common steel items in our homes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Cans are also called ‘tin cans’ or ‘tins’ because they have a very thin layer of tin on the outside. This protects the surface of the can.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Steel cans were invented nearly 200 years ago in France, as a method of preserving food in the army.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n More than three-quarters of all the cans on your supermarket shelf are made of steel. This includes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Steel is a type of metal. It’s made from iron ore, limestone, and up to 25% scrap, or recycled, steel. This means that everything made of steel contains recycled material. What Do We Use Steel For? Imagine a world without cars or bicycles, without bridges or machinery, without scientific or surgical instruments, without paperclips or […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":7,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"yoast_head":"\nHow do I know if it’s made of steel?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Steel Cans<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Steel cans are used to hold everyday household items<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Steel is still used for cans today because:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n