so-called “green steel”, developed by professor veena sahajwalla, involves making steel out of waste materials such as plastic bags and car tires. the unique technology reduces reliance on coke and coal in electric arc furnace (eaf) steel-making.<\/p>\n
the “green steel” project created the ability to recycle waste plastics and waste rubber for making steel.\u00a0 in the process itself, it has shown that the steel making process can also become more energy efficient which lowers electricity consumption.\u00a0 this makes it a win-win when it comes to \u00a0recycling waste materials and energy consumption in the steel making process.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
researchers in australia have created a way to turn old plastic bags and rubber tires into steel! the process not only reduces the amount of waste thrown into landfils, but makes steel production less expensive and more energy-efficient.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8921,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4905,4893,4900],"tags":[158,2526,2527,2528,2529,592],"storyfest_categories":[],"class_list":["post-13581","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adaptation","category-architecture","category-green-living","tag-green-building","tag-green-steel","tag-material-science","tag-steelmaking","tag-unsw","tag-waste"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n