THINKING GREEN: RECYCLING IN THE REFRACTORY INDUSTRY

摘要

As the world's largest producer of refractory materials, RHI recognizes the need to be environmentally conscious as well as to support the efforts of our customers to reduce their carbon footprint. In 2009, RHI recycled more than 70,000 metric tons of used refractory materials received from all markets worldwide. These materials (not all originally manufactured by RHI) are used in a large variety of products and applications with the end goals to save natural resources, reduce carbon emissions created by processing raw materials, reduce landfill, save landfill costs and provide cost savings to our customers. This paper presents RHI recycling philosophy, where we started and what the future holds.