Community

Sims Metal Management makes a conscious effort to be a good neighbor wherever we operate. We believe that an open dialogue between our people and our neighbors highlights the economic improvement and the benefits recycling and Sims Metal Management have to offer communities throughout the World.

Based on our fiscal 2009 sales volume of 13.2 million metric tons, recent research indicates that the use of these materials, as opposed to virgin materials, saved enough energy to provide power for more than 6.3 million households (or 15 million people) – roughly equivalent to the combined population of the three biggest US cities of New York, Los Angeles and Chicago. Saving this energy also prevented the emission of 13.6 million metric tons of CO2 to the atmosphere, almost equivalent to the entire CO2 emission of Sweden.

Steel is by far North America’s most recycled material. In fact, an entire type of steel processing – electric arc furnace – has been developed to use recycled steel and iron in the manufacture of products of the future. Steel has no memory, so it can be consistently and easily recycled with little or no loss in quality.

This strong commitment to our ideals is often shown through our employees’ actions. Whether it is organizing the local ecycle event, giving out water on a hot day to parade goers, or even giving school supplies to the local elementary school, Sims Metal Management is actively improving the local social environment while at the same time conserving the Planet’s natural resources.

At our core we are all environmentalists, but even more so, we are your neighbors.