Sidenor 2021 Sustainability Report. Non-financial information statement

55 Recycling Sidenor produces 100% of its steel from scrap. Recycling is therefore one of our primary activi¬ties and we manage yearly close to 900,000 tonnes of indus¬trial waste and obsolete materials which are no longer of use to society, such as household appliances or cars. In our centres, we reuse these raw materials and transform them into new steel products of the highest quality. Scrap recycling not only gives new life to waste, but also helps reduce the use of energy in steel production processes and, consequently, CO 2 emissions, in addition to reducing landfilling. Scrap recycling also creates jobs for thousands of people thanks to an extensive collection and processing chain. Eliminating radioactive material We are among the companies which have endorsed the Radiological Surveillance Protocol, which aims at preventing incidents from occurring as a result of radioactive materials in recycled metal materials. Recycling process 100% recyclable post-consumer scrap steel 100% recyclable pre-consumer scrap steel End of useful life, the steel is recycled Use of products Steel production Products manufacturing Reuse Extraction of raw materials