--- --- # This Company Uses Recycled Metals to Make Steel ## Video: Reaching A Decarbonized Future With Recycled Metals [Watch (HLS stream): Reaching A Decarbonized Future With Recycled Metals](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/sQzFitB3.m3u8) (4:03)  _Published 2024-01-26. Radius Recycling began as a scrap metals business in 1906 and today, it uses recycled metals to manufacture some of the lowest-carbon-emission steel in the world._ Feb 7, 2024 5:27 PM UTC by [Lisa Nho](https://time.com/author/lisa-nho/) ## Lisa Nho Feb 7, 2024 5:27 PM UTC Radius Recycling began as a scrap metals business in 1906 and today, it uses recycled metals to manufacture some of the lowest-carbon-emission steel in the world. Radius Recycling: Producing Low Carbon-Emitting Steel ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/6692444/radius-recycling-sustainable-steel/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/6692444/radius-recycling-sustainable-steel/"},"headline":"This Company Uses Recycled Metals to Make Steel","datePublished":"2024-02-07T17:27:31.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-24T17:05:39.724Z","description":"Previously known as Schnitzer Steel, Radius Recycling began as a scrap metals business in 1906 and today it uses recycled metals to manufacture some of the lowest-carbon-emission steel in the world.","url":"https://time.com/6692444/radius-recycling-sustainable-steel/","keywords":["Environment","climate change","climate","carbon emissions","FuturesDeloitte","Futures","Futures Innovative"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Lisa Nho","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/lisa-nho/"}],"articleSection":"Climate","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/climate/","name":"Climate"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/6692444/radius-recycling-sustainable-steel/","name":"This Company Uses Recycled Metals to Make Steel"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Reaching A Decarbonized Future With Recycled Metals","description":"Radius Recycling began as a scrap metals business in 1906 and today, it uses recycled metals to manufacture some of the lowest-carbon-emission steel in the world.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/sQzFitB3/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2024-01-26T19:15:33.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/sQzFitB3.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/6692444/radius-recycling-sustainable-steel/","duration":"PT4M3S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/6692444/radius-recycling-sustainable-steel/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```