Steel Manufacturing in the Green Era

<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Not many things have penetrated the cultural zeitgeist quite like the idea of sustainability and going green in an effort to curb climate change and global warming&period; No industry has escaped the green brush&comma; and heavy industry is one of those that are perhaps the most difficult to make a marked difference&period;Thankfully&comma; industries like steel manufacturing aren’t being complacent and many initiatives are in place already or being implemented&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">The Basics of Sustainability<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<hr &sol;>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;sustainablesquare&period;com&sol;sustainability-back-to-the-basics&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Sustainability is a simple concept<&sol;a>&period; It’s a broad&comma; catch all name for the almost abstract idea of changing the way we live&comma; build and create to make our planet and its resources last for much longer&comma; and pave the way for our future generations to enjoy our world just like we do&period; Over the last few years&comma; an incredible number of ways we can increase sustainability have been introduced in our personal and daily lives&period; If we all contribute in small ways like doing the recycling&comma; using less single-use plastics&comma; or saving water and <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;newsforpublic&period;com&sol;intelligent-energy-management&sol;">saving electricity<&sol;a>&comma; we can increase sustainability&period; Without big industry coming to the party&comma; however&comma; sustainability isn’t possible&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">To slow global warming&comma; we need to ultimately limit our emissions of greenhouse causing gasses&comma; and the majority of these are created in industry&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">The Main Offenders in Industry<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<hr &sol;>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">There are <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;edition&period;cnn&period;com&sol;2015&sol;08&sol;13&sol;opinions&sol;gallery&sol;top-climate-change-contributors&sol;index&period;html" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">many industries<&sol;a> where global warming is a huge concern&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<ul style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">&NewLine;<li>Electricity and power production aresome of the biggest&comma; thanks to a reliance on fossil fuels like coal&period; Many great leaps forward are being made in renewable industry sources like solar power and wind power&comma; but we still rely heavily on fossil fuels&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Transport is another huge contributor&comma; both cars and the aviation industry&period; Engines burn fuel which releases carbon dioxide – one of the most harmful greenhouse gasses&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>The food industry is perhaps one of the most well publicized contributors to global warming&comma; and the impact of this can be seen by the rise of vegetarianism and initiatives like meat-free Mondays&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Manufacturing and construction are one of the biggest contributors&comma; both because they create pollution themselves and because&comma; particularly in industries like steel manufacturing&comma; they consume large amounts of electricity – which is often being created by that fossil burning power plant&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ul>&NewLine;<h2 style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Existing Green Initiatives<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<hr &sol;>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Manufacturers and the manufacturing industry certainly aren’t sitting back and not doing anything&period; Many manufacturing companies are insisting on renewable power sources and launching green initiatives of their own&comma; through improving their processes and using cutting-edge manufacturing processes like those used by <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;tfgusa&period;com" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">The Federal Group<&sol;a>&period; Responsible supply chain management and manufacturing is the order of the day for the industry&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Ultimately for heavy industry&comma; there’s a balance between running initiates themselves and putting pressure onto third party providers to provide clean and renewable energy&period; The promising message being broadcast around the world by many of the industries identified as high on the global warming offenders&comma; is that things are being done to stop relying so heavily on fossil fuels and increase the sustainability of our world by decreasing those very harmful carbon emissions&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;