As the worldwide focus on “going green” intensifies, more and more businesses are falling in line. Iron World maintains a high percentage of recycled materials in production, doing our part to reduce our organization’s carbon footprint and encourage the use of recycled materials in our industry.

Our customers can contribute to the cause by purchasing and utilizing green materials and products, thereby promoting the conservation of Earth’s diminishing non-renewable resources. Additionally, the incorporation of green materials into construction projects can help reduce the environmental effects linked to the mining, transport, processing and disposal of many steel industry resources.

Steel has one of the highest recycle rates of source materials in the world. The steel industry has been recycling itself for well over a hundred years, encouraged by the fact that it is more economical to recycle steel from scrap than to produce from virgin material, as producing a new steel product from recycled steel scrap uses approximately 75% less energy on average than making the same product from virgin ore.

All Maverick Series panels and posts are fabricated from materials consisting of a minimum of 63% recycled steel content, on average. As a chain link manufacturer, Iron World utilizes steel rod comprised of at least 75% salvaged steel. These figures regarding percentages of recycled source materials allow Iron World to be in compliance with the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) standards for these products.