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KENTUCKY EXCELLENCE
IN ENVIRONMENTAL
NORTH A.MERICAN STAINLESS LEADERSHIP
6870 Highway 42 East Phone: (502)347-6000
Ghent, KY 41045-9615
January 5, 2023
Dear Valued Customer,
This letter is in response to your inquiry regarding the scrap usage at our only manufacturing
facility in Ghent, KY. NAS uses recycled scrap to produce stainless steel flat products and long
products. The type of scrap includes both stainless and carbon, and is a mixture of post-
consumer, and pre-consumer (i.e, home scrap). The recycled content varies per heat and grade
of steel. The average recycled content for 2022 was approximately 82%. Post-consumer scrap is
defined as waste material generated by households or by commercial, industrial, and institutional
facilities in their role as end-users of the product which can no longer be used for its intended
purpose. However, NAS does not guarantee any specific recycled content per steel grade or
heat. NAS's goal is to maximize the quantity of scrap used per heat while maintaining the
quality of the steel.
Post-Consumer Recycled Pre-Consumer Recycled Total Recycled Percentage
Content Content
63.77% 18.29% 82%
The stainless and carbon scrap are procured from sources in North America. At NAS, scrap is
melted to produce slabs and billets in Ghent, Kentucky. The slabs and billets are then further
processed at our Ghent facility to make a variety of coils and long products.
Stainless Steel is a closed loop or self-sustainable material in that stainless is 100% recyclable. It
is considered a valuable material at the end of the life cycle providing consumer motivation to
ensure the material is directed back into the scrap stream to be recycled. This conserves natural
resources further reducing energy consumption in the mining and refining process of the
valuable elemental components(such as Iron,Nickel, Chromium,etc.).
If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me or your NAS Sales Representative
at 502-347-6000, or via our website.
Sincerely,
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Anil Yadav
Vice President of Operations
North American Stainless