Steel windows are the 'green' option

All steel windows manufactured and supplied by members of the Steel Window Association are produced with steel sections that are themselves manufactured 100% from recycled steel.

At the end of their very long life (usually the life of the building) steel windows can be recovered from site and recycled.

Now comes official confirmation that steel is the "green" option.

The Belgian Government recently announced plans for a new tax on packaging that will penalise materials whose production generates the highest carbon emissions.

A basic tax of euro0.35/kg would be imposed on all packaging materials, which would then be multiplied by a material-specific coefficient which the Belgian authorities say reflects the amount of carbon generated by that material's production.

The proposed coefficients are 0 for paper, one for glass, five for steel, seven for polystyrene and PVC and 18 for aluminium.

Until the day that windows can be made from paper, these figures confirm that steel is the "green" window option.

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