XLERPLATE® steel

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Details

Product Type Life Cycle Assessment & EPD Development, Products
Regions Australia

Contact

Philippa Stone, Sustainability Manager 0429 239 187
Website Visit
Email steeldirect@bluescopesteel.com

ISupplier

Company Name BlueScope
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About

XLERPLATE® steel hot rolled plate products are manufactured to relevant Australian standards to ensure quality and consistency.

Categorised into structural, boiler and pressure vessels and analysis products, XLERPLATE® steel is typically used to manufacture structural sections for buildings, bridges and stadiums and for other heavy industrial applications such as wind towers, pipelines and storage tanks.

Produced to the Australian Standards AS/NZS 3678:2016 (certified by ACRS), and AS 1548-2008, the XLERPLATE® steel hot rolled plate range provides the flexibility to select from our standard range or customised grades, width, thickness and length to suit your specific design criteria.

Sustainability Outcomes

BlueScope embraces circular economy principles in product development, including designing products for durability and resilience.

Steel is strong, durable, and versatile and its inherent properties allow it to be recycled without loss of quality over and over again. In some cases, it can be reused without reprocessing, again saving on energy and resource use.

Steel is 100% recyclable, and its magnetic properties mean that it can be easily separated for recycling and is less likely to end up in landfill.

BlueScope’s Port Kembla Steelworks site, where the steel for XLERPLATE® steel is manufactured, is certified to the ResponsibleSteel™ Standard v1.1.

The ResponsibleSteel™ certification can give organisations in the steel value chain confidence in the environmental, social and governance performance of our steelmaking facilities, and may help them to meet their climate objectives and manage supply chain risks.

An Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) andGreenRate^TM ‘Level A’ certification are available for XLERPLATE® steel.

Applicable Credits

IS v1.2	Inn-1 , Mat-1 , Mat-2 , Was-2 , Was-3
IS v2.1	Inn-1 , Rso-4 , Rso-5 , Rso-6 , Rso-7

Mat-1	Materials life cycle impact measurement and reduction	The use of BlueScope's steel products with Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) can help to demonstrate the environmental impacts of the project vs a reference building or structure - the XLERPLATE® steel EPD can be used to represent the impact of the product in whole-of-building or structure Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and in the IS Materials Calculator.
Mat-2	Environmentally labelled products and supply chains	XLERPLATE® steel may meet environmental labelling requirements of the IS Rating through its GreenRate™ ‘Level A’ certification and Product-specific EPD.
Was-2	Diversion from landfill	The magnetic properties of steel mean that it can be easily separated for recycling and the inherent value of steel scrap results in a high recovery rate. In Australia, this is evidenced by a recycling rate for metals of 90% (National Waste Report, 2020). The steel in XLERPLATE® steel is 100% recyclable without loss of quality. In some cases, it can be reused without reprocessing, again saving on energy and resource use.
Was-3	Deconstruction/Disassembly/ Adaptability	Steel is a strong, durable, and versatile material. BlueScope's steel products lend themselves well to structures that are designed for long life, resilience, and flexibility to accommodate multiple future reuse options without reinvestment in structural alteration and refurbishment. Steel also supports designs where end of life considerations are key, e.g. designing for disassembly and reuse.
Inn-1 (ISv1.2)		Contributes to Innovation Challenge-8: Sustainable Supplier and iSupply
Rso-4	Resource Recovery and Management	The magnetic properties of steel mean that it can be easily separated for recycling and the inherent value of steel scrap results in a high recovery rate. In Australia, this is evidenced by a recycling rate for metals of 90% (National Waste Report, 2020). The steel in XLERPLATE® steel is 100% recyclable without loss of quality. In some cases, it can be reused without reprocessing, again saving on energy and resource use.
Rso-5	Adaptability	Steel is a strong, durable and versatile material. BlueScope's steel products lend themselves well to structures designed for long life, resilience, and flexibility to accommodate multiple future reuse options without reinvestment in structural alteration and refurbishment. Steel also supports designs where end of life considerations are key, e.g. designing for disassembly and reuse.
Rso-6	Materials life cycle impact measurement and reduction	The use of BlueScope's steel products with Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) can help to demonstrate the environmental impacts of the project vs a reference building or structure - the XLERPLATE® steel EPD can be used to represent the impact of the product in whole-of-building or structure Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and in the IS Materials Calculator.
Rso-7	Sustainability labelled products and supply chains	XLERPLATE® steel may meet environmental labelling requirements of the IS Rating through its GreenRate™ ‘Level A’ certification and Product-specific EPD
Inn-1 (ISv2.1)		Contributes to Innovation Challenge-4: Sustainable Supplier and iSupply