Corus launches first CanRoute centre in Northern Ireland

As a CanRoute centre, Seaforde Scrap Metals will process the steel packaging collected through numerous kerbside collection schemes and civic amenity sites in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.  After checking that the steel meets Corus’ quality requirements, the steel packaging – including food and drinks cans, pet food tins, aerosols and paint tins – will be transported in bulk to the Corus steelplant in Port Talbot, South Wales.

Seaforde Scrap Metals is a family-run firm, which has been handling scrap ferrous and non-ferrous metal for the last 85 years.  Since summer 2005, the company has expanded its business to include the processing of household steel packaging collected by local authority and waste management schemes.

As a result of this expansion, Seaforde Scrap Metals expects to receive more than 1,000 tonnes of loose and lightly baled steel containers from kerbside schemes over the next year.