Environment

Sustainable development

Aluminum is the third most common element in the earth’s crust (after oxygen and silicon). But the fact that it is an abundant raw material does not mean that its recycling and recovery is not important. Aluminum’s high durability and ability to be 100% recyclable on an infinite number of occasions without loss of quality have
cemented its reputation as the green metal, the best of all for its reusability.

Strong Forms formwork systems are made of 100% aluminum and are ready to be used more than a thousand times and subsequently recycled in conventional industrial processes to 100% aluminum, providing great advantages over conventional wood formwork that wastes natural resources and quickly loses quality and dimensional integrity with only a few uses. Its remarkable strength, anti- corrosion and low-maintenance characteristics make it the ultimate building material for an industry that is constantly looking for lighter, stronger, more durable and environmentally friendly alternatives.

Recycling

Today, 75% of the products made of aluminum are still in use; we can use them over and over again for the same purposes. Thus, this continuously gives rise to a reserve of aluminum in use for future recycling and new applications, especially since aluminum does not lose any of its characteristics in any part of the recycling process, as is the case with other materials. In addition, recycling requires only 5% of the original energy input, which saves 9 tons of CO2 emissions.

Recycling scrap aluminum currently saves approximately 80 million tons of greenhouse gas emissions each year. This is equivalent to removing 15 million cars from the world’s roads. At Strong Forms we are constantly researching innovative ways to improve our recycling, as well as involving all our employees to ensure that our formwork systems are recycled into new ones.