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Aug . 02, 2024 14:39 Back to list

Tin Cans, Metal Cans, and Their Presence in Recyclable Industrial Packaging



Tin Cans, Metal Cans, and Their Presence in Recyclable Industrial Packaging

A word about one of our top industrial packaging, which is a top container in the industrial packing world: metal. Why is metal packaging so popular? The answer lies in a question that takes many forms.

Are tin cans recyclable? Yes, tin cans are recyclable, which is a key factor in its high admiration in the industry and with consumers. So can steel be recycled? Yes, steel can be recycled, since it is a metal material. Steel cans are 100% recyclable. Over and over again. Forever.

Tin Cans & Metal Cans Fast Facts

Each recycled tin can substantially reduces the environmental footprint of the next can, and recycled cans are back on the shelf in as little as 60 days. Americans could save more than $3 billion worth of energy each year by recycling cans.

ALLSTATE CAN reclaims and recycles 100% of its steel scrap not used for production and we source tin that contains not less than 30% recycled content.

 

Tin Cans, Metal Cans, and Their Presence in Recyclable Industrial Packaging: America's Most Recycled Package


The most recycled material on the planet-steel-stood at 86 percent overall and at 70 percent for steel packaging in 2014 according to data from the Steel Recycling Institute collected from scrap processors, steel producers, the United States Geological Survey, and the United States Environmental Protection Agency. “Steel continues to be recycled at a higher volume than paper, plastic, glass, copper, and aluminum combined, and the steel can holds the distinction of being food and beverage’s most recycled container,” says Bill Heenan, president of the Steel Recycling Institute. Steel can recycling rates have risen from 15% in 1988 to 70% in 2014.

Rectangle Tin Can Embossing


Metal packaging is easy to collect, sort, and recycle because of its magnetic quality. It can be recycled an infinite number of times without loss of durability or strength. Recovered metal feeds the production cycle—it isn’t waste—an infinite recycling loop can be created with no “down-cycling”.


Using recycled steel also saves energy. Compared to
production from virgin raw materials, producing steel
exclusively from scrap requires 75% less energy. Using
recycled material, the steel industry saves enough energy in a year to electrically power more than 18 million homes for one year. There are typically 60 to 80 million tons of steel scrap recycled per year into new steel products in North America and 75% of what has been produced is still being used today in an infinite recycling loop.


Each tin can recycled substantially reduces the environmental footprint of the next can, and recycled cans are back on the shelf in as little as 60 days. Americans could save more than $3 billion worth of energy each year by recycling cans. Paper, plastic, and glass can only be recycled a few times whereas metal containers can be recycled infinitely for multiple uses. Tins also become cherished keepsakes that aren’t thrown away keeping your brand alive across generations.

 

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