Recycling

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 Recycling Champion

Steel is the most recycled material in the world.

Easy Separation

Because steel has magnetic properties, it can be easily recovered from all efficient waste streams.

Saving resources

Recycling saves raw materials and reduces CO2 emissions. As a permanent material, steel can be recycled over and over again without any loss of quality.

STEEL: THE RECYCLING CHAMPION

Steel is the most recycled material in the world.

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80.5% of steel packaging is recycled in Europe (2022 data according to new EU calculation methodology).

Recycling
infrastructures

In Europe, recycling infrastructures have been in place for a long time so are well-established and highly efficient.

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100% of all recycled steel packaging is reused to make new steel.

The industry aims for Zero Steel Packaging to Landfill by 2025.

RECYCLES SAVES RESOURCES AND REDUCES EMISSIONS

Steel for packaging’s high recycling rate reduces CO2 emissions.

In 2021, over 2.8 million tonnes of packaging steel was recycled in Europe, saving over 4 million tonnes of CO2.

Energy and raw materials

Energy and raw materials embedded in recycled cans are entirely reused.

Using recycled steel
saves 70% energy.

1 tonne of recycled steel saves over 1,5 tonnes of CO2 emissions

Calculating Recycling Rates

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Steel: a permanent material

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Local recycling

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Ease of recycling

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