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Facts and Figures
- Each year in the UK we use 13 billion steel cans, which placed end to end would stretch to the moon – three times!
- 3 out of 4 cans on the supermarket shelf are made of steel.
- Steel cans are sometimes called 'tins' because they are coated with a very fine layer of tin.
- Every steel can is 100% recyclable.
- All steel products, including steel cans, contain recycled steel.
- Steel is the world's most recycled packaging material – 350 million tonnes are recycled each year!
- Iron ore and limestone are two essential ingredients in the steel-making process. They are two of the earth's most abundant natural
resources.
- Steel cans are one of the most energy efficient forms of packaging.
- The production of steel for can making requires only about 60% of the energy that would have been needed ten years ago.
- If all drinks cans in the UK were made of steel, the energy saved would be equivalent to that required to light every home in Britain for four weeks.
- Making steel from recycled materials uses up to 75% less energy than making steel from new materials.
- Every tonne of steel from recycled cans saves: 1.5 tonnes of iron ore, 0.5 tonnes of coal and 40% of the water used in production process.
- Today's steel drink cans weigh 40% less than they did 30 years ago. This saves raw materials and makes your weekly shopping lighter.
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