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Cans prevent waste
cans:
canned products:
about wastemetal - recycle ready!
- deliver 100% protection against oxygen, gas, light, moisture or other contamination
Oxygen intake Metal packaging 0 + total LIGHT barrier Other materials 0 -> 1,000 Measured in cm3/m2/day/1 bar atmosphere,
for 100 microns thickness of packaging - are robust and resilient, protecting products whilst minimising waste
- deliver long shelf life so that products can be kept safely until needed
High performance in shelf life Metal 3 years Other materials 18 months
canned products:
- are kept until needed and not thrown away
- retain all their properties longer than any other packaging
about waste
- the EU25 generates 1.3 billion tonnes of waste each year.
- the total waste mountain is mainly composed of agricultural and industrial waste; household waste accounts for 15%.
- packaging represents 13% of household waste.
- only 1.5% of the total household waste is metal packaging.
- therefore metal represents only 0.23 % of the total yearly European waste stream.
- as recycling of used steel and aluminium packaging increases, the residual waste stream will continue to decrease.
- metal packaging is very easy to collect and recycle:
