cans are the packaging recycling champions

metal has the best recovery and recycling rates among all key competing packaging materials and is improving year on year
recycling rates in 2007 were 69% for all steel cans and 58% for aluminium drinks cans in the EU
over 50% of aluminium cans are recycled in Europe
metal has the highest recycling rates of any packaging material in Europe
metal is recycled an infinite number of times without loss of its essential properties. Metal goes back to metal
metal packaging collection for recycling is simple and cost efficient: there are multiple collection systems in the EU and cans suit them all
compared to production from virgin raw materials, producing steel exclusively from scrap requires 75% less energy and producing aluminium from scrap uses 95% less energy,
recycling reduces CO₂ emissions significantly
recovered metal feeds the production cycle - it is not waste: an infinite recycling loop with no "down-cycling"