Recycling

The recycling infrastructure for aluminum and steel in Europe is well established and highly efficient. Both metals are endlessly recyclable without loss of quality and are recycled in a material-to-material process achieving significant economic and environmental savings

In Europe, 58 percent of aluminum cans and 66 percent of steel cans were recycled in 2006. Aluminum cans are manufactured from aluminum produced with 50 percent recycled material. Steel cans are made from steel produced with 56 percent recycled material

The price paid for recycled metals generates revenue that helps to offset the costs of curbside and other recycling programs. The additional benefits of recycling are the significant energy savings and reductions in greenhouse gas emissions compared to using virgin materials. The use of recycled material saves up to 95 percent of the energy required to make aluminum cans from virgin materials and up to 74 percent of the energy required to make steel cans from virgin materials.

In many parts of the world, curbside recycling has been very successful. Recognizing that on a global scale more collection is needed to further reduce the environmental impacts of our packages, Ball is actively engaged in programs to improve collections. The recycling organization “recan” is an example of our efforts.

		recan The task of the recycling organisation recan is to return used beverage cans to the production process in the form of valuable feedstock. -> more