- In the UK we use 13 billion steel cans each year. If we stacked them on top of each other, they would reach the moon – three times!
- 3 out of 4 of the cans in your supermarket are made of steel.
- Steel cans are also called ‘tins’ because they are coated with a very fine layer of tin – another metal.
- When steel is made, the process doesn’t take much energy. If all the drinks cans in the UK were made of steel, the energy saved would be enough to light up every home in Britain for 4 weeks!
- 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.