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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!<\/li><li>Each year in the UK we use 13 billion steel cans, which placed end to end would stretch to the moon \u2013 three times!<\/li><li>3 out of 4 cans on the supermarket shelf are made of steel.<\/li><li>Steel cans are sometimes called &#8216;tins&#8217; because they are coated with a very fine layer of tin.<\/li><li>Every steel can is 100% recyclable.<\/li><li>All steel products, including steel cans, contain recycled steel.<\/li><li>Steel is the world&#8217;s most recycled packaging material \u2013 350 million tonnes are recycled each year!<\/li><li>Iron ore and limestone are two essential ingredients in the steel-making process. They are two of the earth&#8217;s most abundant natural resources.<\/li><li>Steel cans are one of the most energy efficient forms of packaging.<\/li><li>The production of steel for can making requires only about 60% of the energy that would have been needed ten years ago.<\/li><li>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.<\/li><li>Making steel from recycled materials uses up to 75% less energy than making steel from new materials.<\/li><li>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.<\/li><li>Today&#8217;s steel drink cans weigh 40% less than they did 30 years ago. This saves raw materials and makes your weekly shopping lighter.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the UK we use 13 billion steel cans each year. 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