Recycling

82% of steel for packaging and 76.1% of aluminium beverage cans are recycled in Europe, making metal packaging the most recycled packaging. (Source Steel for Packaging Europe & Metal Packaging Europe)

In the UK, metal packaging has a recycling rate of 80.4%, that is 86.6% of steel packaging and 68.5% of aluminium packaging (Source Gov.uk 2024)

81% of aluminium beverage cans are recycled (Source EveryCanCounts 2024)

A 100% recycling rate for metal is a very real possibility.

It is estimated around 75% of all metal ever produced in the world is still available for use.