• Steel is the easiest to recycle because it is 100% recyclable.
  
• It is easy to sort for domestic waste streams because it is magnetic.
  
• Steel cans can be recycled over and over again into something new such as a new bike or even another steel can.
  
• Steel cans do have a very thin layer of tin; it is thinner than the skin of a soap bubble.
  
• The steel packaging gives it more protection so it can keep a tight seal and it lasts longer.
  
• Today�s steel cans weigh 40% less than they did 30 years ago. Plus producing steel from recycled materials saves 15% of the energy needed to make steel from a virgin material.
  
• Steel is also easier to store and transport.
  
• Steel is energy efficient which is you use less power making something from steel than if you made it from any other material. Making steel for a steel can, for example, is half the energy it uses to make aluminum can for the same size steel can.

• Steel and aluminum cans were first invented to store food so that it doesn�t go out of date, in the early 19th century to keep food fresh for the soldiers when they go off to battle.
  

If you put food in an aluminium can or a steel can your food will be better preserved than in a lot of other ways.

• All steel cans are 100% recyclable. They can be recycled over and over again, to make anything from cars and bicycles to more steel cans, without any loss of quality!
  
• Recycling aluminum cans saves 95% of the energy used to make aluminum cans from the starter materials.
  
• Aluminum cans are also 100% recyclable.
  

• Reducing the amount we throw away means we are dumping much less waste in landfill. This saves valuable resources, including your money, and reduces waste.
  
• Efficient energy use is the key.
  
• There are various motivations to improve energy efficiency.
  
• Reducing energy use reduces energy costs and may result in a financial cost saving to consumers if the energy savings offset any additional costs of implementing an energy efficient technology.
  
• Reducing energy use is also seen as a key solution to the problem of reducing emissions of greenhouse gases which will stop global warming.
  

Lighter Cans for a Greener Planet!!!!!!!!!!!!

By using thinner tinplate with up to 60% recycled steel for the can ends, the environment benefits. How? This single packaging innovation reduces the weight of cans and reduces consumption of both steel and tinplate for the can end manufactured.

This saves thousands of tonnes of resource.

The lighter cans also reduce the overall weight of products being transported, which in turn leads to improved fuel efficiency.

• Producing steel from recycled materials saves 15% of the energy needed to make steel from a virgin material.
  
• Steel is also easier to store and transport.
  
• Steel is energy efficient which is you use less power making something from steel than if you made it from any other material.
  
• Making steel for a steel can, for example, is half the energy it uses to make aluminum can for the same size steel can.
  
• Pollution-Recycling uses much less energy than producing new materials from scratch. This means less fossil fuel is burnt and less greenhouse gas is emitted.
  
• The vast majority of materials collected for recycling from your doorstep are recycled and used in NZ - this means less fuel is used to export waste and import new materials.
  
• Save habitats and resources and reduce pollution Mining and quarrying raw materials can damage or destroy local wildlife habitats, and refining these raw materials often results in pollution which can affect the wider environment.
  
• Resources can run out and we never know when we may need them in the future. It makes sense to make the most of the resources we have by using them more than once if possible. That is where recycling comes in.
  
• Save money Sending waste to landfill is much more expensive than recycling it.
  
• Landfill sites are massive holes in the ground and take up a lot of space which could be used for other purposes. We don't have much space left in our landfills and have no plans to build new landfills in the future.

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