Sustainability

INFINITELY GOOD

The world’s first beverage can was launched in the USA in 1935. Today, it’s a coveted lifestyle item with cult status. And not only that: Since its market launch 80 years ago, beverage cans have become significantly lighter because less material is used.

The beverage can is fully and infinitely recyclable.

It’s also the most recycled beverage packaging in the world – and after recycling, it can be found on supermarket shelves as a new product within just 60 days. The beverage can – ecologically and economically balanced.

Advantages of beverage cans:

1. The ten most important environmental aspects.
2. The beverage can is the most recycled beverage packaging in the world.
3. Every beverage can is fully recyclable and can be recycled again and again without any loss of quality.
4. Every recycled beverage can significantly reduces the CO2 emissions of the next beverage can.
5. Using recycled material saves up to 95 percent of the energy required to produce new material.
6. The CO2 emissions from transporting beverage cans are on average 57 percent lower than those from PET or glass beverage packaging.
7. Within just 60 days, the beverage can can be emptied, recycled, and placed back on supermarket shelves as a new product.
8. Every collected beverage can is recycled through proven, efficient, and environmentally friendly recycling facilities.
9. The beverage can always be reused – if not in the form of a can, then as a window frame, car rim, or bicycle, for example.
10. The beverage can is a highly cost-effective packaging option – both in terms of production, filling, and distribution.
11. The beverage can is a lightweight, practical, and unbreakable packaging that optimally protects the beverage.

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