Environmental stewardship is one of our core values. It is an integral part of how we do business and a personal responsibility for each of us. We work continuously to improve our company’s environmental and resource management by reducing emissions, conserving energy and other resources, and reusing or recycling byproducts of our processes.
Our company places a great deal of attention on using energy efficiently. The whole factory heating system is built around renewable energy expenditure. We recycle 100% of our tinplate and copper production waste. We are raising awareness of environmental protection within our company in implementing all our procedures. We have ongoing testing projects to achieve the goal of light-weighting our cans as much as possible, to ensure sustainable growth and efficient use of resources. We are committed to these principles in developing our business.
Steel is the most recycled material in the world. With a recycling rate of 80,5% (2017) steel has taken the position of Europe’s and North America’s most recycled packaging material confirming the material’s top environmental performance.
The amount of steel packaging effectively recycled depends greatly upon individual national circumstances where the rates vary from 25% to 85% across the globe. Overall, steel used for all types of packaging containing metal have an average recycling rate of 60-70% in Europe.
Metal offers infinite design opportunities like no other material and is used across the world in many market sectors. Constantly evolving production technologies are used to ensure exciting possibilities in metal packaging for the future.
The main reason for bringing metal in the league is that metal is a perfect material for recycling – due to the fact that cans have a high recycling and scrap value and a well-established and efficient infrastructure is in place. Scrap is an integral part of the manufacturing process at the metal producers, so recovered metal is easily integrated, reducing energy use and emissions. Using recycled steel saves 70% energy.
The use of steel scrap reduces carbon emissions from the steel life cycle. Steel is a unique material in its capacity to be continually recycled without loss of properties or performance. This, in combination with a long history of significant efforts to increase recycling rates, has resulted in steel leading the recycling statistics, for example in cars and cans. Because steel has magnetic properties, it can be easily recovered from all efficient waste streams.
Recycling saves resources (iron ore, coal, limestone) and reduces CO2 emissions. Steel is a permanent material that can be infinitely recycled without any loss of quality.
