Sustainability/Recycling Advantages of Aluminum Beverage Cans

Key Facts/Talking Points:

• Aluminum beverage cans have the highest recycled content of any beverage package – 73 percent.⁶
• Aluminum beverage cans have the highest recycling rate of any beverage package – 45 percent.⁶
• More than 95 percent of recycled aluminum cans are turned into new cans.
• The majority (82%) of aluminum beverage cans collected are available for can-to-can recovery, known as the closed-loop system.⁵

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