Steel packaging can be easily recovered from waste streams and recycled repeatedly without any loss of material quality. Steel packaging will therefore remain at the heart of a successful circular economy.
Metal
Recycling
Steel is circular by design. The magnetic properties of steel make it easy to sort.
Currently, of all steel packaging put on the market in Australia, 54% is being recycled in steel plants using it as an input to manufacture new steel products.
All steel packaging contains 10-15% recycled steel
100% recyclable without any loss in quality
With a recycling rate of more than 82.5%, steel is the most recycled packaging material in Europe
Unlike plastic, steel does not stay in the environment forever, it eventually breaks down with minimal impact on the environment
Magnetic properties make it the easiest and most economical packaging material to sort and recover
All steel packaging practically contains 10-15% recycled steel
Only a small percentage of steel ends up in landfill
