Steel's green innovation
Innovation in steel for packaging production means that we are using less material and thus fewer resources than ever before. In recent years, manufacturers of steel for packaging have developed a new generation of steel that is more ductile and which has made it possible to reduce the thickness of cans.
Food cans for example, are today 35% lighter than they were 20 years ago. This light weighting innovation combined with the environmental benefits of recycling ‐ every tonne of recycled packaging steel saves two tonnes of raw materials ‐ delivers energy savings of around 70% and water savings of 40%.
FACT:
The steel industry is continuing its environmental commitment into the future, by investing more than 40 million € in long term R&D to drastically reduce its carbon footprint through a joint industry – European Commission project known as ULCOS (Ultra‐Low CO2 steelmaking).