Can sorted by consumer for recyclingRecycling rates vary by country and are more than 60% globally.

Can drunk by the consumerCans are quick to chill.

Can distributed to retailersCans are efficient to distribute; being both light and very cubic efficient.

Can collected and aluminium is separatedSufficient recycling structures exist to recycle every can consumed.

Aluminium remelted into ingotsRecyling saves 95% of the energy used to make primary material.

Can filled and sealedRexam plants are close to customers filling plants.

Aluminium ingots rolled into sheets

Can body and end manufacturedThe aluminium can now weighs 30% less than it did in1983.

Mining of bauxiteAbundant quantities exist forfuture generations.

Production of aluminaOne tonne of alumina requires two tonnes of bauxite.

Production of aluminium ingots50% of the energy required comes from renewable sources.

Rexam continuously improves production technology, ensuringreductions in resource consumption across the board.

All Rexam can production plants have robust Environmental Management Systems, which aim to minimise the impacts of production on the environment.

To view our sustainability measures and targets, please visit the sustainability section of our website: www.rexam.com/sustainability

100% recyclableThe aluminium can is 100% and infinitely recyclable. The can you recycle today, could be recycled and back on the shelf in just six weeks.

Coating, printing and drying

NeckingPackaging

Packaging

Cupping

Stamping

Drawing/Ironing Washing and drying

Source: Beverage Can Maker Europe, European Aluminium Association and Rexam

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Can body manufacturing

Can end manufacturing

Scoring of opening panel

Formation and attachment of stay on tab

Application of sealing compound

Formation of tab rivet

The lifecycle of an aluminium can