How cans are recycled

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  Step 1

  Empty cans are collected with your recycling and taken to a Materials Recovery Facility (MRF), where they are separated into steel and aluminium.  They are then crushed, baled and sent to reprocessors.

   

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  Step 2

  At the reprocessing plant the cans are put into a furnace and heated to very high temperatures until completely melted.

   

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  Step 3

  The molten metal is formed into large blocks, which are cooled and rolled into giant coils of very thin metal.

   

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  Step 4

  These coils are used to create all sorts of new products, including new food and drinks cans and aerosols!