Recycling of tinplate containers with easy-open lids

The packaging container for easy-opening food should be convenient, safe, and low-cost. It can also be recycled to save resources and not cause pollution to the environment. Tinplate cans have the above characteristics. The compression of the recycled cans reduces the environmental pollution caused by the packaging of canned food. It can be said that iron packaging is environmentally friendly packaging and the material with the highest recycling rate in the world. Therefore, the packaging form of tinplate cans is the most competitive in the food industry.

In Europe, the annual recycling volume of tinplate packaging exceeds 2 million tons. Belgium, the leading country in the field of tinplate packaging recycling, reaches 93%, followed by Germany, Austria, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Sweden, and Luxembourg with 80%. Norway has reached the European average of 60%, Italy 55%, Spain and Ireland 51%, and the average level of these countries is 60%.