Aluminium can for food reduces transport costs and carbon footprint

The most efficient transportation system made possible by the use of aluminum cans for packing foods reduces the cost on fuel and the emission of CO2, compared with packaging produced with steel. The data are supported by research conducted by Novelis, supplier of laminates.
According to the survey, a truck loaded with 50000 aluminum cans of tuna, for example, offers a weight reduction of 1,398 kg, compared to steel, due to the lightness characteristic of metal. An advantage which reflects directly on the fuel consumption and the average lifetime of the vehicle.
Fuel economy comes to every 100 litres 5.59 km, while the vehicle gains in half-life 500,000 km. With this, the economy of tuna cans exceed 50000 R$ 77000, according to the study by Novelis.
Less travel and less fuel expense benefit directly the environment, strengthening the sustainability policies of the food industry, since the carriage of packaged foods in aluminum cans 1, 39 g of CO2 reduced every 100 km run, with a total of 699 Kg in 500,000 km.
These benefits generated by aluminum properties contribute to encouraging the adoption of fully-produced cans with metal by the Brazilian food, according to Fernando Wongtschowski, Marketing Manager of Novelis. Today are still used steel cans in Brazil, despite the growing option for easy open lids with aluminum rings.
Another advantage of the aluminum cans, which greatly contributes to the sustainability of the food industry, in addition to reducing the carbon footprint, is its recyclability. The aluminum has a completely established and highly efficient recycling of all packaging, which is in line with efforts to control global warming. Novelis, for example, ensures that today can offer plates and sheets for the manufacture of food cans containing more than 90% of raw material of recycled origin.
The aluminum is among the "green packaging", which, according to the company, are increasingly is a fundamental factor in product choice for consumers. Polls indicate that 61% of American consumers have considered the green packaging when deciding which product to buy and almost 70% would consider switch brands if they show best environmental practices, as shown by data provided by Novelis.