RATES OF RECYCLING FOR STEEL PACKAGING IN EUROPE REACHED "ALL-TIME HIGH"

Rates of recycling for steel packaging in Europe have reached “all-time high” levels, according to the Association of European Producers of Steel for Packaging (Apeal).

Apeal said that Europe-wide recycling of steel stood at 76%. The record rate, taken from data for 2014, confirms steel as Europe’s most recycled packaging material for the tenth consecutive year and sees the recycling rate of steel packaging pull further away from that of other packaging materials, the trade body added.

The lowest rate of conversion among the 28 European Union (EU) countries, as well as Norway and Switzerland, was found in Croatia. Latvia and Slovenia tied for the second worst rate of recycling, with 51.8% each, while the UK recorded the lowest rate of steel recycling in Western Europe.

Hungary recorded the highest rate of steel recycling in the EU, pipping Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands to the top spot.