Metal packaging is infinitely recyclable, has high market value, and is one of the most recycled materials in the world due to established recycling infrastructure. We explore how environmental sustainability, the latest recycling technology, and international tariffs are shaping demand in the industry. “Metal’s innate qualities allow it to be used and recycled repeatedly without any loss to its inherent properties,” Wouter Mooi, Trivium Packaging’s chief commercial excellence officer, tells Packaging Insights. “This is unlike other materials that have limited ability to be recycled before the material is no longer able to be used to form a new product.”
