Important to the
American Economy

The American companies that make cans or support the can manufacturing industry:

• Create well-paying jobs along the entire supply chain.
• Generate, as an industry, $5.1 billion in tax revenue to the government.

Can manufacturers account for the annual domestic production of approximately 124 billion food, beverage and other metal cans. The can manufacturing industry employs some 28,000 people in 35 states.

You can thank the can manufacturing supply chain for:

• 224,257 jobs
• $12.47 billion in wages
• $54.3 billion in output

Cans have a beneficial ECONOMIC IMPACT on:

People

• Americans earn $12.47 billion in wages from jobs related to the can industry.

The Planet

• Americans could save $3 billion worth of energy each year by recycling cans.

Profits

• Lightweight cans lower shipping costs.
• Aluminum boasts the highest per-pound scrap value.
• Products made with recycled metal are less expensive than ones made from virgin materials.

Cans are the most recycled item in the U.S. For every 10,000 tons of waste recycled, 36 jobs are created. (Dumping it in a landfill creates only six.)