What is the material of Coca-Cola cans?

At present, there are two main materials for making cans: the first material is aluminum, and the second material is tinplate.

The specific reasons are as follows:

1, the manufacturing cost of aluminum is low.

2. As a recyclable material, the recycling rate is greatly improved.

3, the material waste is greatly reduced, which is more environmentally friendly;

4. As far as the material itself is concerned, aluminum has good ductility and is more suitable for manufacturing cans.

Extended data

Environmentalists believe that aluminum cans are more environmentally friendly than other packaging containers. As far as containers are concerned, repeated recycling can reduce environmental pollution. As far as the materials used are concerned, the reuse of aluminum can effectively save resources and protect the global environment, while other packaging containers, such as plastics and PET materials, all come from oil, and the continuous exploitation of oil will lead to the exhaustion of resources.