Steel:

• The steel (or "tin") can was invented in England in the early 1800s. Nowadays an increasing amount of steel cans are tin free.
  
• The average American uses 142 steel cans annually.
  
• The steel packaging recycled in 2000 would yield enough steel to build 185,000 steel framed homes - the equivalent number of homes in Wyoming.
  
• In 2002, 25% of all new homes will be framed in recycled steel.
  
• The steel from the more than 84% of appliances (39 million) recycled last year yielded enough steel to build about 160 football stadiums.
  
• Recycling just one car saves 2,500 pounds of iron ore, 1,400 pounds of coal and 120 pounds of limestone.
  
• 95% of scrap automobiles were recycled in 2000 in the US, at a rate of 25 cars every minute.
  
• Through recycling each year, the steel industry saves enough energy to power 18 million homes - one-fifth of the households in the US.
  
• Recycled steel is made into steel cans, building materials, tools - in fact, almost everything steel.