Yes, even canned brussels sprouts. Steel cans, including food, paint and aerosol cans, were recycled at a rate of 56 percent in 1998. All in all, the industry recycled about 17 billion steel cans into new products. That's 545 cans recycled every second. Steel food cans are the most recycled food package.
More steel is recycled in North America each year than aluminum, plastic and glass combined.