Unlike other recyclable materials such as plastic, stainless steel does not lose quality if made with recycled materials.
When stainless steel products reach the end of their useful life, over 80% of the stainless steel is collected and recycled, while for other materials such as plastic this does not happen, in fact not all the collected plastic is recycled.
The national consortium for the collection, recycling and recovery of plastic packaging highlights that 40% of the plastic that is commonly thrown into bins cannot be reused, in fact only 60% of the collected plastic is actually recycled