Efficient Logistics

Beverage cans are small, compact, can be stacked easily and in that way permit perfect use of space – that yields measurable advantages for transport, storage and sales.

A truck fully loaded with beverage cans transports on average twice the quantity of liquid as one carrying the beverages in bottles. In that way, cans ensure less traffic on the roads and in that way protects the environment.

On average, the CO₂ emissions during transport is in the case of cans 57% lower than in the case of beverage packages made of PET or glass. This was shown by a model calculation for transport of beverages in packages which was developed in the United Kingdom by the independent consulting company Incept and checked by Queen Mary College, University of London. The study showed that the CO₂ emissions occurring during transport of soft drinks are 49% lower in the case of 33 cl cans than with 50 cl PET bottles (per litre) and in the case of beer the CO₂ emissions in the case of 44 cl cans are 44% lower in comparison with 33 cl glass bottles (per litre). The reasons are mainly the optimum utilisation of space by the cans due to their cylindrical shape, the stackability as well as the low weight.