Reusa-Can will reduce oil imports, save energy and reduce CO2 emissions.

Steel and Aluminium Cans. (Energy, Resource & Pollution Savings)

Reusa-Can will reduce and conserve energy, water, chemical and mining production and cut PFC and CO2 emissions worldwide by possibly more than 200 million tonnes per annum.

The only certain way to cut CO2 gases is to stop producing it!! Producing 20,000 standard size soup cans (one tonne) uses the same amount of energy as an average house in the UK for over eighteen months. Reusa-Can requires no new materials and virtually no energy compared with recycling.

Plastic & Glass (Energy, Resource and Pollution Savings)

Glass Production

Reusa-Can could replace many glass containers used today. Glass uses enormous amounts of natural gas, light and heavy oil to provide energy for their processes, the US used 83 trillion btu’s to manufacture glass containers in 1994 Click here to read Eia.gov which is the biggest section of the glass industry. Reusa-Can could halve the US energy usage in glass container production.

Plastic Production

The contents of the shampoo bottle will fit into a refurbished Heinz Baked Bean can. Would it really upset anyone if their favourite shampoo, liquid detergent, disinfectant, motor oil, anti-freeze etc were packaged in cans similar to this and you had to decant it into a plastic bottle. The can, when empty, weighs less than the empty bottle and could be used up to ten times before having to be replaced with a new can. It takes 98 tonnes of prehistoric plant life millions of years to make 4.58 kgs of oil to make a gallon of petrol. A tonne of these shampoo bottles (15,384) uses 1.8 tonnes of oil; to make the oil takes 38,000 tonnes of prehistoric plant life millions of years just to end up in landfill sites. Isn't there some better use for our resources? Reusa-Can uses virtually no energy, no chemicals except for washing and there is no pollution. You may wash your hair 'Because you're worth it' but wouldn't it be better if the shampoo were packaged in a refurbished can. 'Because the environment is worth it.' Click here for BBC oil crisis report

Gerry Evans the designer of Reusa-Can was runner up in the BBC Tomorrows World competition in 1987 for “Innovation and Production, also in the water industry Hydro Awards in 1995 for 'Outstanding Achievement In The Field of Water Quality Improvement' sponsored by Norsk Hyrdro (UK) Ltd in association with The Royal Academy of Engineering.

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