28 Apr 2020 --- European steel packaging has hit a new recycling milestone of 82.5 percent, making it the continent’s most recycled primary packaging material. That is according to 2018 data from the Association of European Producers of Steel for Packaging (APEAL), a federation of four multinational producers of steel for packaging. APEAL highlights that 8 out of 10 steel items put on the EU market this year have been recycled into new steel products.