The answer to this question falls somewhere in the middle: No, you should not crush metal cans entirely to recycle them, but ...

Tin cans are like air; they're all around us. Most families go through several cans each week, while some of use that many day in, day out. Instead of recycling every single one of those cans, put a ...

If you’ve chucked a can of tomatoes into your dinner and you’re about to pop the empty tin in the recycling, stop right there. You can rinse it, but you'd better keep hold of it so you can use it for ...

Not since the advent of the tin can telephone have we seen such an ingenious use for cast-off cans! Designer and recent graduate of Northumbria University Jack Bresnahan has created a set of nine lids ...

It`s amazing just how many brands of coffee were sold in the past with brand names and bright labels covering a multitude of subjects ranging from animals (such as Red Wolf brand) to Indians (such as ...

If you missed the Jan. 19 celebration of National Tin Can Day, well, rest assured, I celebrated the day, designed to give this taken-for-granted product a little respect as well as encourage recycling ...

Last week tin plate production boomed up to 100% of capacity—highest level in its 40 years of history. But not since the trust-forming days of William Bateman Leeds, the one & only tin plate king, has ...

IF one were searching for examples of the old and new to illustrate the swift changes of our common life through the past century, he need not look beyond the oldest business in the world — retail ...