the aluminum beer can

http://www.packagingdigest.com/article/CA6631425.html

MillerCoors today celebrates the 50th anniversary of the seamless and
recyclable aluminum can. After several years in development, the first can
was introduced for use at the Coors Golden brewery on Jan. 22, 1959. This
invention revolutionized the beer and consumer packaged goods industry and
spurred recycling efforts nationwide. MillerCoors continues that commitment
to innovation and sustainable development today.

"We are proud to be a part of history and the recycling revolution that
resulted from this innovative aluminum can invention. Today, as MillerCoors,
innovation continues to drive our people and our business. And, true to our
legacy, we will do it the right way by being a good corporate citizen and
steward of our environment," Pete Coors, chairman of MillerCoors, said.

In 1957, William K. Coors (Bill), who at the time was president of Adolph
Coors Company, began researching with his staff engineers, the feasibility
of a recyclable aluminum container for beer. At the time, beer was packaged
in tin containers that not only gave beer an aftertaste, but also resulted
in an environmental issue due to waste. Aluminum allowed the company to
deliver fresher tasting beer to consumers without needing pasteurization and
was 100 percent recyclable

Ed Pawlowski > wrote:

> Aluminum allowed the company to
> deliver fresher tasting beer to consumers without needing pasteurization and
> was 100 percent recyclable

That *******. He also put an end to polish cannons.

-sw

Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> the aluminum beer can

oh lordie.. I'm showing my memory (precocious infant that I was!) but I
recall my father using a "church key" to open beers with, making two
cuts on opposite sides of the can. Then came those pull off tabs that
could slice you fingers so well.

Was there any other type before the current model? I can't recall that...?

I can just imagine the trash these days if the tabs weren't attached to
the cans these days. Slackers would have 2 pieces of aluminum to litter
with instead of just one.

Goomba > wrote in
:

> Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>> the aluminum beer can
>
> oh lordie.. I'm showing my memory (precocious infant that I was!) but
> I recall my father using a "church key" to open beers with, making two
> cuts on opposite sides of the can. Then came those pull off tabs that
> could slice you fingers so well.
>
> Was there any other type before the current model? I can't recall
> that...?


Yep, the two round button push hole thingies.


>
> I can just imagine the trash these days if the tabs weren't attached
> to the cans these days. Slackers would have 2 pieces of aluminum to
> litter with instead of just one.
>


Dirty slack *******s are always going to litter, no matter what it is.

It's amazing how many smokers will *not* dirty up their cars ashtray,
but instead choose to flick their filthy habit out the window for
someone else to clean up.



--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia


"And where is the Prince who can afford to so cover his country with
troops for its defense, as that ten thousand men descending from the
clouds, might not in many places do an infinite deal of mischief, before
a force could be brought together to repel them?"

Benjamin Franklin 1748

Goomba > wrote:

> Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>> the aluminum beer can
>
> oh lordie.. I'm showing my memory (precocious infant that I was!) but I
> recall my father using a "church key" to open beers with, making two
> cuts on opposite sides of the can. Then came those pull off tabs that
> could slice you fingers so well.
>
> Was there any other type before the current model? I can't recall that...?

Labbott's, eg, had the two depressions int he lid you popped with
your thumb.

-sw

Goomba wrote:
> Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>> the aluminum beer can
>
> oh lordie.. I'm showing my memory (precocious infant that I was!) but I
> recall my father using a "church key" to open beers with, making two
> cuts on opposite sides of the can. Then came those pull off tabs that
> could slice you fingers so well.
>
> Was there any other type before the current model? I can't recall that...?
>
> I can just imagine the trash these days if the tabs weren't attached to
> the cans these days. Slackers would have 2 pieces of aluminum to litter
> with instead of just one.
No aluminum litter around here, always two or three people out on bikes
or on foot, getting exercise and making a buck or two picking up
aluminum cans.

Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> the aluminum beer can
>
> http://www.packagingdigest.com/article/CA6631425.html
>

They were also the first to have a can plant to make the cans on site.
Too bad they don't know how to make beer...

In article >,
George Shirley > wrote:

> Goomba wrote:

> > I can just imagine the trash these days if the tabs weren't attached to
> > the cans these days. Slackers would have 2 pieces of aluminum to litter
> > with instead of just one.

> No aluminum litter around here, always two or three people out on bikes
> or on foot, getting exercise and making a buck or two picking up
> aluminum cans.

I think the point is that if there was a separate pull tab still, that
these people would not bother to pick up the little tabs. I believe
that they were especially a hazard for fishing, as when they got tossed
over the side of the boat, fish would eat them, seeing the shiny flash
and irregular motion as a living creature. They would then get stuck in
their digestive systems and kill them.

--
Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA

>
>> I can just imagine the trash these days if the tabs weren't attached
>> to the cans these days. Slackers would have 2 pieces of aluminum to
>> litter with instead of just one.
>>
>
>
> Dirty slack *******s are always going to litter, no matter what it is.
>
> It's amazing how many smokers will *not* dirty up their cars ashtray,
> but instead choose to flick their filthy habit out the window for
> someone else to clean up.

That would be me. The Men's Club I lead does a 4 times a year clean up of
our 2 mile stretch of 'adopted' highway. Cigarette butts are about 15% of
our collection by volume. Figure about a 55 gallon trash bag full each time
we clean.

Jon

"Goomba" > wrote in message
...
> Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>> the aluminum beer can
>
> oh lordie.. I'm showing my memory (precocious infant that I was!) but I
> recall my father using a "church key" to open beers with, making two cuts
> on opposite sides of the can. Then came those pull off tabs that could
> slice you fingers so well.
>
> Was there any other type before the current model? I can't recall that...?
>
> I can just imagine the trash these days if the tabs weren't attached to
> the cans these days. Slackers would have 2 pieces of aluminum to litter
> with instead of just one.

Coors had a can with pressure sensative 'dots' on top of their cans; large
one to drink out of and small one for air.