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In our last post, we talked about how many companies are changing the ways they manufacture their products to be more environmentally friendly. In addition to changing the way that they manufacture products, companies have switched their energy sources, product composition, and manufacturing processes in order to become more sustainable. The Eastern Aerosol Association In […]

In 2014 alone, more than 1.045 billion household cleaning products sold in the United States consumer market. Aluminum and steel aerosol products accounted for nearly 931 million of the total products sold. Cleaning products including room sprays, disinfectants, laundry products, glass, oven, rug, fabric, wall, and tile cleaners have flooded the market and made their […]

In 1974, Dr. F. Sherwood Rowland and Dr. Mario Molina proposed that chlorofluorocarbons (or CFCs) deplete the stratospheric ozone layer. CFCs were used in many household items like refrigerators and air conditioning units. They were also used in aerosol cans as propellants. However, because of Rowland and Molina’s study, many American aerosol manufacturers switched from […]

Aerosol cans are made from either steel (about 75% of the time) or aluminum (about 25% percent of the time). This means that they are recyclable. In fact, most steel aerosol cans are made up of about 25% recycled material. They are extremely sustainable because, unlike many materials, aerosol cans can be recycled indefinitely without […]

Aerosol products have a checkered history. But how did it all begin? During World War II, American soldiers were living in extremely unsanitary conditions. As a result of this, they were up to their necks in mosquitoes. Lo and behold, the first aerosol product was born. An easy-to-use bug repellent spray was developed by a […]

Technically an aerosol is a suspension of fine solid particles or liquid droplets in gas. 90% of all aerosol droplets have natural origins such as sea salt and dust. These naturally occurring aerosol particles are carried by wind. The word aerosol tends to be linked with a negative image. When people think about aerosols, they […]

Aerosol can products are recyclable, just like any other empty steel container! Given the public’s concern about solid waste disposal, the aerosol industry teamed with the steel industry to promote the collection of empty aerosol cans in recycling programs nationwide. Thousands of communities now include aerosol product recycling in both household residential and curbside buy-back […]

The Bag-on-Valve consists of a rolled-up multi-layered flexible pouch attached to an aerosol valve. In the production of a BoV product, compressed air or nitrogen is charged into the can, and an aerosol valve with the bag attached is crimped onto the container. The formulation is forced through the  aerosol valve stem to fill the […]