: Man Makes Jewelry From Tin Can, Turns Unique Anniversary Gift Into Sustainable Biz #IndiaNEWS #A Better World If you’d ever venture into making jewellery out of scrap metal, you’d be surprised

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Man Makes Jewelry From Tin Can, Turns Unique Anniversary Gift Into Sustainable Biz #IndiaNEWS #A Better World
If you’d ever venture into making jewellery out of scrap metal, you’d be surprised at the beautiful outcome. Thomas Paul Althaus was.
In June 2013, he and his wife celebrated their tenth wedding anniversary. In spite of the ‘no gifts policy’ they had agreed upon, Thomas knew he wanted to make it special.
Unimpressed by traditional anniversary gifts, Thomas thought about a gift from an unusual material tin.
Try as he did, he couldn’t find anything tin�based that would be a good fit, and it was a few nights later, while preparing dinner, he gave some thought to the food can in his hand.
Why not chisel it into jewellery, he thought.
The outcome of his hard work was a pair of earrings and a bracelet that surprised his wife and all the other women who saw it.
Earrings by Canned Goods
This response inspired the duo to scale the idea and launch their business — Canned Goods.
The Denver-based company upcycles discarded tin cans that would otherwise end up in a landfill and turns them into jewellery pieces called ‘Tin Can Glam’.
An extensive process transforms the scrap metal. The lids of the cans and their labels are stripped. After soaking and washing, the cans are then cut down their seam and flattened.
The resulting sheets of metal are turned smooth through sanding, and finally, wires and chains are added as per design.
From just one tin can, 20 pieces of stunning jewellery are produced.
Here’s a look at how the process is carried out.






















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According to their website, Canned Goods has repurposed over 10,000 cans and given almost 20,000 cans to charity.

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