ARABAL to focus on benefits of recycling

The Arab International Aluminium Conference (ARABAL 2012), which will be held in Doha from November 20-22, will discuss the benefits of aluminium recycling, according to Qatalum, the host company.

Qatalum said recycling is becoming one of the important industries in terms of global interest and size and type of investment, which targets the environment, community, and the industry itself.

Qatalum noted that the recycling industry maintains a close relationship with many industrial sectors and a proportional relationship in terms of the diversity of outputs, uses of industrial products and the increasing need to recycle and reuse.

“Aluminium is a leading industry with regard to development and diversity of products and uses. Therefore, there is an urgent need to have rapid and on-going development of methods of aluminium output recycling, that are able to cope with the general mind-set and culture of this industry, which is based on efficiency in operation, production, energy consumption, saving the environment, and optimising the use of natural resources, as the recycling process does not affect the metal itself, therefore it is possible to have continuous recycling and use of outputs in more new products.”

Aluminium recycling is connected with several sources, including the transport sector, wire manufacturing, and many more products which are made from aluminium and composed of strong and lightweight materials. The recycling process uses less energy, no more than 5% of the energy needed to manufacture new aluminium. This carries various benefits, including significant reduction in carbon dioxide emissions.

Industrial recycling has the advantage of developing small and medium enterprises which grow along with the major manufacturing industries. It is increasingly possible that a new industrial sector that features sophisticated technologies will develop. This sector is expected to improve the optimal use of raw material, achieve environmental balance, and create more jobs.

Many specific conditions must be met in countries that seek to house a recycling industry. The region’s industrial activities and focus on aluminium are moving on the right path towards developing the recycling sector and improving its output. This falls in line with the signs of transformation into industrial countries, based on the available industrial components and natural resources. The aluminium recycling industry must be part of the core strategic plans of the industrial sector, in general, and aluminium, in particular, due to the increasing volume of outputs that must be recycled, the company statement said.