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Can the recycling industry scale for the 2030 goals? We ready to shift to an all-aluminium recycling world?

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Market research collated in early 2025 places the global aluminium scrap processing pipeline at roughly 38 million tonnes in 2024, with forecasts pointing to about 57 million tonnes by 2030 (a 7 per cent CAGR from 2024–2030). That projection is built on expected growth in automotive, packaging and building applications and on investments in sorting and remelting technologies.

Image depicts recycled aluminium usage by end-user spectrum (Source: AL Circle Report)

Also read: 80% of waste, including aluminium packaging, goes into landfills in Greece

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