Recycled aluminium weekly recap: Banking industry crisis impacting metal trade; NEA’s aluminium cans return scheme to help increase recycling rate in Singapore

The most recent banking crisis is allegedly eroding market trust, as evidenced by the decreased tonnage reported by UK non-ferrous traders, according to the Bureau of International Recycling (BIR). Seng Casin Electronics, a recycling business in Cambodia, started domestically manufacturing secondary aluminium from scrap aluminium that can be easily exported to China. Without using corrosive chemicals, high temperatures, or earlier sorting procedures, the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) has developed a novel method of recycling batteries that can recover up to 70% of the lithium. The National Environment Agency (NEA), headquartered in Singapore, launched the beverage container return program, which is scheduled to begin on April 1st, 2025.

According to the Bureau of International Recycling (BIR), the most recent banking crisis is weakening market confidence, with UK non-ferrous traders reporting reduced tonnage. The Bureau of International Recycling (BIR) is the only global recycling industry federation representing more than 30,000 companies around the globe, with a direct membership of over 900 companies and 37 national associations from 68 countries.

To know more: https://www.alcircle.com/news/banking-industry-crisis-impacting-metal-trade-bureau-of-international-recycling-92395

A Cambodian recycling company, Seng Casin Electronics, begun locally producing secondary aluminium from aluminium scrap to be readily exported to China. The first of its kind in Cambodia, the company also wishes to venture out with its aluminium products into the domestic industrial sector.

To know more: https://www.alcircle.com/news/seng-casin-electronics-exporting-pure-aluminium-to-china-enters-local-beverage-can-market-92423

The Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) formulated a new way of battery recycling which can recover up to 70 per cent of the lithium without engaging corrosive chemicals, high temperatures or prior sorting processes.

To know more: https://www.alcircle.com/news/kit-scientists-discover-aluminium-in-cathode-can-lead-to-energy-efficient-battery-recycling-to-recover-lithium-92424

The beverage container return program, launched by the Singapore-based National Environment Agency (NEA), is expected to start on April 1, 2025. With this scheme, the organisation intends to raise Singapore's recycling rate, lower the quantity of garbage disposed of, and lower carbon emissions.

To know more: https://www.alcircle.com/news/neas-aluminium-cans-return-scheme-to-help-increase-recycling-rate-in-singapore-92385

On Thursday, March 30, Aluminium Stewardship Initiative announced that it successfully certified AS Oxidwerke against Performance Standard V3 (2022) Certification for recycling aluminium salt slags of varying compositions into aluminium components, salt, and oxides.

To know more: https://www.alcircle.com/news/as-oxidwerke-receives-asi-performance-standard-v3-2022-certification-for-aluminium-salt-slags-recycling-92443

Another UK region, the Eastleigh Borough Council, was registered with the coffee pod returning drive, Podback. The Eastleigh Council has expanded its weekly recycling drive to include plastic or aluminium coffee pods, which would now be collected with the community's other organic waste.

To know more: https://www.alcircle.com/news/eastleigh-borough-council-joins-coffee-pod-recycling-drive-podback-92383