New Roeslein AI camera brings real-time spoilage tracking to canmaking
Roeslein & Associates has introduced the R.U.D.I. AI Vision Camera, a new tool for aluminium beverage and food canmakers designed to track can counts and identify production losses in real time. The camera expands Roeslein’s R.U.D.I. AI platform, which has previously focused on data management and...
Ball Corporation adds two manufacturing and finance leaders to board, supporting aluminium packaging growth
Ball Corporation, a global producer of sustainable aluminium packaging, has appointed Darlene J. Nicosia and Sherry L. Buck to its board of directors. The appointments bring additional experience in manufacturing, operations, procurement and finance to the board. Stuart A. Taylor II, Chairman of...
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Bozemanites Create Art With Aluminum Recycling
Folks were invited to turn their recycling into works of art at the Bozeman Sculpture Park, Saturday. Participants carved out their custom design, making a mold which was then cast with melted aluminum cans. It was a celebration of Library Kids' Workshop day and a fundraiser for the Bozeman...
9-year-old starts can drive to benefit Meals on Wheels
Daniel Close, a 9-year-old, has started his fourth-annual aluminum can drive to benefit Meals on Wheels of Spokane. Close has his own aluminum can recycling business, “Dan’s Cans.” Aluminum cans may be dropped off at 2111 S. Tekoa St. during the month of June.
Aluminium can plant benefits from the Australian government's grants
The first businesses to benefit from the federal government's $1 billion grants program to help manufacturers cope with the carbon pricing include an insulation maker, an aluminium can plant and a number of wineries. Manufacturers awarded grants of up to $500,000 under the clean technology...
Greanbean engineer turns recycling into a game
Whoever says that the reverse vending concept is boring clearly hasn’t met Shanker Sahai yet; the founder of Cambridge start-up Greenbean Recycle. The high-tech machine of his design, which is an arcade game just as much as a recycling depot, attempts to provide the public with with a more...
Tetra Pak and LoveNZ join hands to promote recycling
Tetra Pak has teamed up with recycling advocate LoveNZ to help New Zealanders recycle coffee cups and cartons, as well as cans and plastic bottles, outside the home. LoveNZ provides strategically placed recycling bins around the country and aims to raise awareness of recycling in NZ. While cartons...
Can collection bins placed across UK to encourage recycling
Each year, more than 3bn drink cans are discarded in offices, town centres, at festivals and on beaches. Yet aluminium is 95% recyclable. Twenty new cans can be made with recycled aluminium on the energy it takes to produce a single can from raw materials. Every Can Counts (ECC) is a partnership...
Solar-powered recycling bins in Petaling Jaya
Within the next six months, city folk will see new solar-powered recycling bins in the city. Known as the 3R Box, the bins will also act as an advertising tool to promote recycling. It will be placed in public places such as busy walkways. This is to encourage the public to help reduce, reuse and...
Japanese Firm Reports Sharp Increase in UBC Recycling Rates for 2011
Showa Denko K.K. (SDK) and its affiliated companies, headquartered in Tokyo, have announced that they have collected for recycling about 6 million used beverage cans (UBCs) in 2011. Showa Denko is a manufacturer and marketer of chemical products servicing a range of industries, including the...
Teachers and Artists to Dig for Treasure in Coventry Recycling Scrapstore
Recycling is getting a creative makeover with the launch of a new scrap-store in Hillfields. Coventry Recycling of Waste (CROW) is throwing open its doors, inviting students, teachers and artists to raid its collection of materials. From plastic to paper and fabrics, the recycling operation...
SDK Group Recycles Six Million Aluminum Cans in Fiscal Year 2011
Showa Denko K.K. (SDK) and its Group companies continued to perform their aluminum can recycling activities in fiscal 2011 (April 2011 - March 2012), collecting approximately 6 million cans: equivalent to around 97 tons of aluminum when converted atthe rate of 16.2 grams of aluminum per can. Showa...
Students across America recycle 4.5 million aluminum beverage cans
Schools across America recycled more than 4.5 million aluminum beverage cans in the second year of a national recycling competition sponsored by the U.S. can industry—nearly double last year’s effort. The Great American Can Roundup raised $100,591 for school activities and local charities across...
Crown to Construct Aluminum Beverage Can Plant in Cambodia
Rising demand for beverage can in Cambodia is making way for another beverage can plant in the country. Headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Crown has planned to construct a new aluminum beverage can manufacturing facility in Sihanoukville, Cambodia. The plant helps to meet the rising...
Transform used tea lights into frying pans: the Recycle Boon!
The young and old winners of the environmental competition Tea Light Hunt are mesmerised by the sight of used tea cups transforming into frying pans! They were greeted on Friday by local school musicians, three managers on a field trip and a magician who turned tea lights into frying pans, when...
Group aims to boost recycling rates through awareness
A grass-roots organization wants to see more recyclables going into the city’s new green totes. Members of the newly formed Buffalo Recycling Alliance said they want to help the city encourage recycling and reduction of waste by raising awareness. “We’re at kind of an exciting moment, where we have...
The Emirates Environmental Group collects 16,150 kg of aluminium cans for recycling
The Emirates Environmental Group conducted a Can Collection Drive today in each of the seven Emirates and saw the active participation of government departments, educational institutions, private organizations as well as individuals and families. "EEG has been conducting this campaign for the last...
The Aluminum Association Applauds Signing of Maryland Recycling Bill
Yesterday, Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley signed into law a measure that will increase access to recycling in multifamily dwellings. Under Maryland law, an apartment building or condominium containing more than ten dwellings is required to have recycling available to residents. "Recycling is the...
Residents urged to drop off aluminium cans for recycling
A drive to collect and recycle aluminium cans will be held on Saturday across the country. Residents can take stockpiles of cans between 8:30am and noon in support of the campaign, organised by the Emirates Environmental Group. The event has been held since 1997 and has ensured that more than 150...
Willow Springs sixth-graders promote aluminum cans recycling
The students of Willow Springs Elementary celebrated Earth Day by giving the school a gift that will be around for a long time — they planted a tree. A plaque in the cement near the tree will commemorate the event for future generations by crediting the sixth-grade graduating class of 2012 for...
