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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Ribbon Cutting held for Habitat for Humanity Can Cottage
A new aluminum can recycling option, a can cottage, was set up July 20 at California Lanes by the River City Habitat for Humanity. Members of the California Area Chamber of Commerce were present for the ribbon cutting.
West Milford recycling initiative to test dedication
A new township initiative will see if potential tax savings are enough to inspire residents to go beyond mere compliance with recycling laws. By having residents sort and deliver their own aluminum to the recycling center, the township could see a 170,000-percent increase in revenue from recycled...
Epping Forest new recycling services for aerosols and aluminium foil trays
Epping Forest District Council has expanded its recycling service to include empty aerosol cans, such as those used for deodorants and air fresheners, plus aluminium foil trays, such as those used for take-away food, pie cases and oven-ready meals. The carbon-busting move, which was rolled out last...
Toxic Pop: How Tar Sands Fuel Disposable Cans
Driving south from Vancouver, Canada, towards Seattle, the scenery is perfectly pastoral with rolling hills and grazing cows. But suddenly, dominating the horizon, the view is interrupted by a phalanx of refinery towers shooting white-gray plumes into the sky. These industrial spires of BP's Cherry...
Recycling programs on rise
Can Manufacturers Institute reported that aluminum can recycling has reached its highest level in 10 years, at a rate of 58.1 percent, in its annual report from June 15. According to the report the energy savings is equivalent to 17 million barrels of crude oil or the amount of gasoline consumed in...
Recycled Aluminum Beverage Can Rate Increases
The Aluminum Association (www.aluminum.org), the Can Manufacturers Institute (CMI) and the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) have announced the United States. recycling rate for aluminum beverage cans has reached 58.1 percent in 2010. In 2008, the Aluminum Association set a goal of...
US aluminum can recycling rate reaches decade-high 58.1% in 2010
The US recycling rate for aluminum beverage cans reached 58.1% in 2010, slightly above the 2009 used beverage can recycling rate of 57.4% and marking its highest rate in over a decade. Nearly 56 billion aluminum cans were recycled in 2010, the Aluminum Association, Can Manufacturers Institute and...
Japanese earthquake - Japan resumes aluminum can production
Mr Tetsu Takahashi senior MD of Japan’s Kobe Steel said that Japan’s aluminum can industry has recovered from the disaster. Also, the country’s beverage can producers have resumed the production after the disaster. According to data, Japan’s rolled aluminum production was 225,000 tonnes which were...
Aluminum Can Recycling Rate Reaches Highest Level in More than a Decade
The U.S. recycling rate for aluminum beverage cans has reached its highest level in a decade, with 58.1% of all cans recycled last year—a rate that is more than double that of any other beverage container, the Aluminum Association, Can Manufacturers Institute (CMI) and Institute of Scrap Recycling...
Thai beverage firm to build VN plant
Thai Beverage Can Ltd yesterday officially signed a US$60 joint venture agreement with America's Ball Corporation to build a $60 million aluminium can plant in Viet Nam's southern province of Binh Duong. The project, slated for operation in mid 2012, will cover an area of 80,000 square metres in...
Aluminum cans lead to arrest
Richard Dewayne Johnson, 34, of North Seventh Avenue faces a charge of theft by receiving and failure to register as a sex offender. According to information released by the Greene County Sheriff’s Department, Johnson sold “a large bundle of aluminum cans that were already bundled as though they...
Aluminum cans lead to arrest
Richard Dewayne Johnson, 34, of North Seventh Avenue faces a charge of theft by receiving and failure to register as a sex offender. According to information released by the Greene County Sheriff’s Department, Johnson sold “a large bundle of aluminum cans that were already bundled as though they...
Aluminum producer Novelis expanding capacity
Novelis Inc, which recycles beverage cans to make aluminum products, is expanding its sheet metal capacity to handle an expected increase in worldwide demand from automakers, the company said on Thursday. Novelis said it will build a new plant in North America to increase total North American...
Students Collect Aluminum Tabs For Ronald McDonald House
In a show of teamwork, drive and determination, a number of Osawatomie students banded together to help out Ronald McDonald House — which provides a place for families of sick children to stay — one pop tab at a time. Since the beginning of the school year, students at Swenson Early Childhood...
Novelis invest USD 400 million to expand aluminum rolling capacity in Asia
Reportedly, Novelis will invest USD 400 million in the expansion of aluminum rolling capacity in Asia and the recycling infrastructure in response to meet the growing demand from Asia and the Middle East. In addition, this investment has showed the remarkable step of the strategy implementation for...
20 tonnes of cans saved from going into landfill
Abu Dhabi: An aluminium can collection drive was held across the country on Saturday aimed at benefiting the environment and reducing the costs of landfill and production of new cans. Some 20.5 tonnes of cans were collected and sent for recycling as part of the annual Can Collection Drive organised...
Soda can car runs on aluminium waste
...A pair of Spanish engineers have created a remote controlled car that runs on aluminum. Just a few soda can tabs produces enough hydrogen to power it for 40 minutes at almost 32kmph...
Aluminum Association cans for causes program announces calling for a cure relay team
...The Aluminum Association’s Cans for causes program announced the calling for a cure relay team located in Bladen County of North Carolina with their recycling efforts. This team is part of Relay for Life...
