AL Circle analysis: From cans and NEVs to extrusion, shifting end-use demand reshapes aluminium’s growth story
The aluminium industry is entering the second half of 2026 with demand signals moving in different directions. Beverage cans are finding new consumption opportunities in Brazil, extrusion demand remains resilient in key markets, and aluminium producers are benefiting from firmer prices. At the same...
Kirin looks to recycled aluminium and renewable energy for lower-carbon packaging
Japanese beverage company Kirin is exploring greater use of recycled and low-carbon aluminium as part of its efforts to reduce emissions from packaging and move towards a more circular packaging system. The company is considering GHG-free aluminium produced using renewable energy, as well as...
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InterContinental Fiji forms alliance with Mission Pacific to recycle beverage packaging
InterContinental Fiji Golf Resort and Spa has adopted the Mission Pacific Program to decrease the level of carbon dioxide throughout its business chain by responsibly collecting PET bottles or aluminium cans for recycling. Mission Pacific was launched by Coca-Cola Amatil (Fiji) Pte Ltd (CCAF) in...
Netherlands expands DRS to include steel and aluminium beverage cans
The Netherlands is keen on expanding its deposit return scheme to include steel and aluminium beverage cans from April 1. As per the new guidelines, the recycling drive will accept any metal beverage container with a capacity of three litres and a deposit rate of €0.15. Supermarkets with an...
Vinette launches ‘Gold Award’ winning wine in sustainable aluminium cans
Vinette is now selling wines in aluminium beverage cans alongside its range of bottled and craft beers. The Vinette Wines in a can will be available in Singapore's uMart stores. Singapore will import Vinette Wines via V-Etico Services Pte Ltd, and they'll be available in five main varieties: Rosé,...
Health-Ade’s Kombucha tea makes fresh appearance in aluminium cans
Health-Ade has reportedly lent a new packaging to its high-quality fermented Kombucha tea by embracing aluminium cans. To promote the flagship drink in new packaging, the Los Angeles-based brewing firm has entered into a two-season partnership with the L.A. Dodgers baseball team. Kombucha tea in...
InBev launches AI beer Beck's Autonomous in a hybrid aluminium-glass can
In a bid to be one of the most innovative beer companies in the world, Anheuser-Busch InBev has created the world's first beer and an entire marketing campaign that uses artificial intelligence. In celebration of Beck’s beer brand’s 150th anniversary, the global brewer said it used ChatGPT and...
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...
Aluminium bottles from Trivium Packaging, the ultimate choice for BEG Destilaria
Founded in 2015, BEG Destilaria Boutique, the luxury spirits company known for its famous artisanal gin, chose aluminium as its packaging material for refill bottles. The refill bottle is nine times lighter than glass, which means less fossil fuel per volume transported. BEG makes all its products...
English craft beer brand prints ‘not for sale in Scotland’ on aluminium cans
Three Blind Mice, an English craft brewer, has been tagging its flagship beverage cans with ‘not for sale in Scotland’ to deal with the deposit return scheme (DRS) in Scotland.The company blatantly devised this particular solution to avoid being fined under the Scotland DRS. The DRS , which was...
Seng Casin Electronics exporting pure aluminium to China enters local beverage can market
A Cambodian recycling company, Seng Casin Electronics, has 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....
AG Barr CEO claims Scotland’s DRS to be a “burden” under the “law”
The CEO of AG Barr PLC, Roger White, has assessed that Scotland’s DRS is a “burden” that will drain “multiple millions” from the company but has no other way out than following the law. Mr White talked about his company that produces one of the UK’s most famous beverages, the Irn-Bru and the soft...
Biffa and Circularity Scotland denounce RMAS’s criticism of Scotland DRS
Scotland’s DRS scheme has received intense scrutiny from the Resource Management Association Scotland (RMAS), representing Scotland’s SME resource and waste management enterprises. But the DRS administrator, Circularity Scotland, refuses to succumb to the queries. RMAS estimates that the small...
Coca-Cola plans to revamp the packaging of Sprite aluminium cans
To make it simpler for customers to distinguish between Sprite Original and Sprite Zero Sugar, Coca-Cola announced that it is planning to revamp the packaging of their 330ml aluminium cans , multipack cans, 500ml and 2ltr PET bottles, as well as 330ml glass bottles. Additionally, to receive new...
Crown Holdings to install solar array for its Mankato aluminium can manufacturing plant
After a yearlong investment spree of US$2 million for the complete retribution of its Mankato aluminium can manufacturing plant, Crown Beverage Packaging is now plotting to add a humungous solar array by 2024 complementing the company’s facility situated mid-way between Riverfront Drive and Third...
NEA’s aluminium cans return scheme to help increase recycling rate in Singapore
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. The...
Malaysian city introduces first kiosk offering rewards against recyclable waste
A Trash4Cash kiosk has been installed at Padang Lintau in Manjoi, located in the Malaysian city of Ipoh, so that locals can receive rewards for the recyclable waste they turn in. Some accepted items are plastic containers, paper, cardboard boxes, electronic scrap, used cooking oil and aluminium...
Pitú Remix, the newly launched flavoured RTD in 269ml aluminium cans
Pitú, a Brazilian firm with 85 years of experience in the cachaça industry, debuted its Ice Remix ready to drink (RTD) beverage brand at a Carnival in 269ml aluminium cans with flavours of lemon and pineapple with coconut. Dubbed Pitú Remix, the recently launched RTD has a reduced 7 per cent...
Heineken® Silver now available in 12-oz slim aluminium cans across the US market
Heineken® Silver, a new lower-carb and lower-calorie offering from the Dutch multinational brewing company, has been launched in the U.S. market in 12-oz slim aluminium cans and 24-oz aluminium cans. It takes centre stage as a premium new alternative in the light lager category, which accounts for...
Al Meera introduces first e-waste recycling station for circular economy
In commemoration of Global Recycling Day, Al Meera Consumer Goods Company has partnered with the Seashore Recycling and Sustainability to introduce the first wholly integrated electronic waste (e-waste) recycling station. Both organisations are eager to turn away the plastic, paper, tin, glass and...
