85% recycled aluminium: Recorp raises the bar for sustainable beverage cans
Aluminium cans are under the spotlight among consumers and beverage manufacturers looking for more recyclable packaging, with the material already holding a strong circularity position against plastic and glass. Recorp tunes it further with ReCan85, an aluminium beverage can containing 85 per cent...
How PACKFINE advances aluminium beverage can manufacturing through automated production and quality control
As global demand for convenient, lightweight, and recyclable beverage packaging continues to grow, aluminium beverage cans are becoming increasingly important across the beer, soft drink, energy drink, juice, and other beverage sectors. For beverage brands, selecting the right packaging supplier is...
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Wolverhampton Council gains Podback’s trust for aluminium and plastic waste recycling
Wolverhampton Council is the first local government body in the West Midlands to partner with Podback, a not-for-profit coffee pod recycling service that takes care of used aluminium and plastic coffee pods. This latest inter-city Podback scheme will aid the council’s goal of reducing waste,...
CEOs of major breweries in America plead Joe Biden to halt aluminium tariffs
On July 1, the Chief Executive Officers of prominent breweries in America wrote a letter to US President Joe Biden, pleading to halt tariffs imposed on aluminium. Since the imposition of tariffs in 2018, it has cost the industry more than $1.4 billion. As per the letter, the beer sector consumes...
Teaspoons & Co. shifts towards sustainability with aluminium cans
Aluminium beverage cans are one of the most widely recycled beverage packagings globally. The main reasons that have contributed to the popularity are its easy recyclability over an unlimited number of times and the maximum amount of recycled content. Vancouver-based beverage company, Teaspoons &...
End-user weekly recap: Rio Tinto in partnership with Corona Canada launched specially-marked low-carbon beverage cans; Siemens secures sustainable train order from Niederbarnimer Railway in Germany
The end-user sector is one of the most important areas of the aluminium industry and it has witnessed a lot of happenings this week. The private railway board controlling the regional train services in Berlin and Brandenburg, Niederbarnimer Railway (NEB) ordered seven two-compartmental Mireo Plus H...
Rio Tinto in partnership with Corona Canada launch specially-marked low-carbon beverage cans utilizing ELYSIS technology
On 29 th June 2022, the world’s second-largest metal and mining corporation, Rio Tinto announced, that in partnership with Corona Canada, a pioneer in the beer industry has launched Canada’s first specially-marked, low carbon beverage aluminium can manufactured by Ball Corporation. The availability...
Every Can Counts to promote aluminium can recycling through Soapbox Race
On Sunday, July 3, a team of four members from Every Can Counts will be competing in Red Bull’s renowned Soapbox Race. The main goal behind this participation is to motivate individuals to responsibly dispose of their used beverage cans by emphasising both the endless recycling potential of cans...
Ball Corporation introduces lightweight aerosol cans with lesser carbon footprint
Ball Corporation was founded in 1880 originally, by five brothers and now has grown to become the largest producer of aluminium beverage cans in the world. It has been reported that Ball Corporation has introduced a new aluminium aerosol can featuring almost half the carbon footprint compared to a...
End-user weekly recap: Aluminium can demand drives Ball Corporation to land in Peru; Ev Dynamics to build Hong Kong’s first electric bus featuring aluminium alloy body frame
The aluminium end-user sector showed great progress this week. Ball Corporation announced the opening of a new plant in Peru, a South American nation, where consumption of canned drinks has been increasing considerably in the last few years and now with this investment, Ball will respond to the...
Coffeeza shifts to aluminium for its coffee capsules to retain flavours and aromas for a long time
Coffeeza, a premium Italian brand of coffee capsules and machines, has reportedly launched a new range of recyclable aluminium coffee capsules used to make espresso, cappuccino and latte. The brand has switched to aluminium for coffee capsules with the intention to retain the flavours of coffee for...
Aluminium can demand drives Ball Corporation to land in Peru
Colorado-based Ball Corporation is extending its activities in South America with a new production facility in Chilca, Peru. The beverage can manufacturer has estimated a production capacity of more than 1 billion aluminium cans each year and will start commercial supply by 2023. This publicised...
Small Beer releases its IPA drinks in sustainable aluminium cans
The London brewery Small beer is now offering its IPA beverages Small Beer Lager, Small Beer Session Pale, and Small Beer in aluminium cans. Felix James, the Co-founder of Small Beer said: “Between production and consumption, aluminium cans are more environmentally friendly than bottles on...
India: LCA study reflects aluminium beverage cans' sustainability performance ranks higher than other containers
The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) has recently published a pioneering study in India that compares the most popular beverage containers and finds that aluminium cans have the lowest Global Warming Potential (GWP). The Life Cycle Assessment, which is also known as LCA is a methodology for...
End-user weekly recap: Nashua's new aluminium cans facility will resolve supply challenges; Sustainable bus companies ally to manufacture a new fleet, deploying modern technologies
The end-user sector of the aluminium industry is the most vital one, as this segment’s demand remains highly effective and puts an impact on the global aluminium ecosystem. The end-use sector defines the demand creation for the industry because all the aluminium produced in the world needs to reach...
New aluminium can plant in Nashua to resolve supply challenge with millions of production
Exponential growth in aluminium can demand has put the beverage industry into a supply challenge since a considerable period of time now. But a new aluminium can plant in Nashua is expected to resolve the problem, as announced in a press release by G3 Enterprises, a logistics and supply company for...
Ardagh Metal Packaging to expand La Ciotat French unit for aluminium recycling & innovation
Ardagh Metal Packaging (AMP), a beverage can group from New York, is now receiving supply-demand from a varied base of customers, both new and old, for a long term partnership in the Southwestern parts of Europe and Middle East Africa (MEA). The company has decided to expand its La Ciotat facility...
Every Can Count research shows 93% of the UK population desire companies to improve the recyclability of packaging
Nearly nine out of ten (93 per cent) of UK adults want businesses to do more to protect the environment, with the primary responsibility being on businesses to improve their packaging's recyclability. According to a recent study from Every Can Counts, 90 per cent of UK adults believe that companies...
Manna Capital to build aluminium can sheet rolling mill in alliance with Ball to boost domestic product availability
Manna Capital Partners, a financial advisory and wealth creation company based in Louisville, Kentucky, is reportedly diversifying into aluminium can sheet roll sector. The news came on Thursday, May 26, following an announcement that Manna Capital, in alliance with the world-leading aluminium...
Argentina's aluminium cans export during 2019-22 continue to gain momentum
Traditionally, aluminium cans have been used for beverages, but cans are also popular for storing food, oils, chemicals, and other liquids. In addition to being more malleable and lighter than steel cans (aluminium is one-third as heavy as steel), aluminium cans don't rust or corrode. In Argentina,...
