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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Centerplate together with Pepsico offered Aquafina water in aluminium cans at Super Bowl LIV on Feb 2
In collaboration with American food and beverage company Pepsico, sports venue hospitality provider Centerplate offered Aquafina water in aluminium cans at Super Bowl LIV on February 2, 2020. The collaboration aimed to provide over 100,000 cans of Aquafina to support the Hard Rock Stadium’s mission...
Kilfi dairy farmers in Kenya start using Aluminium containers, disown plastic
The county government of Kilfi has encouraged dairy farmers to start storing milk in aluminium containers and disown plastic storages. Aluminium met required sanitary standards for milk storage. The county authorities also wanted the dairy farmers to stop hawking milk in villages and as an...
Aluminium recycling campaign desires Staffordshire’s to make use of their metals lying at home
400 million aluminium cans, foil trays and aerosols are estimated to be in use every year in Staffordshire. The ‘Make Your Metals Matter’ campaign wants people to recycle all the metal packaging found around their house, including aluminium food and drink cans, household aluminium wrapping foil,...
Mission Estate Concert NZ going for Apple bins to support Aluminium recycling
The Mission Estate in New Zealand is getting back to old school and environment-friendly in a way to support the clean-up efforts coming up Micheal Buble and Elton John concerts. In 2018 following the Phil Collins’ concert, citizens of New Zealand took to Facebook complaining about rubbish and...
Centerplate, Ball and Bud Light to launch recyclable aluminium cups at Super Bowl LIV
Centerplate, Ball Corporation and Bud Light will launch Ball's infinitely recyclable aluminium cups at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens for Super Bowl LIV on February 2, 2020. The move is a part of Centerplate’s Better Tomorrow 2025 goals and will help the venue's broader mission to phase out...
Denmark’s import of Aluminium Can downsizes in 2020: Predicted 25%
The Danish economy is a modern market economy with comfortable living standards, a high level of government services and transfers, and a high dependence on foreign trade. As a small open economy, Denmark generally solicits a liberal trade policy, and its exports, as well as imports, make up circa...
The UK’s Aluminium can import showing a trend of growth
The UK’s aluminium can import has been showing some upward trend. This has not been a sudden growth; rather it has been reflecting a steady inclination. From 2017 to 2020 the UK’s import of aluminium can have been accounted to 15.11 tonnes in total, which amounted to $506 million. This shows a...
Germany’s aluminium cans export to drop 24% in 2020, followed after sporadic business activities in the industry in 2019
The German aluminium industry federation Gesamtverband der Aluminiumindustrie (GDA) observed a mixed bag of business activity development in the German aluminium industry, primarily attributing to the economic downturn. In the first half of 2019, the country’s production of metal powder, foil, and...
AlCircle launches Aluminium Industry Recap 2019: A Look Back at the Global Value Chain
That time of the year has again come when AlCircle launches its Aluminium Industry Recap report to give an opportunity to its readers to look back at the key developments in the year gone by. Presenting the same opportunity, the Aluminium Industry Recap 2019 edition has compiled all the new...
Urbanaut Brewing NZ switch to Aluminium can
Glass has been the king in the beer market, but Bruce Turner, Director, Urbanaut Brewing Co. and innumerable others have discarded it for aluminium cans. It is not limited to beer only which made the switch but also included kombucha, cider, wine and iced coffee moving to cans at a high rate. Bruce...
Recap 2019: Aluminium cans remained the preferred beverage package; Construction sector saw significant collaboration
The packaging, electricals and construction sectors continued to support aluminium demand in 2019 as application of the white metal is extensively found in end-user industries because of its infinite recyclability and durability. The year witnessed numerous product launches, which had driven the...
Recap 2019: How new initiatives and tariffs moved aluminium recycling industry in 2019
The year 2019 saw the announcement of new campaigns and initiatives to encourage and raise awareness for aluminium recycling among consumers. New schemes have been launched in an effort to meet sustainability targets. Showa Denko Group collected about 4.79 million UBC for recycling or recovered...
Vellore gets started with reverse vending machines
Reverse vending machines were set afloat in Vellore on 26 th December’19, which can control both plastic bottles and beverage cans. Mr. A. Shanmuga Sundaram, District collector of Vellore, Tamil Nadu, while launching the smart dustbins announced the number of steps the Vellore City Municipal...
Ardagh appoints John Sadlier as new Chief Sustainability Officer
Ardagh has appointed John Sadlier as its Chief Sustainability Officer. John, who served as the Chief Procurement Officer of the company, will be responsible for managing all aspects of Ardagh’s sustainability agenda. In addition, Ardagh has announced the creation of a Global Sustainability Action...
Britvic replaces steel with aluminium cans to cut carbon emissions
Britvic has announced new carbon emissions reduction targets to tackle climate change. The company has planned to switch to aluminium cans to reduce carbon emissions. These new targets have been verified by the Science Based Target initiatives (SBTi). The company expects to reach its goal of a 50...
Intuit to replace plastic water bottles with PATHWATER aluminium bottles
PATHWATER, the first purified water in an infinitely reusable and recyclable aluminium bottle, has teamed up with global business and financial software company, Intuit to reduce single-use plastic waste. Intuit will now offer PATHWATER's purified water in reusable, recyclable aluminium bottles....
Trailblazers Life Choices collects and sells aluminium pull tabs to buy wheelchairs for donation
Trailblazers Life Choices has been saving pull tabs from beverage cans for various charities to aid in the purchase of wheelchairs. The organization has been already successful in its efforts. Trailblazers is a non-profit agency dedicated to supporting adults living with disabilities operating...
Update 2019: Top Five Aluminium Cans Manufacturers around the Globe
Aluminium cans are the most recyclable packaging units till the end of their lifecycle without quality degradation, and that makes them the preferred packaging material for brands across industries, ahead of other materials like plastic and paper. Recently, the Can Manufacturers Institute pointed...
