The aluminium packaging industry has wrapped up the 2025–2026 Million Cans Recycling Contest, an initiative spearheaded by the Can Manufacturers Institute (CMI) to strengthen supplies of used beverage cans (UBCs) while encouraging practical recycling education in schools and communities. During...
The global aluminium industry is going through a significant shift. With new regulations, changing energy needs and a growing focus on sustainability, the competitive landscape is being redefined. Companies are quietly adjusting their strategies across supply chains, recycling efforts and...
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Novelis, the leading aluminium recycler and rolled product maker is the recycling partner for the 2019 Kentucky Derby. Under this partnership, they will provide recycling bins for approximately 80,000 spectators who would be gathering in the infield at Churchill Downs on May 3 and 4 to enjoy...
According to a recent media report, crushing or flattening aluminium cans before throwing it for recycling makes the sorting and recycling tougher for the recycling facilities. As explained by Matt Meenan, the senior director of public affairs at the Aluminum Association, when a crushed can is put...
Wall Street Journal reported that used beer and soda cans pile up in the U.S. scrapyards as rolling mills are turning to producing more profitable auto parts rather than recycling and turning the scraps to new can sheets. The news story says used cans are piling up at scrapyards because U.S....
Scrap dealers in Japan have notified today, on February 8 that the prices of used aluminium beverage cans or UBC are down by 8 per cent since the start of this year. Beverage makers’ shift to plastic polyethylene terephthalate bottles is the main reason for this price fall, said the dealers...
Industrial Magnetics Inc. (IMI), Boyne City, Michigan that designs, engineers and manufactures industrial magnets has published a new tool on its website which is designed to help plant managers calculate potential revenue loss from their existing used beverage can (UBC) recovery lines. The user...
According to the Aluminum Association’s annual key performance indicators report for one of the widely used consumer products – the aluminium can, U.S. UBC recycling rate reported a decline in 2016. The indicators included Industry Recycling Rate, which measures the amount of used aluminium can...
According to a new study by Resource Recycling Systems (RRS) that was commissioned by the Can Manufacturers Institute (CMI), Beverage Can Makers Europe (BCME) and Abralatas in Brazil, aluminium beverage cans are the most recycled drinks package in the world. The study drew the conclusion using...
According to a September report, Real Industry Inc., Sherman Oaks, California made an announcement that its subsidiary Real Alloy Holding Inc. would restart its used beverage container (UBC) recycling operation at its Morgantown, Kentucky, facility, which was idled since December 2015. However, the...
The aluminium company Hydro commissioned a EUR 45 million facility today aiming to recycle up to 50,000 tonnes of used beverage cans per year at its Neuss plant in Germany. The facility is located in the heart of a growing can market, as Europeans now are using more than 30 billion cans a year....
Laying the foundation stone for the integrated recycling line for used beverage cans (UBC) at its Neuss plant in Germany, Hydro today marked another milestone in this EUR 45 million project. The recycling line, covering an area of some 20,000 square meters, will double our existing annual recycling...
The California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) has reached a $1.74 million settlement agreement with San Leandro, California-based Alco Iron & Metal Co., following an investigation that revealed the scrap metal company claimed refunds on California Redemption Value (CRV)...
“Not one gram of used aluminium should be lost” – that is the philosophy of Hydro, one of the leading manufacturer of rolled products made from this unique material of the future. At Aluminium 2014 in Düsseldorf, Hydro has announced that the plans for a new integrated recycling line for used...
British aluminum recycler Alutrade is suing Aleris International for allegedly failing to pay for more than 2.3 million lbs of used beverage containers (UBCs), bottle tops and whole cans early last year, according to documents filed on April 15 in a US District Court in Ohio. Alutrade is seeking...
Alcoa today announced it will combine its group charged with recycling aluminum in the packaging market, Evermore Recycling, with its aluminum scrap purchasing group which recycles aluminum used in other markets such as aerospace, automotive, and industrial into a single organization -- “Alcoa...
Mill-grade aluminum scrap prices have logged some hefty declines while secondary aluminum scrap and alloy prices remain largely unchanged as strong demand and reports of tightening scrap flows lend support. Prices for 1-1-3 sows fell to a range of 78 to 80 cents per pound from 79 to 81 cents...
In late August, Alcoa Inc. took full control of Evermore Recycling LLC, a company formed nearly three years ago in a joint venture between Alcoa and fellow aluminum recycler Novelis Inc. The split, initiated by Novelis, came as a surprise to Alcoa. "We didn't know that this was going to take place,...
Alcoa AA +0.33% today recognized the Top North American Scrap Suppliers for 2012. This marks the eighth consecutive year that Alcoa's Scrap purchasing group has honored the best suppliers in terms of safety, quality, volume, breadth of supply to multiple locations, and delivery performance....
As a leading rolled aluminum products provider, Atlanta-based Novelis is thirsting for more aluminum scrap. By 2020, the company would like scrap to make up 80 percent of its raw material, said Silverio Colalancia, director of recycling for Novelis North America. Colalancia addressed attendees of...
