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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Crafty entrepreneurs are driving semi-trailers full of cans from Nevada or Arizona, which don't have deposit laws, across the border and transforming their cargo into trucks full of nickels. In addition, recyclers inside the state are claiming redemptions for the same containers several times over,...
The world’s largest recycler of used aluminium cans, Novelis, has announced they will be establishing a new buying organization for the collection of used beverage cans (UBCs) which will make the company the largest UBC procurement company in North America. This follows the announcement that...
Alcoa today announced it has reached an agreement with Novelis whereby Alcoa will assume full control of the Evermore Recycling joint venture, the undisputed leader in used beverage can (UBC) recycling, effective August 31, 2012. The two companies previously were partners in the joint venture which...
Aluminum products maker Novelis said on Monday it has pulled out of a joint venture with Alcoa Inc to recycle beverage cans and will set up its own recycling business. Alcoa said it would assume full control of the Evermore joint venture effective Aug. 31. The two companies have been partners since...
Reuters cited Mr Phil Martens CEO of Novelis Inc as saying that scrap dealers are reluctant to sell their used beverage cans due to a sharp slump in aluminum prices, giving the world’s largest flat rolled aluminum maker even more impetus to expand its own recycling capacity. Mr Phil Martens said...
Showa Denko K.K. (SDK) and its affiliated companies, headquartered in Tokyo, have announced that they have collected for recycling about 6 million used beverage cans (UBCs) in 2011. Showa Denko is a manufacturer and marketer of chemical products servicing a range of industries, including the...
Wise Metals has officially dedicated its newest aluminum recycling facility in Muscle Shoals, Ala., which is also where the company is based. Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley and other government officials attended the dedication ceremony, held March 2, 2012, at the facility’s 74-acre recycling complex...
JMB reported that aluminum scrap dealers agreed with secondary alloyed aluminum makers for aluminum scrap price for second half of December around Tokyo. The price is flat as the first half and decreases by JPY 2to JPY 3 per kilogram for some items. The scrap price and shipment remains slow toward...
Aluminum used beverage can (UBC) recycling rates reversed course in November, posting a decline after logging slight gains in October. However, the year-to-date total stands at 1.37 billion pounds, up 3.2 percent from the 2010 year-to-date total of 1.33 billion pounds.
Constellium has signed a multi-year agreement with Canibal, France, to contribute to the development and deployment of a used beverage can (UBC) collection network in France. This partnership aims to support the development of Canibal beverage can collectors, expand the French network of UBC...
Aluminum used beverage can (UBC) recycling rates dropped for a second consecutive month in September, even as collection volumes exceeded levels seen in the same month last year. UBC reclamation totaled 130.6 million pounds in September, down 0.6 percent from 131.4 million pounds.
The U.S. recycling rate for aluminium beverage cans reached its highest level in a decade, with 58.1% of all cans recycled last year—a rate that is more than double than that of any other beverage container, according to the Aluminum Assn., Can Manufacturers Institute (CMI) and Institute of Scrap...
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...
...The Aluminum Association, Can Manufacturers Institute (CMI) and the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) announced the 2009 Used Beverage Container (UBC) recycling rate at 57.4 percent. This is the highest recycling rate of any beverage container in the United States. In 2009,...
...The Aluminum Association, Can Manufacturers Institute (CMI) and the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) on September 15 announced the 2009 Used Beverage Container (UBC) recycling rate at 57.4 percent. This is the highest recycling rate of any beverage container in the United States....
Two of America’s largest consumers of aluminum used beverage containers (UBCs), Novelis and Alcoa, have announced the formation of a new company designed for the joint procurement of UBCs for both firms.
Two of America’s largest consumers of aluminum used beverage containers (UBCs), Novelis and Alcoa, have announced the formation of a new company designed for the joint procurement of UBCs for both firms.
Two of America’s largest consumers of aluminum used beverage containers (UBCs), Novelis and Alcoa, have announced the formation of a new company designed for the joint procurement of UBCs for both firms.
