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Europe Aluminium Recycling Challenges

Alupro calls for stronger measures to keep recycled aluminium in the UK
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The Aluminium Packaging Recycling Organisation (Alupro) has warned that large volumes of recycled aluminium continue to leave the UK, raising concerns about the long-term availability of the metal for domestic industries. In a new industry manifesto, the organisation outlined a number of measures it believes could help increase the supply of recycled aluminium and strengthen the country's circular economy. According to Alupro, sectors such as packaging, automotive, construction, transport, d ...
Secondary aluminium in Italy, France and Belgium: 65 Kt recycled, 490 Kt produced & over 1 Mt processed annually
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Europe's aluminium industry is undergoing a structural transformation as manufacturers increasingly turn towards secondary aluminium to address rising energy costs, decarbonisation requirements and supply-chain challenges. While the European aluminium market is projected to grow from USD 30.84 billion in 2025 to USD 57 billion by 2035, the region’s primary aluminium production base has continued to shrink, creating a stronger reliance on recycled metal and circular material flows. The number ...

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Britain's increasing exports of aluminium scrap are raising concerns about the long-term availability of a key raw material. With the intensified push for sustainability across the world, aluminium scrap is a requisite by strategic sectors such as defence, automotive, clean energy and digital technologies. The UK’s aluminium scrap export surge, therefore, may raise concerns within the nation’s industrial chain. Manufacturing body Make UK has cautioned that continued outflows of aluminium scra ...
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Technology is reshaping Europe's aluminium recycling value chain - meet the players behind this change
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13 Jun 2026
An old car engine, a stack of used beverage cans, a demolished window frame and even a retired solar panel may look like waste, but across Europe they are increasingly being treated as valuable raw materials. What determines whether they end up in landfill or become high-grade recycled aluminium is one thing: technology. With the help of advanced technologies, recycling rates in Europe already exceed 90 per cent in sectors such as automotive and construction, while aluminium beverage cans are ...
Europe’s aluminium roadmap: Circularity, resource security, low-carbon imperative
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12 Jun 2026
As Europe accelerates its shift towards a low-carbon economy, aluminium is emerging as a cornerstone material across automotive, renewable energy, packaging and industrial applications. The region is simultaneously pursuing greater recycling, strengthening resource security, advancing circular economy models and tightening carbon regulations. Yet, rising scrap exports, evolving trade mechanisms and growing demand for sustainable materials continue to test the resilience of Europe’s aluminium v ...
European Aluminium warns: Fix CBAM loopholes, or the carbon leaks
Sustainability
11 Jun 2026
The European aluminium industry has renewed its call for stronger safeguards to protect aluminium scrap and shield Europe from the incomplete framework of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM). As the European Union finance ministers prepare to finalise their position on revisions to the CBAM, European Aluminium strongly warns that the existing framework still falls short of protecting the sector from carbon leakage. The industry body European Aluminium welcomed recent progress in the ...
Aluminium scrap evolves into strategic resource: Nations roll out policies to secure domestic supply
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10 Jun 2026
For decades, aluminium scrap has been traded globally as a conventional recyclable commodity, with trade flows largely driven by price, logistics costs and regional supply-demand dynamics. However, as energy transition, low-carbon manufacturing and resource security become increasingly important, the strategic value of aluminium scrap is being reassessed worldwide. From the European Union's consideration of scrap export restrictions, to the US aluminium industry's call to classify scrap as a ...
Europe’s aluminium scrap policies: Strengthen recycling but leave export challenge unresolved
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09 Jun 2026
As the world is accelerating its shift from primary to recycled aluminium, Europe is finding itself at a difficult crossroads. Strong demand, advanced recycling technologies and clear sustainability ambitions are one part of the story, while tightened scrap availability is another part. More than a Europe-wide problem in equal measure, the pressure is most visible in the European Union, where scrap leakage, as what they call, has become a serious challenge due to the increased overseas exports ...
Reframing scrap: Why the UK must recognise aluminium as a strategic resource
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04 Jun 2026
Aluminium is often described as the ultimate circular material, and in many respects that is true. In the UK, we have built a system over decades that is already highly effective. Collection rates are strong, recycling systems are established, and remelting capability exists across the supply chain. This is not a sector starting from scratch, nor is it one in need of fixing at a fundamental level. What is less well understood is that the real challenge facing aluminium in the UK is not about ...
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