European Aluminium Recycling Market
The recycling blind spot: AI reveals why aluminium aerosols are harder to recover
Aluminium aerosol cans are significantly less likely to be recovered during recycling operations than conventional drinks cans, according to new research by waste intelligence company Greyparrot. An AI-powered analysis of waste streams found that aluminium aerosols recorded a sorting success rate of 68 per cent, compared with 85.3 per cent for drinks cans, highlighting the challenges faced by recycling facilities in recovering non-beverage aluminium packaging. The findings were generated through Greyparrot's Deepnest platform, which analysed 1.2 billion waste items across facilities in the UK, the US and the Netherlands, including 395,424 aerosols. The results were discussed during a recent webinar involving representatives from waste management company Biffa, packaging manufacturer Ball...
15 EU nations back Warsaw Declaration to strengthen industrial competitiveness, energy security and aluminium scrap supply: European Aluminium welcomes the act
European industry is facing a difficult balancing act of maintaining global competitiveness while accelerating decarbonisation, securing critical raw materials and managing persistent energy-cost pressures. Against this backdrop, 15 European Union (EU) member states have endorsed the Warsaw Declaration 2026, calling for a stronger industrial policy that places competitiveness, economic security and manufacturing resilience at its core. Adopted following the 9th Friends of Industry Ministerial Conference in Warsaw on October 26, the declaration outlines a coordinated approach to protecting Europe's industrial base. Its priorities include affordable energy, reliable access to secondary raw materials, stronger trade defence mechanisms, technological sovereignty and reforms to the EU's carbon...
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Europe’s recycled aluminium production: Germany, Italy and the UK anchor a competitive market
Europe’s recycled aluminium industry is an important component of the global secondary aluminium supply chain, with Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom (UK) representing key national markets. Production across the European region stood at nearly 6 million tonnes in 2023, supported by established scrap recovery systems, industrial recycling capacity and demand for recycled metal. Russia also contributes to the regional landscape through secondary aluminium production units concentrated in several industrial centres. According to AL Circle’s analysis in its report, “ World Recycled ALuminium Market Analysis Industry Forecast ”, the four countries present different market structures, from Germany’s substantial recycling capacity and Italy’s scrap-based production to the UK’s organised...
Italy’s aluminium scrap import from Germany to drop 2% but to rise from France by 6% in 2019
Italy is the second-highest aluminium consumption market in Europe just after Germany, with excellent performances in particular of the rolling sector and foundry castings driven by the automotive demand. The country, to meet the increasing demands, imports a considerable amount of aluminium scrap as well from various parts of the world. Let us here analyse its import trend from two of the leading suppliers – Germany and France. According to the global export-import data, Italy’s aluminium scrap import from Germany is likely to drop from172,411 tonnes in 2018 to 169,069 tonnes in 2019, down 3,342 tonnes or 2 per cent, despite a rise in its total amount of estimated aluminium scrap import this year. In 2017, the country's import from Germany was at 169,759 tonnes, 1.6 per cent down from...
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