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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...
Italy's aluminium scrap import during 2019-22 excels with the rise in secondary production
Aluminium is an essential element of the ‘Green Economy’. In total, aluminium scrap had a global trade value of $11.2 billion, which placed it 283rd among the world's most traded products. Aluminium scrap ranks 796th in the Product Complexity Index (PCI). A nation with a diversified industrial economy, Italy imported 1.95 million tonnes of aluminium scrap during 2019-21, incurring a revenue outflow of $1.90 billion for the import. The ninth-largest economy in the world, Italy imported 655,934 tonnes of aluminium scrap in 2019, counting revenue expenditure of $506 million, whereas, in 2020 the import demonstrated a decline by 3.18%, as the import volume dropped to 635,061 tonnes, while expenditure excelled to $624 million. The production of secondary aluminium in Italy was recorded at...
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