beverage can recycling News
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UK recycles 52% of its aluminium beverage cans
The UK recycled 52 per cent of its aluminium beverage cans in 2007, according to new research from the European Aluminium Association. Overall, the recycling rate for aluminium beverage cans in Western Europe is now 61.8 per cent, an increase by 10 per cent compared to the year 2005. The EAA reviewed the aluminium beverage can recycling rates of 27 European Union countries. The UK features ...
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U.S. Aluminum Can Recycling Reached 57.4 percent in 2009 - Highest recycling rate and recycled content of any beverage container
WASHINGTON - The Aluminum Association, Can Manufacturers Institute (CMI) and the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) today 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, Americans and the aluminum industry recycled nearly 55.5 billion aluminum cans, nearly 2.3 ...
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Southbound Brewing Company Switches to Low-Carbon, Novelis evercan™ Packaging
Novelis, the world leader in aluminum rolling and recycling, and Southbound Brewing Company, Savannah'sfirst production microbrewery, today announced Southbound is the latest craft brewery to offer its beer in aluminum cans made from Novelis' evercan™ – the world's first and only certified high-recycled content aluminum can sheet. The news was announced today at the 2015 Craft Brewers ...
By Novelis Inc.
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US aluminium industry to recycle 75% of all cans by 2015
The Aluminum Association has announced an industry wide effort to increase the industry’s recycling rate for used aluminum beverage containers to 75% by 2015. Today, the aluminum industry recovers approximately 54% of the aluminum containers produced in the US. While aluminum cans are already the most widely recycled beverage container in the country, each year Americans still discard over 50 ...
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Hilton Head Brewing Company Debuts in Cans with Certified High-Recycled Content Novelis evercan™
Novelis, the world leader in aluminum rolling and recycling, and Hilton Head Brewing Company today announced the launch of Hilton Head Brewing Company beer in aluminum cans, made from Novelis evercanTM – the world’s first and only certified high-recycled content aluminum can sheet. "Our customers have grown to love our beer on tap, and we're very excited to make it available on ...
By Novelis Inc.
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Aluminum Association Testifies Before House Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy
"The U.S. aluminum industry is a great example of an industry providing a positive economic impact while mitigating negative environmental impacts." WASHINGTON, June 27, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Vice President for Environment, Health and Safety, Charles Johnson testified before the House of Representative's Energy and Commerce Committee, Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy. ...
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US cities recycle over 190m aluminum cans during national challenge
The U.S. Conference of Mayors, Novelis Inc. and Keep America Beautiful, Inc. (KAB) have announced the winners in the fourth annual Cans for Cash: City Recycling Challenge at the U.S. Conference of Mayors 76th Winter Meeting in Washington, D.C. To encourage recycling, the program challenges like-sized cities to compete against each other in aluminum can collection for monetary awards. During ...
By Novelis Inc.
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Trade Associations align in support of beverage container deposit programs
Manufacturing Container-Focused Trade Associations Align in Support of Beverage Container Deposit ProgramsPrograms Provide High-Quality Recyclables for “Essential” End Markets Leadership from the aluminum, glass and plastic (PET) industries have joined together over the past month to emphasize the critical role that the recycled bottles and cans redeemed and returned through ...
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Novelis Introduces High-Recycled Content Aluminum for Beverage Cans, Launches World´s First Recycled Content Certification Program
Novelis, the world leader in aluminum rolling and recycling, today announced the commercial availability of the industry's first independently certified, high-recycled content aluminum designed specifically for the beverage can market. With a minimum of 90 percent recycled aluminum, the Novelis evercan™ aluminum beverage can body sheet will allow beverage companies to deliver soft drinks, ...
By Novelis Inc.
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Aluminum Can Extends Lead As Most Recycled Beverage Container
The U.S. recycling rate for aluminum beverage containers jumped seven percentage points, from 58.1 percent to 65.1 percent for 2011, the Aluminum Association, Can Manufacturers Institute (CMI) and Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) announced today. That means 61 billion cans were recycled in 2011, a milestone that marks solid progress toward the industry's goal of a 75 percent ...
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The Aluminum Association Supports America Recycles Day and Offers Challenge
The Aluminum Association supports America Recycles Day, tomorrow, November 15th and reminds everyone to recycle all the aluminum they use in their everyday lives. Aluminum is infinitely recyclable meaning it can be eternally recycled with no loss in quality. Aluminum's recyclability and durability mean that 75% of all aluminum ever produced is still in use today. Recycled aluminum requires ...
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Alcoa Foundation Helps Score a Win for Sustainability at 2012 Super Bowl
A dedicated team has spent the weeks after last month’s Super Bowl tabulating the amount of materials recycled during the big game in Indianapolis – more than 144 tons, in fact. The Indiana Recycling Coalition (IRC), with financial support from the Alcoa Foundation, helped organize an effort to recycle materials at the Super Bowl and its numerous related ...
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