It pays in every way to recycle aluminium packaging Aluminum is the only packaging material that covers its cost of collection and processing into newborn metal. Beyond safeguarding valuable food and beverage, recycling itself saves natural resources and 95% energy and Greenhouse Gas emission. |
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Collection, Sorting and Recycling of Aluminium Packaging makes a lot of sense! Aluminium packaging fits every desired recycling and processing route. The amount of aluminium packaging effectively recycled greatly depends upon individual national requirements and the efficiency of the collection schemes, therefore rates vary from 30 to 80% or more across Europe. Download New OEA/EAA brochure... |
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Recovery of aluminium from bottomashes - a boost to packaging recycling In countries with waste incineration growing environmental awareness and technological developments makes way for improved packaging recycling rates... |
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Aluminium beverage can recycling in the EU 27 increases to 63%! Press Release 27. May 2010 The overall recycling rate for aluminium beverage cans in the enlarged EU 27 including EFTA countries and Turkey further improved in 2008 and stands now at 63.1%. It has improved from 61.8% in 2007, respectively 57.7% in 2006. This 5.4% increase over the past two years represents an impressive extra carbon footprint saving of more than 310,000 tons of CO2 equivalents. Read the Press release... |