Tag: recycling
Cans are the most recycled drinks package in the world
Aluminium beverage cans are the most recycled drinks package in the world, according to a global analysis by researchers Resource Recycling Systems (RRS).
Commissioned by...
Film shows how steel cans contribute to cutting food waste
With the European Parliament committed to halving the volume of wasted food at retail and consumer level by 2030, a film that highlights the...
Another record recycling rate for packaging steel in Europe
The average recycling rate for steel cans in Europe has hit a new record high of 77.5 percent, according to APEAL, the Association of...
Constellium increases its can recycling capacity in the US
In a bid to expand aluminium can recycling capacity in North America, Dutch-based Constellium has installed a new recycling furnace at its Muscle Shoals...
Ardagh beverage can plant wins US charity recycling challenge
The beverage can plant run by Ardagh at Elk Grove Village in Illinois was overall winner in the 2016 Great American Can Roundup (GACR)...
Germany recycles 90.7 percent of its steel packaging
Germany recycled 90.7 percent of steel packaging or 505,800 tonnes in 2015, up by 3 percent year-on-year, according to the ‘Recycling Balance Sheet for...
Brazil recycles 97.9 percent of aluminium drinks cans
Brazil recycled 97.9 percent of its aluminium beverage cans in 2015, maintaining the country’s global leadership in recycling for the 14th year running.
The Brazilian...
Canmaker applauds the sophistication of the metals recycling sector
A former canmaker who is now chief executive of the British Metals Recycling Association (BMRA) has applauded the technological sophistication of the metals recycling...
Beverage carton recycling rates continue to rise
Europe recycled 44 percent of beverage cartons in 2015, according to the Brussels-based Alliance for Beverage Cartons and the Environment (ACE).
This represented more than...