
The Can Manufacturers Institute (CMI) seeks to grow the UBC recycling rate to 90% by 2050. | Ji Jinn/Shutterstock
In endorsing a strategy to reduce greenhouse gases and limit global warming, aluminum producers say boosting UBC recycling rates will play a central role. Meanwhile, Novelis, the largest UBC recycling company in North America, provided updated details on its “green bond” spending. Continue Reading

Last year, Constellium used a greater weight of recovered material in its aluminum products and Ball used more recycled content in its cans. | Kwangmoozaa/Shutterstock
Two huge consumers of recycled aluminum from used beverage cans recently published sustainability reports noting progress in their efforts to use more recycled metal.

Hydro Extrusion USA and federal prosecutors in the air pollution case both recommend a penalty of $550,000. | Boroda79/Shutterstock
Aluminum recycling company Hydro Extrusion USA pleaded guilty to an air pollution crime and agreed to over half a million dollars in penalties. Continue Reading

Sonoco and Novelis are both looking to the future, the former by installing a URB line and the latter by increasing its aluminum capacity. | Pepe Baeza/Shutterstock
Two major end users of recycled materials – one in paper, one in aluminum – recently announced milestones in their upgrade efforts.
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A session at the E-Scrap Conference featured evTerra’s Jeff Gloyd, left, and Chris Kaasmann of GreenChip. | Big Wave Productions/Resource Recycling, Inc.
When a lithium-ion battery fire breaks out in a recycling facility, the brain’s emotional centers often lead employees to grab extinguishers filled with fire suppression chemicals, but what they actually need is water.

Ball Corporation noted the plant closures were part of a plan toward capacity optimization. | ji jinn/Shutterstock
Citing decreased demand for alcohol, aluminum can maker Ball Corporation will close two of its older U.S. beverage can plants.

A $2.2 billion investment will bring aluminum recycling facilities to the Southwestern and Southeastern United States and north-central Mexico. | Sheila Fitzgerald/Shutterstock
A metals manufacturer is planning to build a massive aluminum flat rolled mill in North America to supply the automotive and packaging industries with recycled-content material.
