Ball Corporation will purchase an ownership stake in the aluminum can sheet rolling mill and recycling center planned by Manna Capital Partners. | Fotosr52/Shutterstock
Private investment firm Manna Capital Partners announced its plans to build and run an aluminum can sheet rolling mill and recycling center in Los Lunas, N.M.
Globally, Novelis is currently capable of recycling 82 billion aluminum cans a year. A new plant will add to that capacity. | Courtesy of Novelis
A huge aluminum recycling and rolling plant in the South will greatly expand Novelis’ capacity to recycle used beverage cans. Continue Reading
The U.S. Department of Energy has released a five-year action plan for cutting the cost of recycling photovoltaic (PV) materials in half. | lccarvalho/Shutterstock
It’s generally cheaper to landfill old solar panels than it is to recycle them. The U.S. Department of Energy wants to change that.
Constellium’s plant in Muscle Shoals, Ala. can annually recycle up to 340,000 metric tons of post- and pre-consumer aluminum scrap. | Courtesy of Constellium
Beverage can manufacturers will direct money into pushing state lawmakers to pass new container deposit laws, as part of an industry effort to boost UBC recycling rates.
Igneo plans to use a pyrolysis system to process plastics in the electronics stream. | gabriel12/Shutterstock
A large electronics recycling operation is launching in Georgia, and its focus will be lower-value, plastics-heavy devices in the waste stream.
A petition calls on the federal government to prioritize metals recycling and reuse over new mining. | GSPhotography / Shutterstock
A coalition of Native American tribes and environmental activists are petitioning the federal government for stricter regulations on metals mining and more support for e-scrap recycling.
Several factors are contributing to price increases within the wider aluminum market. | Darrenp / Shutterstock
A year ago, some aluminum end markets were slowing purchases of the material. But demand has steadily increased throughout 2021, bringing welcome pricing for the municipal recycling sector.
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About 40% of the feedstock consumed by Constellium last year was scrap material. | pim pic/Shutterstock
Global aluminum manufacturer Constellium, which operates a large recycling site in Alabama, says it boosted the amount of production scrap it recycled last year.
The REMADE Institute issued funding to projects exploring a variety of recycling technologies. | Gorodenkoff/Shutterstock
A federal initiative focused on energy efficiency in U.S. manufacturing recently selected two dozen recycling projects to support. A majority of the projects are related to plastics recycling, but others target fiber, metals and more.
