EAFA‘s executive director Stefan Glimm, said: “Once again we can demonstrate that aluminium is a material with a high functionality in product preservation and with impressive recycling and sustainability credentials. It can be recycled endlessly and the recycling saves up to 95% energy use compared to its primary production, with the corresponding savings in greenhouse gas emissions.”
Despite their small size, aluminium closures collected together with mixed packaging are readily separated with eddy-current systems. Similar systems are also used to completely separate the closures in glass packaging from the glass element.
This is due to the production requirements in glass recycling. The value of the recycled aluminium supports the economics of the recycling process of both material routes. Once separated, the aluminium closures go into the aluminium recycling stream for re-melting to be used again for other valuable aluminium products.
Recycling rates are calculated on the basis of publicly available national aluminium recycling rates and market data from EAFA member companies. This data also shows the extent to which consumption volumes and recycling rates vary from one country to another.
Source: EAFA
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