Novelis to convert beverage can sheet to evercan aluminium by 2017

Novelis has announced a new commitment to convert all of its beverage can body sheet production to its evercan sheet, the world’s first certified high-recycled content aluminium for beverage cans, by the end of 2017. Novelis president and CEO Phil Martens announced this new commitment at JPMorgan Chase & Co’s Chief Sustainability Officers Summit in New York.

“The transition to a low-carbon, circular economy requires innovation and disruption to create measurable impact,” said Martens. “Our plan to produce only evercan body sheet by 2017 is a bold move that extends our leadership in sustainability and is an important part of our long-term strategy to increase the recycled content in our products to 80% by the end of the decade.”

This commitment means that all can body sheet produced by Novelis will be certified 90% recycled content, compared to the global industry average of 50%.

Available worldwide, evercan sheet is produced in Novelis facilities in North America, Europe, South America and Asia. Novelis’ evercan body sheet is priced at the same levels as standard beverage can sheet and there’s no difference in quality, technical characteristics or run-speed at customer plants between evercan and standard sheet.

To encourage broad adoption across the market, Novelis will assist other aluminium manufacturers by sharing knowledge of the process to certify high-recycled content beverage sheet using the methodology of SCS Global Services (SCS), a recognised leader in environmental auditing that certifies evercan’s high-recycled content.

Novelis has also recently received certification from SCS for its high-recycled content can end sheet production in North America in addition to can body sheet. Can end sheet is used to form the tops of cans. The evercan end sheet will be available globally next year.