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Aluminium cans are more than just convenient beverage containers. They represent a critical opportunity for sustainable resource management in the United States. Increasing the recycling rates of aluminium cans is paramount for multiple environmental and economic reasons. Recycling reduces carbon emissions and energy consumption, and enhances the production of low-carbon ...

October 8, 2024

Aluminium can recycling has a pivotal role to play in creating a more sustainable and economically robust future for the United States. The U.S. is the biggest user of aluminium beverage cans worldwide, followed by China and Europe. Aluminium cans are more than just convenient beverage containers. They represent a ...

September 25, 2024

The vision of the Global Beverage Can Circularity Alliance (GBCCA) is to achieve full global circularity of aluminium beverage cans by 2050, in alignment with the International Energy Agency’s Net Zero 2050 scenario. To realize this vision, we’ll need to increase global recycling rates for aluminium beverage cans to at ...

September 24, 2024

At COP28, leaders in the aluminium beverage can value chain issued a call to action, urging national governments to commit to setting appropriate policies to achieve global aluminium beverage can recycling targets of at least 80% by 2030 and near 100% by 2050. In the aftermath, the Global Beverage Can ...

September 23, 2024

The Phase One Report of the Global Recycling League Table produced by Eunomia Research and Consulting analysed the recycling performance of 48 countries, encompassing those with the highest reported recycling rates and many of the world’s largest economies. The study also incorporated lower-income countries from Latin America, Asia, and Africa ...

August 20, 2024

New data from the International Aluminium Institute (IAI) shows that, for the first time, total greenhouse gas emissions from the global aluminium sector did not grow, even though production increased.

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June 5, 2024

The International Aluminium Institute (IAI) recognised and celebrated women across the aluminium industry through a communication campaign that reflected IAI’s commitment to fostering diversity, equality and inclusion.  IAI gathered the perspectives of 10 women in its member companies and the Institute itself. These women shared how they got into the ...

March 31, 2024

A note on Terminology: The terms “workplace psychological health and safety” are considered synonymous with, in many parts of the world, “workplace mental health and safety.” “Psychological” is used in this introduction but can be considered interchangeable with “mental”. These pages serve as an introduction to demonstrate why organisations should ...

February 27, 2024

Since the 1980s, the aluminum industry in China has made the most significant progress in two aspects. One is the annual output of primary aluminum that has continuously risen from roughly 400,000 tons in 1983 to 40.21 million tons in 2022, accounting for 58.8% of the total annual global output. ...

February 5, 2024
An intricate, spherical metal sculpture composed of intersecting aluminium rods, creating a geometric lattice structure.

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