Novelis successfully commissioned new baghouses at its recycling center in Latchford, U.K. This represents a major milestone in the plant’s $90 million expansion project. The project, first announced in mid-2024, to aims to double the site’s capacity to recycle used beverage cans (UBCs), transforming Latchford into a state-of-the-art recycling hub. The investment project will include the […]
Aluminum cans are among the most sustainable forms of beverage packaging, thanks to their high recycling rate, as highlighted by the new study announced by the International Aluminium Institute (IAI) at COP30. Commissioned by the Global Beverage Can Circularity Alliance (GBCCA) and conducted by Eunomia Research & Consulting, the study notes that aluminum beverage cans […]
Meadow, a Swedish packaging-tech company, and FILLSY Poland, a Polish co-packer, plans to build a new sustainable packaging factory for the production of Meadow’s infinitely recyclable aluminum pre-fill solution, the MEADOW KAPSUL™. The factory will help boost the supply of recyclable packaging solutions in the European Union (EU), reaching a target capacity of 100 million […]
Speira is investing €40 million in additional recycling capacity at its Rheinwerk facility in Neuss, Germany. The project includes the installation of a new melting furnace exclusively for scrap, which is currently being installed. The furnace will primarily focus on recycling scrap for the beverage can market. At the same time, the third of four […]
Novelis entered into a joint development agreement with DRT Holdings, LLC to accelerate the adoption of high-recycled-content alloys in aluminum beverage can ends. This collaboration aims to improve the manufacturing process for sustainable can ends, ensuring seamless adoption across the global metal packaging industry. “Novelis is committed to accelerating the transition to a more circular aluminum […]
The International Aluminium Institute (IAI) joined the Aluminum Association, European Aluminium, the Aluminium Association of Canada, and the Australian Aluminium Council, along with numerous aluminum producers, recyclers, rolling mills, can makers, and other industry leaders, in calling for urgent actions to be taken to achieve full circularity of aluminum beverage containers to decarbonize the aluminum […]
A new study, “Aluminium Beverage Can Recycling in United Arab Emirates and Asia Pacific: A Review Of Waste Management Maturity In Six Countries,” on recycling of aluminum cans has identified that 60 million tonnes of CO2e per annum could be saved through effective global recycling of used beverage cans (UBCs) by 2030. The study was commissioned […]
Novelis Inc. signed a new anchor customer contract with Ball Corporation. Under the contract, Novelis will supply aluminum sheet to Ball’s can making plants in North America — underscoring the strong demand for the company’s high-recycled-content beverage can sheet. With this contract and other commitments, Novelis has secured all of the beverage can capacity from […]
Ball Corporation announced the availability of two new sizes of its infinitely recyclable Ball Aluminum Cup®, which will broaden the opportunity for venues and vendors to offer consumers a range of sustainable cup options. “It has been inspiring to see continued excitement and growing demand for the Ball Aluminum Cup® since we first introduced the […]
