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Tecnocap has published its first sustainability report to disclose its economic, social, environmental performance. The metal packaging company, which operates in 100 countries and has around 1,000 employees, specialises in aluminium aerosol cans. The sustainability report is prepared in following the sustainability reporting standards of the Global Report Initiative... [Read More]

Trivium Packaging has partnered with a recycling firm in Argentina to increase the recollection and reuse of aluminium aerosol cans. Through the partnership with Creando Conciencia, Trivium Argentina will become the first in Latin America to use post-consumer recycled (PCR) aluminium. The initiative is part of the company’s efforts to raise awareness and accelerate... [Read More]

The Association of European Producers of Steel for Packaging (APEAL) has announced its 2025 vision for recycling – zero steel packaging to landfill – as part of its virtual Steel for Packaging Week event. The 2025 Vision is set to be supported by action in four key areas, identified by APEAL as ‘critical’ in the drive to prevent steel packaging from being diverted... [Read More]

ALPLA, which specialises in the development, production, and recycling of plastic packaging, will invest up to €50 million a year, on average, between now and 2025 to further expand its recycling activities. The organisation plans to globalise its activities in the area of high-quality recyclates to close the materials cycle in as many regions as possible. In 2017,... [Read More]

The Association of European Producers of Steel for Packaging (APEAL) will host a virtual event in February, announcing its new vision for recycling. The news follows the cancellation of interpack, at which APEAL was due to exhibit. The event, Steel for Packaging Week, is free to attend and will launch on 25 February. It will offer stakeholders from across the packaging... [Read More]

Aluminium, glass, and steel packaging industries have jointly welcomed the plenary vote on the Circular Economy Action Plan (CEAP) 2.0 report in support of permanent materials. The Association of European Producers of Steel for Packaging (APEAL), European Aluminium, the European Container Glass Federation (FEVE) and Metal Packaging Europe, members of the Permanent Metals... [Read More]

A closed 'can-to-can' recycling loop does not deliver the best environmental and economic performance for aluminium aerosols, according to new research. Demands for increasing recycled material content in packaging and recycling in a closed product loop are gathering momentum in the industry. The question raised in a new study is whether such a closed product loop recycling... [Read More]

2020 was a record year for aluminium packaging recycling in the UK. Preliminary figures released by the Environment Agency (EA) on 11 January, analysed by the Aluminium Packaging Recycling Organisation (Alupro) show the volume of aluminium packaging collected for recycling in the UK reached its highest ever level. While reprocessors and exporters have until the end... [Read More]

Clean Earth is expected to process around 13 million aerosol cans in 2020, breaking its previous record. Clean Earth, a major speciality waste company in the US, announced that its Aerosol Recycling System is expected to recycle 85% more aerosol cans than in 2015. Processing pressurised steel cans, aluminium cans, plastics, and glass, the company has already surpassed... [Read More]

Aluminium packaging recycling rates have surpassed 2020’s target, according to the UK Environment Agency. The figures show that in the third quarter of 2020, more than 42,265 tonnes of aluminium packaging were collected for recycling – an increase of 41% compared to the same period in 2019 and 4% higher than the previous quarter (40,653). To date in 2020, 119,198... [Read More]

Unilever has teamed up with Recycling Technologies, a specialist plastic recycling technology provider, and renewable fuels firm Neste to recover and reuse plastic packaging that is currently incinerated, buried in landfill, or exported from the UK. The joint project has been awarded a £3.1 million (€3.41 million) grant from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) to develop... [Read More]

Global plastic packaging manufacturer and recycling specialist ALPLA has developed the world’s first carbon-neutral recycled PET. ALPLA switched its PET Recycling Team plants in Wollersdorf, Austria, and Radomsko, Poland, to a mix of electricity from renewable sources to produce carbon-neutral recycled polyethylene terephthalate. Georg Lässer, head of recycling... [Read More]

Production of aluminium aerosol cans has only decreased slightly, despite the COVID-19 pandemic, although manufacturers should expect a further decline in demand in the second half of the year. According to the International Organisation of Aluminium Aerosol Container Manufacturers (AEROBAL) recorded a relatively moderate decline in the global production of aluminium... [Read More]

Speakers at a European Aluminium web workshop stressed the need to invest now in aluminium packaging sorting and recycling. The event, which took place on 30 September, welcomed several speakers in the field to discuss investing in the circular economy. Andy Doran, chairman of the Packaging Group, and Michael Langen of HTP, a German consultancy on waste management,... [Read More]

The UK city of Leicester has partnered with the Aluminium Packaging Recycling Organisation (Alupro) and MetalMatters to promote metal packaging recycling. The Make Metals Matter campaign, launched by Leicester City Council, will target over 140,000 homes in the city to remind people to recycle all of their household metal packaging waste. It is estimated over 168... [Read More]

US Ecology has become the first and only US firm to offer Aerosol Recycling Technology (ART), a 100% sustainable solution for aerosol waste. The ART system, developed exclusively with DeSpray Environmental, uses state-of-the-art, patent-pending technologies to produce recyclable metal, reusable alternative fuels and liquid fuels. According to US Ecology, the ART... [Read More]