Alcoa hosts recycling summit
Aluminium producer Alcoa is hosting the Action to Accelerate Recycling (AAR) Summit in Dallas, Texas – with the aim of improving can recycling rates in the US.
Around 90 leaders in sustainability, packaging leadership, and recycling have come together in an effort to drive higher rates for packaging recycling.
Leaders of most of the soft drink and beer industry, packaging manufacturers, thought leaders on creating social change among consumers, and recycling industry experts will participate in a unique facilitated “System in the Room” event to speed up progress to attain higher recycling rates in the US.
“This is not just another conference on recycling,” says Beth Schmitt, director of recycling programmes for Alcoa, a leading global aluminium company and one of the largest can recyclers in the world. “This summit is designed to ignite real change, driven by industry, to achieve one thing: dramatically higher recycling rates. We want to close the loop on aluminium can recycling in the US.”
The AAR Summit is taking place today and tomorrow (8 and 9 February).
