recycling
Resource Futures to research recycling rates
Resource Futures’ research will aim to determine how much aluminium packaging is reprocessed or exported.
Brands adopt the Recycling Mark
The Recycling Mark, a logo for on- and off-pack use recently developed by the members of Metal Packaging Europe, has been adopted by a number of brands.
Novelis celebrates the can in Brazil
While the aluminium can has been around for nearly fifty years in various places around the world, Brazil only adopted this innovation 25 years ago.
intu Trafford Centre gets ‘canny’
The intu Trafford Centre, a large shopping and leisure complex in Manchester, UK, is aiming to recycle more than one million drinks cans, following the unveiling of 243 can collectors at various sites throughout the shopping centre. The scheme, which has been implemented by the free to use Every Can Counts recycling programme, will aim […]
APEAL to host “Green Solutions For Central Europe 2015”
Apeal, the Association of European Producers of Steel for Packaging, is to host a second steel packaging summit specifically oriented to the needs of Central Europe. The summit, “Steel Packaging – Green Solutions for Central Europe 2015″, will take place in the Warsaw Marriot hotel on 8 October 2015 and will be followed by a […]
Ball improves on sustainability goals
Ball has released its 2014 global sustainability data, indicating noteworthy improvements toward its corporate and operational sustainability priorities and goals since issuing its biennial sustainability report. “For Ball, sustainability is an integral part of who we are,” said Bjoern Kulmann, Ball’s director of sustainability. “Each and every day, our employees around the world remain focused […]
The annual AmeriCAN Canned Craft Beer Festival
Rexam will be the presenting sponsor of the annual AmeriCAN Canned Craft Beer Festival, held on 16 May this year at the Scottsdale Civic Center in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Prescott Brewing Company selects Rexam cans
Prescott Brewing Company has expanded its canned offerings to include its Achocolypse beer, which will be available in Rexam 12 oz. cans.
APEAL reports high rates of steel packaging recycling
APEAL (the Association of European Producers of Steel for Packaging) reported that 2013 was the best year ever for steel packaging recycling in Europe.
Study into ‘permanent materials’
According to a study conducted by Swiss consultancy firm Carbotech AG in collaboration with the University of Applied Science Northwestern Switzerland (FHNW), aluminium and steel fulfil the criteria for ‘permanent materials’. The study claims that the current approach of classifying materials as renewable or non-renewable is insufficient for the development of good practices in sustainable […]
European Aluminium’s ‘Sustainability Roadmap’
I recently attended European Aluminium’s ‘Common Goals, Shared Action’ sustainability event for the aluminium industry in Brussels, Belgium.
Second Self Beer Company selects Novelis’ evercan
Novelis, an aluminum rolling and recycling specialist, and Atlanta brewery Second Self Beer Company have announced the launch of Second Self beer in aluminum cans, made from Novelis’ evercan. “At Second Self we spend a lot of time perfecting the flavor profile of every beer we make, from how it first hits the pallet to […]
Cans recycling challenge
The US Coast Guard Academy (USCGA) has received top honors in the Great American Can Roundup’s (GACR) Commander-in-Chief’s Challenge. As the top recycling service academy for the 2014-2015 GACR Challenge, all 896 cadets of the USCGA’s eight companies participated in the competition to recycle more than 3,100 aluminum beverage cans. An award ceremony took place […]
Record year for can sales
Canadean, the market research company responsible for compiling Beverage Can filling figures for BCME, has confirmed that 2014 was a record year for can sales, with an impressive 63 billion cans filled across Europe. Highlights of the research includes: – Carbonated Soft Drink (CSD) fillings increased by 5% – Beer fillings increased by 2%, which […]