UK's Aluminium drink can recycling rate hits record 75%

From scrapregister.com

The UK aluminium drink can recycling rate has risen to 75%, its highest ever level, up from 54% in 2010. Additionally, 95% of aluminium packaging collected in the UK is recycled within Europe, rather than being sent around the globe, according to the Aluminium Packaging Recycling Organisation (Alupro) an association for aluminium packaging producers, reprocessors and fillers in the UK. The overall aluminium packaging rate has continued to rise steadily too, from 41% in 2010 to 52% in 2018, meaning that over 100,000 tonnes of aluminium packaging sold in the UK was recycled last year, Alupro said. These significant ... (full story)