Recycling: the costs of energy use in industry have risen and primary aluminum production pyramiding Pindamonhangaba – Brazil, the largest collector of world aluminum cans, surpassed in 2014 its own record in recycling of this type of material, with 98.4% reuse in part by high energy prices, said on Monday industry sources. According to the […]
Aluminum beverage cans are worth mentioning in recycling because they have high consumption and a much shorter life cycle than the one presented by other aluminum products. The recycling of tin has led Brazil to world leadership in the activity consecutively since 2001. In 2014, Brazil held the world record of recycling aluminum beverage cans, […]
Aluminum recycling is intertwined with the implementation of the metal industry in the country. In the 1920s, when the first aluminum utensils production records in the country, the industry used as raw material scrap imported from various countries. In the 1990s, with the start of production of cans in Brazil, metal recycling was intensified, recording […]
Aluminum cans used as refrigerant packaging, juice and beer are leaders in recycling in Brazil, this activity that brings many benefits to the population and the preservation of the environment. Only in 2007, Brazil recycled 11.9 billion cans, equivalent to 32.6 million per day or 1.4 million per hour! This means 96.5% of manufactured cans […]
