{"id":27739,"date":"2019-10-23T13:25:25","date_gmt":"2019-10-23T11:25:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/?p=27739"},"modified":"2019-10-23T13:25:25","modified_gmt":"2019-10-23T11:25:25","slug":"can-recycling-at-record-level","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/dosenrecycling-auf-rekordniveau\/","title":{"rendered":"Recycling of beverage cans rises to record level"},"content":{"rendered":"

Never before have so many aluminium beverage cans been recycled in Europe as in 2017, according to new figures from Eurostat. In Germany, the recycling rate is already at 99 %. <\/strong><\/p>\n

This makes Germany the leader in the recycling of beverage cans both in Europe and worldwide. Across Europe, the recycling rate rose from 72.8 % in 2016 to 74.5 % in 2017 - an increase of 2.3 %.<\/p>\n

Almost 31 billion cans were recycled in the EU and EFTA countries in 2017, that is more than 420,000 tonnes of aluminium<\/strong>. Recycled aluminium consumes 95 % less energy than aluminium in primary production. In addition, the recycling process causes only 5 % of the greenhouse gas emissions that arise during production from primary raw materials. All Aluminium cans are infinitely recyclable<\/strong>, regardless of their colour, design, format or size.<\/p>

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In Germany, the beverage can is the most recycled beverage packaging (as it is worldwide). With a top recycling rate of 99 per cent, the beverage can is the recycling champion - even ahead of Scandinavian countries such as Norway or Finland.\u201c<\/p>\n

Stephan R\u00f6sgen<\/strong>, Managing Director of the Beverage Can Forum<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

As the Beverage Can Forum has now announced, can manufacturers and their aluminium suppliers are confident that the European recycling rate will continue to rise thanks to a combination of measures. These include, for example Improved collection systems for metal and packaging<\/strong> or incentive systems such as modern Deposit or voluntary take-back systems<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Can manufacturers and aluminium recyclers are prepared to invest in Additional recycling capacities<\/strong> to invest. However, public and private players in the waste management sector would then also have to be prepared to invest in the necessary additional facilities for separation and processing.<\/p>