2020 Aluminium Recycling Targets Well Within Reach ¨CAlupro

According to figures released by the Environment Agency, 116,670 tonnes of aluminium packaging were collected for recycling in the UK last year – a 17% increase compared to 2018 figures of 99,852 and surpassing government targets by more than 8,400 tonnes. Aluminium packaging collected through kerbside, bring and on-the-go systems increased by almost 21% from 74,595 to 89,974, while tonnage recovered from incinerator bottom ash also experienced an uplift from 25,546 to 26,696.

Alupro executive director Rick Hindley said “I was delighted to read the EA data, which highlights another impressive rise in the volume of aluminium packaging collected and recycled across the UK. Since 2010, the industry has experienced a steady increase (11%), which should be seen as a considerable achievement. Record rates suggests increased public awareness about the benefits of aluminium recycling and positive action towards improving resource efficiency. This highlights the importance of our behavioural change programmes – MetalMatters and Every Can Counts. Looking forward to the first two months of 2020, provisional data highlights a year-on-year increase of 52% (compared to the same period in 2019), with 19,371 tonnes of aluminium already collected for recycling. This, alongside a highly positive carry over, puts the industry in an excellent position to surpass this year’s targets, which again increase by 3% (from 61% to 64%). Consequently, under normal market conditions, we anticipate that PRN prices should begin to fall and return to a more realistic and sustainable level. It’s therefore essential that we continue to celebrate increasing recycling rates, while maintaining focus on achieving our ambition of close to 100% recycling across the UK.”

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