[SCRAP INDUSTRY NEWS]

Alcan Inc., Cleveland, has announced a new aluminum used beverage container (UBC) recycling record. The company says that in 2002 its facilities melted 24 billion UBCs—an increase of 2 billion aluminum cans from the prior year.

Alcan, which bills itself as the world’s largest recycler of UBCs, recycled 45 percent of all the UBCs collected in North America.

The company completes the closed loop recycling process at its three U.S. recycling facilities by processing UBCs into aluminum ingots that are used to manufacture new aluminum can sheet. Alcan’s recycling process saves 95 percent of the energy that would be required to produce aluminum from raw materials.

"Aluminum is a valuable metal that should not be buried in landfills because it is infinitely recyclable," states Martha Finn Brooks, president of Alcan Rolled Products Americas and Asia. "As a leader in recycling, we are committed to educating the consumer and public officials about the economic value and environmental benefits of aluminum recycling."

Alcan’s efforts include providing information to municipalities about how the high value of recyclable aluminum can help pay for a comprehensive curbside recycling program. In curbside collections, aluminum earns from 10 to 20 times more by weight than plastic, glass and other materials. Used aluminum beverage cans have a value greater than $1,000 per ton, notes Brooks.

Alcan operates aluminum can recycling plants that melt UBCs in Berea, Ky.; Oswego, N.Y.; and Greensboro, Ga. The Alcan Berea plant is the world’s largest melting facility devoted exclusively to recycling UBCs.

The Paper Stock Institute (PSI) chapter of ISRI has announced the release of its 2003 scrap paper specifications. According to PSI chapter president Marty Davis, there were two changes included in the document, known officially as the "PS-03 Circular for Paper Stock Grades."

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Grade Number 36, Manila Tab Cards, and Grade Number 38, Sorted Colored Ledger, have been discontinued. These grades can now be found under specialty grades with a new commodity reference number. It has been determined that these two grades either existed in low volumes or were included in other commodity grades, Davis says.

The PSI Standards and Practices Committee for 2003, which reviewed and helped redefine the grades, included 15 representatives from leading paper stock and paper mill companies, including: Allan Co., Baldwin Park, Calif.; City Carton Co., Iowa City, Iowa; Federal International Inc., St. Louis; Midland-Davis, Moline, Ill.; Newark Group/Recycled Fibers, Cranford, N.J.; Newstech, Coquitlam, B.C., Canada; Northstar Pulp and Paper, Springfield, Mass.; Recycle America Alliance, Houston; Secondary Fiber Inc., Denver; SP Recycling, Atlanta; Traders International, Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.; Texas Recycling/Surplus, Dallas; United Paper Stock, Pawtucket, R.I.; Western Pacific Pulp and Paper, Downey, Calif.; and Weyerhaeuser Recycling, Federal Way, Wash.