Novelis Announces Aluminum Can Recycling Rate

Novelis Inc., Atlanta, has announced that it recycled nearly a million metric tons of post-consumer and post-industrial aluminum scrap in 2005, including more than 35 billion used beverage cans (UBCs).

“Recycled aluminum is an important source of raw material for Novelis,” says Martha Brooks, chief operating officer. “Approximately 30 percent of our metal input comes from recycling.”

Novelis sources recycled metal from post-consumer products, primarily beverage cans, as well as post-industrial scrap from its customers’ manufacturing operations. Scrap recovered within Novelis’ own operations is not included in the company’s calculations of recycled metal.