11 Dec 2023 --- Aluminum industry stakeholders have set an ambitious target of achieving a near 100% recycling rate for drink cans by 2050 at COP28, currently underway in Dubai, UAE. The initiative aims to support the International Energy Agency’s “Net Zero 2050” goal and address the need for enhanced recycling to combat climate change. To facilitate this initiative, industry leaders and organizations have endorsed specific actions, including establishing national and state-level recycling targets, formulating policies to enhance the quality of collected used beverage cans and collecting and publishing data on aluminum recovery rates to monitor progress. The aluminum industry is also urged to scale up existing recycling capacity, track global recycling rates, support smart can collection and recycling policies, and prioritize can-to-can recycling through optimized alloy design and scrap purification.
