02 May 2022 --- The UK recorded its highest aluminum packaging recycling rate in 2021, according to annual data published by the Environment Agency. The recycling rate was a record 68% in 2021, with more than 156,000 metric tons collected for recycling (a 3% rise year-on-year). Meanwhile, more than four in five beverage cans were recycled last year (82%) – matching the previous record set in 2020. Despite a growing domestic market, aluminum packaging collected through kerbside, bring and on-the-go systems increased by 5% (112,210), while tonnage recovered from incinerator bottom ash grew by 2% (41,941). More than 88% of this total volume was recycled within the UK and EU, with just 12% being exported for reprocessing further afield.
