Atlanta-based rolled aluminum company Novelis has announced that its Novelis Korea subsidiary reached the milestone of recycling 2 million short tons of aluminum beverage cans at its recycling center in Yeongju, Republic of Korea.
Sachin Satpute, president of Novelis Asia, says the company plans to recycle even more aluminum beverage cans in the coming years at the plant. “Aluminum is an ideal material for the low-carbon circular economy, as it is infinitely recyclable and therefore environmentally friendly. Novelis will further develop technologies and stimulate investments to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050,” he adds.
The Yeongju Recycling Center has recycled 133.3 billion aluminum cans since its start-up a decade ago. In this way, the closed-loop recycling system implemented at the plant has prevented around 20 million short tons of carbon from entering the atmosphere.
In addition, the Yeongju recycling center recycles more than 18 billion beverage cans annually and has a production capacity of 340,000 short tons of low-carbon aluminum sheet ingots. The plant and its 60-day production cycle are fully certified under the ASI (Aluminum Stewardship Initiative) certification for sustainable aluminum production.
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Making a can from recycled aluminum saves more than 90% of the energy needed to make a new can.
