Aluminium Recycling
Why Recycle Aluminium
Aluminium is by far the easiest metal to recycle, and it makes both economic and environmental sense. Every 1kg of aluminium recycled saves approximately 8kg bauxite, 4kg process chemicals and 14kWh of electricity. The energy used to make each kg of recycled aluminium is only 5% of that needed to make primary ("new") aluminium.
When good practice is applied, the quality of recycled aluminium is the same as primary metal, and so closed-loop recycling is possible. This means old vehicle engine blocks are turned into new ones, old cans into new cans and so on. This is important because most aluminium products are made from a range of alloys