- Aluminum is a durable and sustainable
metal: Two-thirds of the aluminum ever produced is still
in use today.
- Recovering aluminum for recycling
saves money and dramatically reduces energy consumption.
The aluminum container recycling process saves 92 percent
of the energy needed to produce aluminum from bauxite ore,
according to EPA's Waste Reduction Model (WARM).
- Most of the rigid aluminum packaging
recovered from the waste stream is used to manufacture new
packaging, making aluminum packaging a closed loop recycled
material.
- Of the most common recyclable
materials aluminum, glass, paper, metals, corrugated paperboard
and plastics, aluminum is the only material infinitely recyclable,
100 percent recyclable, and pays for itself.
- Around the U.S., aluminum is
recycled 50 percent of the time, compared to glass and plastic,
which are reprocessed less than 25 percent.
- Aluminum is significantly lighter
than glass; therefore, it creates a 35 percent reduction
in its carbon footprint during shipping.
- Aluminum does not degrade or
lose any if its intrinsic physical properties during the
recycling process. Recycled aluminum and virgin aluminum
are inherently the same.
- Aluminum beverage containers
represent less than 20 percent of the materials collected
in curbside recycling programs, and they generate up to
70 percent of total scrap value.
- Aluminum cans are the most valuable
commodity to curbside programs helping to pay for the collection
of containers made from other materials.
- Aluminum is the only recyclable
material municipalities can count on to recoup their recycling
costs. According to Earth911.com, each year the aluminum
industry pays $800 million for empty aluminum cans to the
benefit of communities, industry and the environment.
- Aluminum packaging provides a
complete, impermeable barrier. The superior barrier properties,
of aluminum packaging, protect the integrity and improve
the shelf life of sensitive products, in a highly sustainable
manner."
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Thinner wrap,
More layers
In stretch film, the story is the emergence of thinner-gauge
films that are just as strong as their thicker counterparts.
Demand for down gauged films soars.
Read - Perform
XL Film
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