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Recycling aluminium one can at a time Producing pure aluminium from ore accounts for as much as 1 per cent of all greenhouse gas emissions worldwide. Recycling is the best way to reduce that carbon footprint – but manufacturers and recycling companies will have to plan...

Aluminium Can Recycling This is what typically happens to aluminium cans collected for recycling in NZ. Recycling aluminium requires only 5% of the energy and produces only 5% of the CO2 emissions as compared with primary production and reduces the waste going to landfill. Aluminium can be...

Filter types and scope of use Many different filters are used for the filtration of melt that differ in their structure, active area and filter efficiency. They fall into 2 basic groups, both types significantly differ in their filtration mechanisms: The area of flat filters is significantly larger than...

Foundry Ceramic Foam Filter Foundry Ceramic Foam Filter employs dedicated ceramic foam filter to remove inclusions which are generated between the refining system and the mold table. The ability of the ceramic foam filter to capture these inclusions is critical to maintaining a clean ingot during...

Aluminium scrap is the most recycling process Aluminium scrap is often categorised as “new scrap” from production processes and “old scrap” from post consumer use. New scrap arises during the manufacturing of aluminium semi-fabricated and final products. Old scrap refers to those products collected after disposal by...

What Is Made From Recycled Aluminum Cans Aluminum cans are among the materials most often collected for recycling and one of the easiest to process. Aluminum also has high value in the recycling industry for its sustainability. In fact, more than one-third of all the aluminum...

Recycling of Aluminium Did you know that 75% of all aluminium production is still in use thanks to the durability of the metal and its excellent recycling characteristics? Here, on this page, you will find information about Alumeco’s aluminium recycling policy and a simplified explanation of the...