Aluminium beverage can recycling in Europe hits record high
The overall recycling rate for aluminium beverage cans in the European Union, Switzerland, Norway and Iceland in 2017 rose 2.3 percentage points from 2016 to reach a record high of 74.5% in 2017. Almost 31 billion cans were recycled in the EU and Efta countries in 2017, representing a total of over 420,000 tonnes of aluminium and underscoring its contribution to the European circular economy. All aluminium cans are equally recyclable, no matter the colour, design, format or size.