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International Aluminium Institute (IAI) data show that around 420 billion aluminum beverage cans enter the global market each year. While about 71% are recycled, the current can-to-can recycling rate is only around 33%. At this rate, repeated recycling through 2050 could generate about 207 billion recycled cans, while raising the closed-loop rate to 62% through better UBC sorting, remelting and logistics could increase this to around 685 billion cans. IAI estimates that only 47% of recycled cans currently return to new cans, compared with a potential 87% using existing technology, highlighting significant room to strengthen closed-loop recycling.

Germany's building sector generated around 130,000 mt of aluminum scrap in 2023, according to a report by AUF and European Aluminum, with AUF's recycling network collecting approximately 75,000 mt. Aluminum scrap recycling rates in Germany are close to 100%, while around 70% of scrap from building products is processed and remelted domestically, mainly into secondary extrusion billets and rolling ingots. Approximately 83,700 mt was recycled back into new building products, supporting a closed-loop aluminum system in the construction sector.

Crown Holdings informó que el contenido promedio de aluminio reciclado en sus envases para bebidas alcanzó el 67% en 2025, con un total de compras de aluminio de aproximadamente 1,23 millones de toneladas métricas. La empresa aspira a elevar el contenido reciclado en las latas de aluminio para bebidas al 80% para 2030, y se compromete a obtener al menos el 10% de su compra anual de aluminio primario de productores con bajas emisiones de carbono para ese mismo año. La electricidad renovable representó el 44% de la combinación eléctrica global de Crown en 2025, mientras que las emisiones combinadas de Alcance 1 y 2 disminuyeron alrededor de un 30% con respecto al nivel de referencia de 2019.