Aluminum Industry in Action
Aluminum Week: Aluminum Can Recycling Rates Shows Need for Recycling Policy Reform
The Aluminum Association released the 2024 edition of the The Aluminum Can Advantage: Sustainability Key Performance Indicators report, showing a 43% U.S. consumer recycling rate for the aluminum beverage can in 2023 (and similar rates in 2021/2022). This rate — and various other sustainability indicators — comfortably exceeds comparable figures for glass and plastic (PET) bottles. But it is still unacceptably low and suggests that our current approach to recycling in America is simply not working at the level we need. POLITICO has the story.
Record Recycling Jobs, Economic Output for U.S. Aluminum
A 2024 study shows found that the U.S. aluminum industry directly employs more than 164,000 workers and drives $92 billion in direct economic output.
Pathways to Decarbonization: A North American Aluminum Roadmap
A 2024 report lays out theoretical pathways to achieve industrywide carbon emission reductions by 2050.
Aluminum Carbon Footprint Cut in Half Over 30 Years
A third-party, critical-reviewed life cycle assessment (LCA) report found that the carbon footprint of aluminum production and recycling in North America was cut in half since 1991.
Latest News & Information
U.S. Aluminum Industry Meets Growing Demand While Decreasing Impact
The U.S. Aluminum Industry Sector Snapshot report shows positive environmental impact trendlines for the U.S. aluminum industry on virtually every measure since the 1990s. Notably, aluminum producers have accomplished this during a period when demand for the metal has grown by more than 25 percent domestically.
New Data from the Aluminum Association and Can Manufacturers Institute Shows Continued Recycled Content, Circularity Advantage
More Than 60 Organizations Rally Behind Key Recycling Legislation to Enhance Accessibility, Tracking
New Edition Reflects Over 200 Updates to Industry Standards
Increased Sheet & Plate Shipments Drive Solid Recovery Through Midyear
Industry Statistics
Vital business intelligence on the industry for the industry
The Aluminum Association’s more than two-dozen different statistical reports cover every segment of the aluminum market, from orders to shipments to capacity. Our decades of experience and relationships allows us to survey aluminum companies directly to access near real-time information on shipments, mill orders and other market trends. And now these reports are available as interactive, presentation-ready charts and graphs you can manipulate directly through the system. This is data and information you can’t find anywhere else in a newly accessible and convenient format.
