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Aluminum is one of the most recycled – and most recyclable – materials on the market today. Recycling aluminum saves nearly  95% of the energy required versus producing new metal, and the U.S. market has become increasingly dependent on recycled metal as the feedstock of various wrought and cast aluminum products. 

The Recycling committee provides an open forum for secondary aluminum recyclers to discuss, develop and implement programs to strengthen this key segment of the value chain. The committee works to advance knowledge of the aluminum recycling industry, promote higher recycling rates and improve the safety, health and environmental performance of operations.

Secondary Production is the process of recycling aluminum scrap into aluminum that can be used again—an environmentally sound process that is 92 percent more energy efficient than primary production. Over the last 30 years, the United States has become increasingly dependent on recycled aluminum scrap as a feedstock. 

The Secondary Producers group works to address priorities specific to this key segment of the industry and is composed of those aluminum remelters that produce either molten metal for customer use or cast products that will subsequently be remelted for customer use. The committee’s focus areas include recycling optimization initiatives, saltcake/baghouse dust disposal and reclamation, industry intelligence gathering, safety initiatives and benchmarking, and market growth development.