AluK has joined the CAB’s Closed Loop Recycling Scheme, giving powerful backing to the CAB’s mission to embed closed loop recycling at the heart of the aluminium supply chain.
AluK’s Managing Director Russell Yates and Health & Safety Manager Sophie Bragg received the company’s membership certificate from the CAB’s Chief Executive Nigel Headford. Russell commented: “Aluminium’s 100% recyclability* has always been one of its key strengths, and that inherent sustainability is becoming ever more important for both retail and commercial buyers.
“Specifiers are already examining levels of ‘embodied carbon’ in construction materials, and we could easily see limits placed on that in the future, so this CAB initiative to bring the aluminium sector together on recycling is the perfect response.
Sophie Bragg added: “What is so important about the scheme is that it’s not just about increasing the quantity of recovered aluminium scrap available in the UK, it’s about increasing the quality as well.
“Closed loop means we separate out all the aluminium components from alloy groups with compatible alloys at the recycling stage – including the 6 series alloys used for aluminium window and door extrusions – and ensure that only these are mixed together during remelting. That means extrusions are recycled into extrusions - and together we maximise the efficiency of the whole process.”
In his role as President of the CAB, Russell is keen to expand the reach of the scheme as widely as possible. He said: “The CAB scheme is open to everyone in the aluminium supply chain and we would like to see fabricators and installers signing up as well as systems companies. It is a powerful way to demonstrate the sector’s commitment to sustainability and means we can all share our data to help shape the closed loop recycling value chain and circular economy of the future so that the focus shifts from cradle to gate to cradle to cradle.”
Recycling aluminium uses 95% less energy than producing the material in the first place and it is 100% recyclable over and over again – losing none of its properties in the recycling process.
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