2.
/
Aluminium
is
the
poster
child
for
the
circular
economy
Energy
efficient
building
Low
carbon
mobility
Aluminium
is
the
material
of
choice
for:
75%
Thanks
to
its
durability
and
endless
recyclability,
of
all
the
aluminium
ever
produced
is
still
in
use
today.
Resource-‐efficient
packaging
3. /
Europe
is
#1
in
aluminium
recycling
To
maintain
its
leading
position,
Europe
needs
to
invest
in
the
circular
economy
4. /
Aluminium
is
an
energy
bank
• The
energy
required
for
aluminium
primary
production
is
“locked”
in
the
metal.
• Increasing
recycling
contributes
to
reducing
Europe’s
energy
consumption
and
greenhouse
gas
emissions.
When
scrap
leaves
Europe,
it
is
like
exporting
a
battery
that
is
95%
full.
5. /
Europe
is
facing
a
challenge
when
it
comes
to
aluminium
scrap
availability
In
2014
almost
1
million
tonnes
of
aluminium
scrap
left
Europe
to
other
parts
of
the
world.
The
energy
contained
in
this
scrap
is
close
to:
6. 5
/
To
make
the
circular
economy
work,
we
need
to
keep
scrap
in
the
loop
The
more
we
recycle,
the
less
raw
aluminium
we
need
to
import.
• Maximise
the
collection
of
available
aluminium.
• Invest
in
more
efficient
sorting
and
treatment
technologies
an
melting
processes.
7. /
A
level
playing
field
for
responsible
recycling
Keep
SMEs
in
business
and
safeguard
the
competitiveness
and
innovation
potential
of
the
whole
aluminium
value
chain.
Ensuring
higher
health
and
safety
standards
Recycling
processes
in
non-‐European
countries
tend
to
have
lower
health,
safety
and
environmental
standards.
