Novelis recycles record UBCs.
Novelis Inc. recycled a record 38 billion used beverage cans A beverage can is most often an aluminium can manufactured to hold a single serving of a beverage. Overview
The early metal beverage can was made out of steel (similar to a tin can) and had no pull-tab. last
year, which is equivalent to 500,000 metric tons of aluminum.
Novelis operates five can recycling facilities--three in the United
States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , one in South America South America, fourth largest continent (1991 est. pop. 299,150,000), c.6,880,000 sq mi (17,819,000 sq km), the southern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. and one in Europe. A spokesman for Novelis
says that 30 percent of the company's raw material comes from
recycled material.
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