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Aluminum Recycling

2007

2005

2004

• CRI Press Release: One Trillion Aluminum Beverage Cans Trashed in America from 1972-2003
• After six years of decline, UBC recycling is headed for the ICU. [PDF, 400 KB]  American Metal Market. November 14, 2004
• Buried Treasure. (on aluminum recycling industry) Recycling Today. August 16, 2004.
• Opinion: Can recycling script is getting old .  Waste News.  June 7, 2004.
• Can recycling rate keeps falling.  Waste News.  June 7, 2004.
• Aluminum Can Recycling Rate Drops Despite Increased Curbside Collections.  Environment Reporter

2003

• Aluminum Can Recycling Rate Drops for Fifth Year in a Row (Word, 61 KB) - April 16, 2003

2002

• Institute calls on Alcoa to clarify recycling goals and endorse container deposits
  (October 4, 2002)
• Americans Trashed 50 Billion Aluminum Beverage Cans in 2000
• Aluminum Can Recycling Rate Drops Below 50 Percent
  (April 29, 2002)
• Editorial: Needed Next:  The Minutiae  (Word, 71KB) Waste News, October 14, 2002

2001

• Hidden costs of decline in aluminum can recycling. Waste News. June 11, 2001

2000

• Aluminum Can Recycling Rate Dispute Continues (May 2000)
• Aluminum Can Recycling Rate Hits Ten Year Low (April 2000)

1999

• Inflated aluminum can recycling rate -Waste Reduction Tips (September 1999)
• Last Year More Than 45 Billion Aluminum Cans Did Not Get Recycled (April 1999)

1998

• Soda Companies use 4.9 Billion Imported Scrap Aluminum Cans to Inflate Soft Drink Container Recycling Rate (November 1998)

1997

• Group says "NO" to Coke's New 'Contour Can' Claiming it Costs More Money and Creates More Waste (September 1997)
• $600 Million Worth of Used Aluminum Beverage Cans Landfilles in 1996 (April 1996)

1996

• Aluminum Can Recycling Rate Hits Lowest Point in Six Years (March 1996)