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Aluminium recycling in LCA
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Closing the material loops plays an essential role in the concept of sustainable development. Therefore, recycling used products and scrap associated to product systems is of crucial importance.
The European aluminium industry strives to continuously enhance the recycling of used aluminium products and scrap, as well as reducing the environmental impact related to recycling processes. The first document below explains the differences between Recycled Content and End-of-life Recycling Rate, while the second document helps LCA experts to adequately reflect the reality of aluminium recycling and to model this in LCAs.
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