Designing Aluminum Alloys for a Recycle-Friendly World

Aluminum recycling in North America is a mature, well-developed economy. Aluminum recycling gained momentum after World War II following rapid economic and industrial growth, and especially after the introduction of the aluminum beverage can with its easy-open end. While today’s recycling metals markets also include ferrous metals like iron and steel, and nonferrous metals like copper and brass, aluminum recycling is the engine of recycling economics.