The UK's aluminium packaging recycling rate was a record 68 in 2021, with more than 156,000 tonnes collected for remelting (a 3 rise year-on-year). According to annual data published by the Environment Agency, more than four in five beverage cans were recycled last year (82) - matching the previous record set in 2020. Despite a growing domestic market, aluminium packaging collected through kerbside, bring and on-the-go systems increased by 5 (112,210 tonnes), while tonnage recovered from incinerator bottom ash grew by 2 (41,941 tonnes). More than 88 of this total volume was recycled within the UK and EU, with just 12 being exported for reprocessing further afield.
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