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The Effects of Sorting on the Aluminium Recycling Process in a Rising Demand Market

H. Rodrigues, F. Margarido

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In this paper, the sustainability of the current approach to aluminium recycling is assessed. Starting with a forecast of aluminium demand, the evolution of the scrap availability through the next decades is foreseen. The current methods to recycle aluminium are described, and a critical view on energy requirements for secondary aluminium production is given. Finally, the potential benefits of sorting aluminium alloys are addressed. The Al market owes its growth to the potential advantages presented in the use phase either in construction, automotive or packaging industries. This will lead to a rise in the end of life scrap and it is foreseen that a scrap surplus will occur within 10 years, if the current approach to recycling continues. Sorting will help increase the value of scrap and avoid its surplus. Nevertheless, an increase in Al scrap collection rates is also crucial because sorting by itself will not decrease the primary aluminium demand. By 2030, scrap will likely fulfill more than 30% of the Al demand, but only with new solutions for recycling may this potential be achieved.

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