Aluminum UBC recycling rate jumps 12%

Aug 28, 2012 | 02:56 PM | Daniel Fitzgerald

Tags  UBC recycling, Heidi Brock, Aluminum Association, ISRI, CMI, used beverage containers, Daniel Fitzgerald

NEW YORK — The U.S. recycling rate for aluminum used beverage containers (UBCs) increased to 65.1 percent in 2011, a 12-percent improvement from a 58.1-percent rate the previous year, even though manufactured can shipments were down....





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