Circular economy and recalling of the aluminum beverage cans

Scientific paper - Original scientific paper

• Author: Ivan Jandrlić
• Author: Lorena Mrkobrada
• Author: Franjo Kozina
• Author: Mario Mikulić
• Author: Lea Grubišić
• Author's institution: University of Zagreb; Faculty of Metallurgy
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: TECHNICAL SCIENCES; Metallurgy

Abstract (english)

Modern-day residents enjoy a wide range of widely available food and beverages, resulting in the creation of a large amount of waste. In order to achieve sustainability, the European Commission proposed a new Action Plan for the Circular Economy in March 2020. The main objectives of this plan are to prevent waste and implement better waste management. Besides glass packaging and PET, the most commonly used containers for food and beverages are aluminium containers, which account for a significant share of waste. As aluminium is very suitable for recycling, considerable efforts are being made to increase the share of recycled aluminium in the production of aluminium packaging. In this paper, the recycling process of aluminium beverage cans is illustrated with a good example. In the first part, an overview of the efforts and successes in the recycling of aluminium packaging is given. In the first part, an overview is given of the effects of recycling on the reduction of greenhouse gases as well as on the reduction of energy consumption in relation to the primary production of aluminium. In the second part, the individual stages of the preparation and processing of aluminium waste up to the final product are described. The chemical and mechanical properties of the semi-finished products obtained were tested in various processing stages. The above-mentioned investigations were carried out to determine the basic properties of the secondary aluminium obtained in order to suggest the possibility of expanding its application in other industries.

• Keywords (english): ecalling; aluminum; circular economy; tensile testing; AlSi
• Language: english
• Publication type: Scientific paper - Original scientific paper
• Publication status: Published
• Peer review: Peer review - international
• Publication version: Published version
• Publication title: 63rd IFC Portoroz 2023 : conference proceedings
• Numbering: 31
• ISBN: 978-961-94793-7-7
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:115:821574
• Publication: 2023-09
• Project: Number: KK.01.1.1.02.0022; Title (croatian): Virtulab – Integrirani laboratorij za primarne i sekundarne sirovine; Acronym: Virtulab; Jurisdiction: Croatia; Funding stream: European Regional Development Fund
• Project: Number: KK.01.1.1.02.0020; Title (croatian): Centar za ljevarstvo - SIMET; Title (english): Center for casting - SIMET; Acronym: SIMET; Leader: Zdenka Zovko Brodarac; Jurisdiction: Croatia; Funding stream: European Regional Development Fund
• Conference: Title: 63nd IFC PORTOROZ 2023; Location: Portorož, Slovenia; Organizer: Slovenian Foundrymen Society; Start date: 2023-09-13; End date: 2023-09-15; Assembly type: Invited lecture
• Type of resource: Text
• Publisher: Slovenian Foundrymen Society
• Publishing place: Ljubljana
• Access conditions: Open access
• Created on: 2024-04-25 09:29:58