Recycling of used aluminum beverage cans in Japan

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OSTI ID:197282

Itou, Tatsuo ^[1]

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1. Mitsubishi Materials Corp., Tokyo (Japan)

Both sales volume of aluminum cans and the recycling rate are remarkably increasing in Japan. In 1993, recycled can volume was 11.78 billion cans (116,258 metric tons) and its recycling rate 57.8 percent. Mitsubishi Materials Corporation, the leading manufacturer of aluminum cans in Japan, and their affiliated companies are very deeply involved in recycling used beverage cans (U.B.C) and recycling them back to can stock. In this paper, the author presents the following: (1) recent trends of beverage can consumption in Japan; (2) trend of aluminum cans and recycling rate in Japan; and (3) future of the aluminum can business in Japan.

• OSTI ID: 197282
• Report Number(s): CONF-951105-; ISBN 0-87339-318-X; TRN: IM9612%%56
• Resource Relation: Conference: 3. international symposium on reycling of metals and engineered materials, Point Clear, AL (United States), 12-16 Nov 1995; Other Information: PBD: 1995; Related Information: Is Part Of Third international symposium: Recycling of metals and engineered materials; Queneau, P.B. [ed.] [Hazen Research, Inc., Golden, CO (United States)]; Peterson, R.D. [ed.] [Reynolds Metals Co., Muscle Shoals, AL (United States)]; PB: 1048 p.
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
JAPAN
WASTE MANAGEMENT
ALUMINIUM
RECYCLING
MUNICIPAL WASTES
DATA
NUMERICAL DATA
CONTAINERS