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National Challenge Inspires U.S. Cities to Recycle Over 125 Million Aluminum Cans
The U.S. Conference of Mayors, Novelis Inc. and Keep America Beautiful, Inc. (KAB) announced the winners in the sixth annual Cans for Cash: City Recycling Challenge at the U.S. Conference of Mayors 78th Winter Meeting in Washington, D.C. The “Challenge” pits cities of comparable sizes in a competition of creativity and execution, offering monetary awards to the cities that conduct the most innovative campaigns and collect the most aluminum cans. During October 2009, more than 40 cities collected over 125 million used beverage cans.
The winners of the $5,000 awards for the most aluminum cans recycled are:
• First Place: Milwaukee, WI - Mayor Tom Barrett
• Second Place: Mobile, AL - Mayor Sam Jones
• Third Place: Fontana, CA - Mayor Mark Nuami
• Fourth Place: Bowling Green, KY – Mayor Elaine Walker
Most Innovative Ideas in 2009 are:
• First Place: Irvine, CA - Mayor Sukhee Kang
• Second Place: Canfield, OH – Mayor Bill Kay
• Third Place: Wellington, FL – Mayor Darell Bowen
Most Innovative Recycling Initiative with a KAB Affiliate
• First Place: Montgomery, AL – Mayor Todd Strange/Montgomery Clean City Commission
• Second Place: LaGrange, GA – Mayor Jeff Lukken/Keep Troup Beautiful
• Third Place: Angleton, TX – Mayor Patrick Henry/Keep Angleton Beautiful
• Fourth Place: Newport News, VA – Mayor Joe Frank/Newport News Public Works Recycling
Read the entire Cans for Cash News Release
Introducing Evermore Recycling LLC
Novelis and Alcoa are pleased to introduce Evermore Recycling LLC, a new independent company formed for the procurement of used aluminum beverage cans (UBCs). Evermore Recycling will provide suppliers a direct relationship with two of the leading consumers and processors of UBCs within North America.
In addition to purchasing metal, Evermore Recycling is committed to raising the UBC recycling rate toward the Aluminum industry’s objective of 75%. Achieving this target would reduce carbon emissions by approximately 9 million tons annually.
Evermore Recycling will also be active in public policy development, with key industry partners, to expand and strengthen the recycling infrastructure, foster recycling education and support sponsorship initiatives.
To learn more Evermore Recycling please visit their website, www.evermorerecycling.com.
As the world’s largest recycler of aluminum cans, Novelis is committed to maximizing aluminum recycling.
Not only does it make good economic and environmental sense, it is the right thing to do. Globally, Novelis recycles nearly 36 billion aluminum beverage cans a year. In fact, Novelis’ Berea, Kentucky facility is the world's largest fully dedicated aluminum can recycling plant.
Novelis is committed to the aluminum industry's wide effort to increase the industry’s recycling rate for used aluminum beverage containers from 54% today, to 75% by 2015. Each year Americans still discard over 50 billion aluminum cans which end up in landfills. Recycling plays a critical role in maintaining the aluminum can as an environmentally sustainable package!
Through an efficient can collection network, Novelis is able to recycle aluminum and manufacture sheet for the production of new cans, fill the cans and deliver them to stores in as little as 60 days. This process is done with the help of 12,500 global employees and facilities located in 11 countries. In the U.S. , we have 2,500 employees and 11 facilities. Novelis also supplies premium aluminum sheet and foil products to automotive, transportation, packaging, construction, industrial markets.
Novelis is also a proud sponsor of the Cans for Cash City Recycling Challenge, a national contest that rewards cities for recycling aluminum beverage cans. For more information about Cans for Cash, please click on the link to the right. |
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| The United States Conference of Mayors, Novelis Corporation and Keep America Beautiful Inc., have partnered to encourage and assist U.S. cities with their sustainable recycling efforts. The challenge will award twelve $5,000 awards to participating municipalities and four $2,500 awards to KAB affiliates. |
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