Recycling Rates
Brazil had an 89% recycling rate in 2001 and recycles 10.5 billion beverage cans. Brazil attaches great importance to recycling aluminium beverage cans, 15 million people engaged in recycling aluminium beverage cans in 2001, a return rate of 85%, ranking first in the world, more than Japan's 82.5% recovery rate. Brazil has topped the aluminium can recycling charts eight years in a row with a consistent rate of around 90 percent.
In 2001 the United States recycled aluminum. Scrap aluminium produced 2.982 million tons, exceeding the primary aluminium production. In 2001 the U.S. recycled aluminium beverage cans accounted for 55.4% of total production, recycling aluminium 755,000 tons.
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