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Novelis, the world's largest aluminium recycler, will invest in sources of solar power for its scrap collection centers in Brazil and in electric-power forklift trucks to move scrap materials around those facilities, it said on Tuesday January 17. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses the high rates of recycling activity out from garbage of unemployed collectors, known as catadores in Brazil. It notes that recycling activity in the country is not just about saving the environment but provides a living to families who otherwise would have few ways of making ends meet. It mentions that Brazil leads the rest of the U.S. in its recycling rate with 47% of glass bottles recycled in 2008 while about 40% in the U.S. Also, the country has topped the aluminum can recycling charts with a consistent rate of around 90%.

Brazilian aluminium producer Companhia Brasileira de Alumínio (CBA) signed a deal to acquire an 80% share of Alux do Brasil, a local secondary alloy producer, for 110 million Reais ($20 million), it said on Thursday November 4. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

WESTMINSTER, Colo. -- Ball Corporation (NYSE: BLL) today announced plans to create Brazil's first circular economy lab in Fernando de Noronha, one of the country's most popular tourist destinations and a leader on sustainable tourism. Ball is committed to using its resources and expertise to help the packaging industry move toward a truly circular economy - where materials can be, and actually are, used again and again. By building a more innovative and effective way to collect beverage aluminum cans and educating consumers about the importance of recycling, we can help solve the packaging waste crisis.". [Extracted from the article]

Metalex - an industrial aluminium recycling plant owned by Brazilian producer Companhia Brasileira de Alumínio (CBA) - will invest 50 million Reais ($9.3 million) to increase scrap treatment and add to its extrusion billet production capacity, CBA said. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reports that the Brazilian aluminum industry recycled 98.3 percent of all aluminum cans in 2011.

The article reports that the Brazilian aluminum industry recycled 98.3 percent of all aluminum cans for drinking purposes in 2011.

The article reports on the increased investments in Brazil's aluminum can recycling as the country seeks to expand its recycling capacity by 33 percent and hope to increase recycled products to 80 percent by 2010. Novelis has invested in a new aluminum recycling plant in Pindamonhangaba. Figures show the returns from the recycling of aluminum cans to the Brazilian economy in 2010. Utility companies including Light and Coelce have also expanded their recycling programs.

This article reports on a statement issued by Luis Carlos Loureiro Filho, president of local aluminium association Associação Brasileira do Alumínio (Abal), recognizing Brazil for having one of the most efficient cycles in terms of aluminium recycling.