FEATURE
SUSTAINABILITY AND RECYCLING
Building a Circular Metals Industry
A Global Recycling Story
Aluminum is infinitely recyclable, and global can-recycling rates reached 75% in 2023 across 35 countries — well ahead of PET and glass.
Room to Improve at Home
North America trails the global average, with U.S. can-recycling rates at roughly 43–45% in 2023 — real room for improvement close to home.
INSIDE SUSTAINABILITY & RECYCLING
Louisville's Recycling and Circular-Economy Hub
The Midwest/Southeast corridor surrounding Louisville is a hub for aluminum recycling and circular-economy activity, aligning the show's new home with the industry's decarbonization and scrap-utilization priorities.
Decarbonizing Primary Production
New inert-anode smelting technology and branded low-carbon aluminum products are turning sustainability from a communications topic into a priced market attribute buyers actively seek out.
A Local Example Next Door
Century Aluminum's Hawesville, KY smelter — idled since 2022 — was sold in 2026 for conversion into an AI/data-center facility, a real local example of the industry's evolving energy story.