Figures are based on a survey of the five main producers of the aluminum can sheet in the United States - Alcoa, Constellium, Logan, Novelis, and Tri-Arrows.
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U.S. breakdown of recycled content of an aluminum can 2016-2017
Based on 2016 and 2017, ** percent of an average aluminum can in the United States was from post-consumer scrap, generated from the recycling stream and other scrap sources. The reached some **** percent in 2018.
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The Aluminum Association. (September 9, 2019). Recycled content composition of an average aluminum can in the United States between 2016 and 2017, by material [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 21, 2026, from /statistics/1056010/composition-average-aluminum-cans-us-by-material/
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