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Aluminium

Packaging: Aluminium

Belongs to:

Recyclable Metals, Metal

Contains:

Aluminum production from ore has a large carbon footprint, but recycling can improve this by 20x. For example, aluminum is used as foil, trays or cans. Aluminum is highly recyclable, but requires a separate return flow or special extraction technology -only for thick aluminium-.

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