Sustainabilty Resources
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RESEARCH
Aerosol Recycling Access Study
2021 Aluminum Association’s Life Cycle Assessment of North American Cans
Aluminum Beverage Can: Driver of the U.S. Recycling System
The Aluminum Can Advantage Key Sustainability Performance Indicators 2019 (Aluminum Association)
Behavior Change Research Shows How to Spur Consumer Recycling, Reduce Contamination
CMI Recycling Behavior Literature Review
CMI Sensory Science and Packaging Trends Research Report
NACS The Value of Recycling Cans and Bottles
- Open Up to Cans Research White Paper: Research Confirms Significant Consumer Preference for Aluminum Cans
NEW Multiple Deposit Levels in Deposit Return Systems
Recycling Unpacked: Assessing the Circular Potential of Beverage Containers in the United States
Steel Container Design Guide for Recyclability
Top Ten Reasons Steel Cans Are the Responsible and Earth-Friendly Choice
INFOGRAPHICS
Aluminum Beverage Can: Driver of the U.S. Recycling System Infographic
Aluminum Beverage Can Facts
Aluminum Can’s Circular Story
Economic Impact of Aluminum Can Recycling
Nutrition, Cost and Safely: The Case for Cans
Steel Food Can Facts
Ten Reasons Cans Will Get You Cooking
Ten Reasons Steel Cans Are the Earth-Friendly & Responsible Choice
Why Consumers Prefer Cans Infographic
WEBINARS & MEETINGS
2021 CMI Recycling Rate Targets Announcement Virtual Press Event
Best Practices in Container Deposit Laws
How Beverage Cans Can Further Drive the U.S. Recycling System with Additional Can Capture Equipment at Material Recovery Facilities
The Recycling Industry and the Supply Chain During a Pandemic
VIDEOS
Aluminum Beverage Can Recycling Rate Targets and Roadmap Preview
The 60-Day Journey of the Aluminum Beverage Can
Canned Foods: Less Waste and 100% Recyclable (Cans Get You Cooking)
Discover How Beverage Cans Are Made (Crown)
How Are Aluminum Cans Recycled (Discovery)
How Beverage Cans are Made (Ardagh Group)
Metal -The Most Recycled Packaging Material (Metal Packaging Manufacturers Association)
Recycling Center - Sorting Aluminum and Steel (Homewood Disposal)
Tin Recycling (Weissbleck Recycling)
Why Consumers Love Canned Beverages (Open Up to Cans)
CMI SUSTAINABILITY PRESS RELEASES
9.26.22 Survey Finds Overwhelming Bipartisan Support for Recycling Refund Programs
9.12.22 Ardagh Metal Packaging and Crown Holdings Sponsor First Global Aluminium Can Sustainability Summit in Partnership with Can Manufacturers Institute and International Aluminium Institute
7.7.22 New Can Manufacturers Institute Report Shows How the Can Industry will Meet Its Ambitious Recycling Rate Targets
6.21.22 Aluminum Beverage Can Manufacturers Ardagh Metal Packaging and Crown Holdings Provide Funding for Leases to Spur Additional Can Capture Equipment in Recycling Facilities
5.5.22 Industry Value Chain Launches Aerosol Recycling Initiative
12.14.21 Texas Recycling Facility Fifth Recipient of Aluminum Beverage Can Capture Grant Program Funded by Ardagh Metal Packaging and Crown Holdings
11.10.2021 Aluminum Beverage Can Retains Edge as Most Sustainable Beverage Package
11.10.2021 Can Manufacturers Institute Members Commit to Aluminum Beverage Can 70 Percent Recycling Rate by 2030
11.8.2021 Milwaukee Area Recycling Facility Latest Recipient of Aluminum Beverage Can Capture Grant Program Funded by Ardagh Metal Packaging and Crown Holdings
8.12.2021 Recycling Facility in Florida Latest Recipient of Aluminum Beverage Can Capture Grant Program Funded by Ardagh Metal Packaging and Crown Holdings
4.10.2021 Recycling Facilities in North Carolina and Texas Are Initial Recipients of Can Manufacturers Institute’s Aluminum Beverage Can Capture Grant Program
1.26.2021 Request for Proposals Released for Can Manufacturers Institute’s Aluminum Beverage Can Capture Grant Program
Cans Are Most Recycled Drinks Package in the World
CMI Affirms Positive Sustainability Attributes of the Can
NACS-CMI Resource Highlights the Value of Recycling at Convenience Stores
New Research Shows Aluminum Beverage Cans Are Essential to Recycling System Economic Viability
CMI IN THE NEWS ON METAL CAN SUSTAINABILITY
Aluminum can recycling holds key role in 2022 for US supply, sustainability | S&P Global
Beverage Makers Turn to Aluminum to Meet Sustainability Demands | Convenience.org
Can Manufacturers Institute to offer leases for can capture equipment | Waste Today
CMI publishes beverage can recycling primer, road map | Waste Today
Congress Can Improve the Recycling System by Building on It's Strategies | The Hill
Far From Trash, the Can is King of the Recycling Stream | Wall Street Journal Letter to the Editor
How do they stack up? | Resource Recycling
How the can industry wants to meet its ambitious recycling rate targets | Recycling Magazine
In Our Opinion: The Right Design for Container Deposits | Resource Recycling Op-Ed
Issues Of The Environment: Lack Of Can & Bottle Returns During Pandemic May Lead To Price Increases | NPR Michigan Interview
Scott Breen Talks Beverage Can Recycling | Waste 360
The Aluminum Can: America’s Most Successful Recycling Story That You’ve Never Heard | Greenbiz
US Beverage Can Recycling Targets | The Metal Packager
What’s Happening With Aluminum, Glass, Paper, and Containerboards? | Waste 360
PUBLIC COMMENT
OTHER RESOURCES
Aluminum Beverage Can Impact Calculator
CMI’s Educational Curriculum
- Metal Recycles Forever - Sell Sheet
Member Company Sustainability Pages and Reports
Organizations, venues, and others that have banned sales or use of plastic PET bottles
Past CMI Initiatives
Third party affirmation of the importance of metal can recycling or metal can’s sustainability advantages