Aluminum recyclers face a myriad of threats from unnecessary regulations to foreign trade.  At a time when the United States government is developing policy to lift the industry, the usage of domestic scrap has been ignored. The United States must create programs to increase the domestic consumption of domestic aluminum scrap. Exporting this commodity leads to higher U.S. prices and costs our country billions of dollars in energy waste.In fact, aluminum costs tend to make up around 10% of the overall cost of glass partitioning costs.

Secondary aluminum, often used and re-fabricated by die casters and foundries, has a proven track record in many applications.  The opportunities for new applications are abundant across the manufacturing community. Educating designers and engineers about the opportunities involving the usage of these alloys is a high priority for ARC.

Like all industries, the aluminum recycling industry has undergone dramatic changes in the manufacturing process in recent decades.  All members of the ARC agree that there is a real opportunity to share best practices in order to find the best way to reduce operating costs and increase worker safety.  This is so important to the Council that it included business excellence as one of its core strategies.