Our Mission is Simple

Protect & Promote the Aluminum Recycling Industry

Advance and grow the North American aluminum recycling industry

The Aluminum Recyclers Council (ARC) is dedicated to promoting the use of recycled aluminum alloys. To this end, the Council will promote and defend the domestic aluminum recycling industry and establish a business excellence program focused in the areas of operational efficiency, environmental leadership and worker safety. ARC is a nonprofit trade association.

Our Objectives

LONG TERM (BY 2023)

• Develop new applications for recycled aluminum castings that grow our industry by 10% in 5 years, and by 50% in 10 years.
• Have a strong government advocacy voice on issues such as trade, energy, environment, and worker safety.
• Establish a program to aggregate and report industry statistics.
• Establish an Operational Excellence program focused on EHS issues.
• Redefine our industry image as a key contributor to global sustainability efforts.

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.

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.

Our leadership consists of a diverse strong team who share one mission: to advance and grow the North American aluminum recycling industry and promote sustainable aluminum alloy products.