Aluminium recycling and rolling company Novelis has announced that its suppliers in the South East will be able to deliver used beverage cans (UBCs) to European Metal Recycling’s (EMR) aggregation centres in Kent and Middlesex, following a new partnership deal.
Starting today (1 September), aluminium UBC suppliers in East London, Kent, Surrey and Sussex can drop off their materials for Novelis at EMR’s facility in Erith, Kent, while those in West and North London and the Home Counties can use EMR’s site in Brentford, Middlesex.
Previously, the closest aggregation facility for those in the South East was in Swindon (run by Thamesdown Recycling).
It is hoped that the expanded network of local delivery points (in nine locations) will help Novelis augment its existing network of UBC suppliers and reach its target of achieving 80 per cent recycled content by 2020.
Speaking of the partnership, Keith Guest, Leader of Scrap Procurement UK UBC at Novelis, said: “We are delighted to be working in partnership with European Metal Recycling. Their ethos and goals are closely aligned with those of Novelis, and we look forward to a long-term, mutually beneficial relationship.”
EMR also operates a Novelis aggregation point in Sheffield.
Find out more about Novelis’s aggregation points in the UK.
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