Drying up
German metal company Aluminium Rheinfelden will temporarily close an aluminium recycling plant after supplies dwindled, following the introduction of a deposit on drinks containers.
The plant at Rheinfelden in south Germany melts down drinks cans, fish tins and other metal scrap. It will stop operations by the end of March, as there has been a significant drop in the number of drinks cans received.
The German government introduced a deposit on cans on January 1, 2003. Consumers are now required to take the containers back to the shops from where they purchased them in order to get their deposit back. But currently there is hardly any coordination between retail chains on how they receive tins with deposits.
Many German retailers have opted for the easy way out and removed tins requiring deposits from their shelves. This, along with the growing use of bottles, has greatly reduced the volume of cans sent for recycling.
About 40 jobs will be lost at the recycling plant. The firm said the government's plan to introduce a centralised system for collecting tin deposits from October 2003 onwards could help revive demand.
Related Content
- Report on behalf of Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) on the use of enzyme Draynzyme to clean waterbodies, 04/04/2024
- Liberia country and climate development report
- Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding protection of Zeilad Wildlife Sanctuary, Manipur, 20/03/2024
- Status report by the Chandigarh Pollution Control Committee on N-Choe, 16/01/2024
- Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding alleged encroachment of forest land by Shyam Sel & Power Limited, Durgapur, West Bengal, 05/01/2024
- Report by the Municipal Corporation, Meerut regarding disposal of legacy waste at Lohiya Nagar, 30/12/2023