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Welcome to the website of the European Aluminium Association
The European Aluminium Association (EAA) represents the aluminium industry in Europe. It aims to secure sustainable growth of the market for aluminium whilst maintaining and improving the image of the industry. Double-click on one of the pictures below to find out in which type of applications aluminium is present.
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 | Special focus Aluminium Beverage Can Recycling in Western Europe
increases to 62%
The overall recycling rate for aluminium beverage cans in Western Europe further improved in 2007 and stands now at 61.8%, an increase by 10% compared to the year 2005. This 10% increase represents an impressive saving of 300,000 tonnes of greenhouse gas equivalents. The total number of aluminium beverage cans consumed in Europe rose from 28.3 (2006) to 32.0 billion units in 2007, resulting in an overall aluminium share of nearly 70% in Europe. In Western-Europe consumers use on average 40 aluminium cans per capita. The consumption of aluminium cans in Central & Eastern Europe grew by 2.5 billion units to a total number 12.5 billion cans, an increase of 25% compared to the year 2006. Read more |  | What are you looking for?
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25 June 2009
Aluminum Industry Continues to Add Value to a Greener Europe
Material’s Unique Benefits and 10+ years of Progressive, Sustainable Thinking Paying Off for European Consumers BRUSSELS, June 25, 2009 – In the middle of the European Green Week 2009 (23-26 June), the European-based aluminum industry is pointing a spotlight at its historical commitment to adding its immeasurable value to a greener, more sustainable society. While sustainable consumption and production have only recently arrived to the top of the EU’s political agenda, Europe’s main aluminum producers and users can look back at 10 years of cutting edge experience and production to showcase their results in light-weighting, life-cycle thinking, reduced CO2 emissions. Read more
16 June 2009
Aluminium Beverage Can Recycling in Western Europe increases to 62%
 The overall recycling rate for aluminium beverage cans in Western Europe further improved in 2007 and stands now at 61.8%, an increase by 10% compared to the year 2005. This 10% increase represents an impressive saving of 300,000 tonnes of greenhouse gas equivalents.
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15 June 2009
Aluminium to contribute to safer and cleaner air transport
 At the hundredth-anniversary Paris Air Show 2009 (Le Bourget, France), aluminium positions itself as one of the most abundant materials on display: a material that meets every requirement for aerodynamic, safe, durable and environmentally friendly designs. The ultimate material for todays and tomorrows airplanes.
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