Alutrade Extends Recycling Capacity
Alutrade, was established in 1986 primarily as an aluminium extrusion recycler.
Alutrade diverts more than 8,000 tonnes of waste aluminium from landfill each year
The company's traditional business relied heavily on the UK manufacturing industry for raw material.
The decline of manufacturing in the UK, the supply stream for Alutrade’s raw material, forced the company to look at alternative markets for aluminium recycling.
The National Industrial Symbiosis programme helped the firm secure grant funding from Advantage West Midlands forming part of a of a £1 million investment by Alutrade to extend their existing plant to recycle up to 500 tonnes of aluminium and steel drinks cans each month, many from Local Authority and Community-based collection schemes across the West Midlands.
Summary of Outputs
- £1M inward investment in West Midlands, co-supported by AWM
- Diversion of more than 8,000 tonnes waste aluminium from landfill
- 13 Jobs created & 45 jobs safeguarded
- Reduction in primary aluminium production
- Reduction of energy use through recycling operation and associated reduction in CO2
- Innovation - demonstration site
- Best practice solution & asset optimisation
- Increased sales