Aluminium – the “green” metal
About 8% of the earths crust is made up of different types of aluminium compounds. That makes aluminium one of the few raw materials with an almost unlimited supply. Because of its material properties aluminium has low environmental impact, and it can be used time and time again for the same purposes. The recycling of aluminium only requires 5% of the original energy input. The percentage of remelting aluminium is meanwhile globally at 35% of the yearly wastage, the trend is increasing.
Aluminium is therefore correctly also in the future a material with future!
