The UK could face a shortage of recycled aluminium needed for key industries unless it rapidly expands domestic collection, sorting and processing capacity, Make UK has warned.
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New analysis from the manufacturers’ organisation suggests the UK aluminium scrap sector will need to grow by 25% every year to meet future industrial demand linked to the government’s Modern Industrial Strategy and Critical Minerals Strategy.
Make UK said domestic industry could require up to 6 million tonnes of recyclable aluminium scrap by 2035, as overall aluminium demand rises to around 8 million tonnes.
However, the organisation warned that rising exports of aluminium waste and scrap could leave UK manufacturers without access to a material needed for defence, clean energy, automotive production and digital technologies.
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