Download center Contact us Global site About aluminium Products Our future Careers Investor relations Press room About Hydro Home Our future Environment Recycling Growth in recycling, good for the climate Environment Part of the solution Energy Emission Climate change Recycling Resource management Society The workplace Technology Our performance Forecasts point to a 75 percent overall growth in the recycling of aluminium over the next decade. Hydro aims to increase recycling volume from 134,000 tonnes post-consumed scrap in 2015 to 250,000 tonnes in 2020. Five percent of the energy One of the benefits of recycling is that it requires only five percent of the energy used to produce new aluminium. In addition, the sources of raw materials are usually close to the market and to one of Hydro's eight remelting plants. This provides benefits such as reduced transport and has given rise to the term "urban mining." Strong growth in recycling Globally, the amount of recycled aluminium grew by 225 percent, from 8 million tonnes in 1990 to 18 million tonnes in 2013. At the same time, total aluminium production increased by 200 percent. Forecasts from the Aluminium Institute (IAI) predict recycled scrap growing from about 18 million tonnes in 2013 to almost 31 million tonnes in 2020. Around 50 percent of the scrap used in recycling today is old scrap – scrap from products that have completed their use phase. Strategic raw materials "Scrap has become a strategic raw material. Hydro's role will be to take its share of the market as a leading integrated producer present throughout the value chain. Our position in the market, combined with commercial and technological expertise, will give us growth opportunities in recycling so we can help to reduce environmental emissions," says Scharf-Bergmann, head of Hydro's recycling operations. Updated: March 18, 2014 © 2016 Norsk Hydro ASA Contact us Privacy Legal Notice: Terms and Conditions Accessibility statement Glossary Sitemap Mobile site Go to customer portal