Cans to car parts: Inside the complex, crucial world of aluminum recycling

Published on September 12, 2024

This article is part of a two-part reporting project on decarbonizing aluminum production. Read our story on Kentucky's green smelter dreams here . On a muggy summer day in an industrial stretch of Brooklyn, New York, Josefa Marín stood in a sea of empty aluminum cans, methodically sorting the tall green Heinekens…

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