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The Shrinking – And Greening – Of The Aluminum Can

The Aluminum Association ran an interesting article on “The Ever-Shrinking Aluminum Can”.  Some excerpts: “Beyond aluminum cans’ advantages relating to its “stackability” and high rates of recycling, its light weight gives it an additional environmental edge over many competing packaging formats. Broomfield, Colo.-based Ball Corporation over the past 40 years has pursued “lightweighting” as a […]