RE-local: Recycled Low Carbon Aluminium
Boosting circular industry
Recycled Low Carbon Aluminium
Aluminium is crucial for a circular industry. It has even been designated as a strategic material by the European Union due to its exceptional qualities (lightness, durability or resistance, among others), notably its infinite capacity for recycling, which eliminates the need to extract new mineral and drastically reduces energy consumption and CO2 emissions.
Exlabesa’s recycling process ranges from collection and smelting to the extrusion of new profiles. This way we promote a cleaner, more efficient and sustainable industry, contributing to the achievement of the objectives of the European Green Deal regarding the decarbonisation of industry. The goal: to achieve a global economy with low emissions and environmentally friendly.
Certified recycled aluminium
Exlabesa’s RE-local billet has a carbon footprint of only
2.95 kcCO2 eq per kg of aluminium, verified by Bureau Veritas
according to the ISO 14067: Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) standard.
Our aluminium recycling process
1 COLLECTION
Aluminium collected both from third parties and from our own factories
2 CLASSIFICATION
It is separated according to its alloy to preserve its mechanical characteristics
3 FOUNDRY
After organizing them in packages, they are melted at 750ºC to create a new billet of aluminium
4 EXTRUSION
With the billet obtained in the foundry, new aluminium profiles are extruded
5 COMMERCIALISATION
These profiles are used by different types of industries for the production
6 USE
The final products are used. Then, the recyling process can start again
EXLABESA RE-LOCAL
RECYCLED LOW CARBON ALUMINIUM
95%
Reduction of energy consumption
2,95 kg of CO2
Per kg of aluminium
82%
Reduction of the carbon footprint