Standards help consumers by providing reliable, consistent and improved product experience from aluminium alloys and product-related standards to energy and environmental performance.

The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) Risk Assessment Committee (RAC) produced an opinion on 16 September 2021 concerning a reassessment at the request of the Commission to review the harmonised classification of lead (EC 231-100-4/CAS 7439-92-1). This guidance note reflects the practical implications of the Lead Environmental Classification.

Four leading flat-rolled aluminium manufacturers and members of the European Aluminium Packaging Group (EAPG), Constellium, Elval, Novelis and Speira, have signed an agreement to engage in a standardisation project to maximise the recycled content levels of the beverage can and thus substantially lower carbon emissions, focused on increased recyclability of the can end.