Spectro Alloys is committed to delivering sustainable value and dedicated to supporting the success of stakeholders, especially our customers, suppliers, team members and community through excellence in environmental, health, safety and quality management. Our Quality Management process is certified to ISO 9001:2015 standards and our Environmental Management Process is certified to ISO14001:2015 standards.

Spectro’s Recycling For Life motto reflects the positive impact our team delivers:

  • Spectro gives old things new life –  aluminum is endlessly recyclable

  • Spectro improves your life – making products people use better and more sustainable

  • Spectro supports life for tomorrow – reducing energy usage and carbon footprints

  • Spectro will continue to positively impact lives – 50 years and counting!

For more than 50 years, Spectro has recycled nearly 6 Billion pounds of Aluminum. Compared to primary aluminum production, recycling aluminum at Spectro has:

  • Saved enough energy to power 5.4 Million homes for a year

  • Reduced CO2 equivalent of taking 2.4 Million cars off the road for a year

To put it in perspective, Spectro’s lifetime CO2 reduction equates to:

  • Planting 175 Million trees

  • Swapping 400 Million light bulbs for LEDs

  • The annual benefit of 3,000,000 residential rooftop solar installations

  • The annual benefit of 2400 wind turbines

Environmental Policy

As leaders in the aluminum recycling industry, the Spectro Alloys team believes it is our duty to set the example for socially responsible environmental stewardship. We are committed to meeting or exceeding environmental laws, regulations and corporate goals, and we will continue to invest in innovative technologies, programs and partnerships that enhance the positive impacts of recycling at Spectro Alloys.

  • We pledge to reduce pollution by managing our materials, processes and people in a responsible manner, thereby protecting the environment.

  • We will expand the positive impacts of aluminum recycling, producing products with reduced emissions, reduced waste generation and reduced energy consumption.

  • We will strive to be global leaders in aluminum recycling by continuously improving our processes and procedures.

Current Energy and CO2 Savings

Compared to primary aluminum production, the aluminum recycling process uses over 95% less energy and releases 95% less CO2. Here’s our current annual contribution to energy, CO2 and landfill space savings:

The positive impact, in perspective:

  • Aluminum recycling at Spectro Alloys saves enough energy to power over 200,000 homes. That’s more homes than in the entire city of Minneapolis.

  • Aluminum recycling at Spectro Alloys reduces Green House Gas emissions equivalent to taking over 80,000 cars off the road.

  • Recycling at Spectro Alloys saves enough aluminum from landfills to fill a box the size of a football field and nearly 300 feet high every year.

More detailed Spectro Alloys emissions information is available here.

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The above energy use and CO2 emissions savings calculations are based on the following sources: