Used cans are piling up at scrapyards because U.S. aluminum companies are turning fewer of them into new metal, another indication of the economic challenges facing recycling. Arconic Inc. and other aluminum rollers are producing less sheet for beverage cans and more higher-margin flat-rolled aluminum for automotive and industrial components. That means more cans in the U.S. are made from imported aluminum.

Source: Wall Street Journal March 17, 2019 15:00 UTC