Ball Corporation Site Visit - June 5, 2019
On June 5, I had a great opportunity to tour Ball Corporation aluminum packaging at the facility in Campbell Industrial Park in Kapolei. I visited their plant, met their employees, and learned about aluminum packaging at the facility as it relates to sustainability. Reducing single-use plastics is a huge priority of mine. As the #1 beverage container in the world, aluminum cans are a viable alternative to single-use plastic beverage containers. Did you know that metals are infinitely recyclable and within 60 days aluminum can be recycled and be back on the store shelves?! In Kapolei, 40 people work at the manufacturing plant. Here’s some interesting facts I learned while there:
• They made 220 million aluminum cans last year.
• They make 1,200 cans per minute and 1.6 million a day.
• They make cans from Tuesday to Friday-- employees only have to work 3 days a week.
• 68% of their can material is recycled.
• The Kalaeloa plant is the smallest can plant in the world.
• Aluminum cans have a shelf life of 50 years
• They ship in 10,000 pound spools of aluminum from a plant in Louisville Kentucky
• They’re working on making an aluminum version of the solo cup
Ball Corporation, founded in 1880, is the world’s largest aluminum beverage and aluminum aerosol can maker. They employ 18,300 people in 90 manufacturing locations with operations in North and Central America, South America, Europe, Asia, the Middle East and Africa.
(Pictured below L-R with: Jeff Matthijssen-Ball Corporation Kapolei Plant Manager, Senator Kurt Fevella, Senator Mike Gabbard, Simi Leo-Ball Corporation Kapolei Plant Logistics (no, I didn’t get new glasses… those are protective eyewear ;) and L-R: John Campbell-Ball Corporation Vice President for Government Relations, Senator Kurt Fevella, Jeff Matthijssen-Ball Corporation Kapolei Plant Manager; Senator Mike Gabbard.)
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#nomoreplastic
#sustainability
#reducesingleuseplastic
#reduceplastic
#aluminumcans
#BallCorporation
#CampbellIndustrialPark
Ball Corporation Site Visit - June 5, 2019
On June 5, I had a great opportunity to tour Ball Corporation aluminum packaging at the facility in Campbell Industrial Park in Kapolei. I visited their plant, met their employees, and learned about aluminum packaging at the facility as it relates to sustainability. Reducing single-use plastics is a huge priority of mine. As the #1 beverage container in the world, aluminum cans are a viable alternative to single-use plastic beverage containers. Did you know that metals are infinitely recyclable and within 60 days aluminum can be recycled and be back on the store shelves?! In Kapolei, 40 people work at the manufacturing plant. Here’s some interesting facts I learned while there:
• They made 220 million aluminum cans last year.
• They make 1,200 cans per minute and 1.6 million a day.
• They make cans from Tuesday to Friday-- employees only have to work 3 days a week.
• 68% of their can material is recycled.
• The Kalaeloa plant is the smallest can plant in the world.
• Aluminum cans have a shelf life of 50 years
• They ship in 10,000 pound spools of aluminum from a plant in Louisville Kentucky
• They’re working on making an aluminum version of the solo cup
Ball Corporation, founded in 1880, is the world’s largest aluminum beverage and aluminum aerosol can maker. They employ 18,300 people in 90 manufacturing locations with operations in North and Central America, South America, Europe, Asia, the Middle East and Africa.
(Pictured below L-R with: Jeff Matthijssen-Ball Corporation Kapolei Plant Manager, Senator Kurt Fevella, Senator Mike Gabbard, Simi Leo-Ball Corporation Kapolei Plant Logistics (no, I didn’t get new glasses… those are protective eyewear ;) and L-R: John Campbell-Ball Corporation Vice President for Government Relations, Senator Kurt Fevella, Jeff Matthijssen-Ball Corporation Kapolei Plant Manager; Senator Mike Gabbard.)
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#nomoreplastic
#sustainability
#reducesingleuseplastic
#reduceplastic
#aluminumcans
#BallCorporation
#CampbellIndustrialPark