The facility, officially opened at the end of last month by North Stoke MP Joan Whalley, is located at the existing Burslem transfer depot on Federation Road.
It is part of Abitibi's efforts to make recycled materials marketable by refining them and reducing contamination.
Abitibi Consolidated Recycling Europe already operates the Stoke's kerbside recycling scheme, in which residents must separate materials before collection.
At the new facility, cans collected from Stoke-on-Trent, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Congleton, Staffordshire Moorlands and High Peak will we sorted using magnet technology and eddy current separators, before being crushed, baled and sent for reprocessing.
Commitment
Ron Humphreys, managing director of Abitibi-Consolidated Recycling Europe, said: “The line represents a significant additional investment by our company, but one which further underlines our commitment to realising the highest quality raw material for our end user partners.”
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Abitibi is a leading member of the End User Consortium, a group of material re-processors that aim to help local authorities secure demand for recycled material.
Other members include aluminium recycler Novelis and steel processor Corus, who have agreed to recycle the cans from Stoke once sorted.
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