Working to maximise the UK's recycling rate for aluminium packaging

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Developing and promoting the UK's recycling infrastructure for aluminium packaging is at the heart of Alupro's activities

Alupro has a proven track record for developing and running programmes that make a difference. Our programmes have made a major contribution to raising awareness of recycling and increasing the recycling rate of aluminium packaging.

Every Can Counts

A partnership between aluminium and steel beverage can manufacturers & reprocessors to increase the recycling of drinks cans

MetalMatters

A marketing and communications campaign designed to support local authority kerbside metal packaging recycling schemes.

Working with new waste treatment technologies

New waste treatment technologies provide a significant opportunity to recover aluminium packaging for recycling.

Recent news from Alupro

15/02/12

An unintended consequence of the proposed ban on cash transactions for scrap metal would be to make ‘cash for cans’ recycling activity illegal. Around the world “cash for cans” programmes have played, and continue to play, a key role in... Read more

14/02/12

Alupro fully supports the Government’s preferred option for an increase in recycling targets, (option 3a) and believes the targets proposed are fair and equitable. Alupro urges the Government to ensure that future targets are ‘stretching but realistic’, and are regularly... Read more

06/02/12

The metal packaging industry has teamed up with the local authority waste partnership arc21 and its waste management partner Bryson Recycling, to launch the MetalMatters programme to householders across the east of Northern Ireland.  The campaign is the UK’s biggest... Read more

19/12/11

Recycling Targets Must Rise Commenting on the Government’s Consultation on recovery and recycling targets for packaging waste for 2013-2017, Rick Hindley, Alupro (Aluminium Packaging Recycling Organisation) executive director, said: “The consultation represents a chance to raise targets and maximise recycling... Read more