Metal Matters
Developed by the Beverage Can Makers Europe (BCME) in partnership with reprocessors Novelis Recycling and Tata Steel, and supported by the Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP) MetalMatters has achieved some impressive results in improving capture rates for metal packaging at the kerbside. Download a copy of the report (PDF)
A case study on a trial programme in Nuneaton & Bedworth Council can be viewed here (PDF)
Support for MetalMatters is an effective way for anyone in the business of metal packaging to demonstrate extended Producer Responsiblity, so we are keen to widen the support-base of the programme to include more of the producers and fillers of all types of metal packaging.
Tel: 01527 597757
21/03/12
The Aluminium Packaging and Recycling Organisation (Alupro) has welcomed the Government’s announcement that statutory packaging recycling targets which will increase year on year, are to be introduced from 2013 until 2017; but has cautioned that continual review is critical if... Read more
02/03/12
Every Can Counts, the away from home drinks can recycling programme, has today revealed that it helped collect 51 million used beverage cans from workplaces and ‘on the go’ locations across the UK in 2011. This equates to 774 tonnes... Read more
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
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