Schools / Education

Alupro is currently developing exciting new resources for schools which will be available for the academic year 2012-13.

If you would like us to keep you informed about the new resources please use the registration form on the right of this page.

In the meantime, if you're searching for resources or information about aluminium and recycling, here are a few sites you might find interesting:

Think Cans: activities and information about aluminium can recycling for Key Stages 1 - 4
Metal Packaging Manufacturers Association: information about metals and how food and drink cans are made

Would you like to be informed when our new educational resources are available?

Recent news from Alupro

15/02/12

Alupro raises concerns about the future of Cash for Cans

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's Response to DEFRA Consultation on UK Packaging Recycling Targets

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

Making Northern Ireland's Metal Matter

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

Alupro responds to the Government's Consultation on Packaging Recycling Targets to 2017

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