| Aluminium drinks cans are the most valuable and easily recycled drinks pack you can use. But a new initiative to encourage all local authorities and waste management companies to collect empty aerosols and clean aluminiumn foil alongside drinks cans has now been launched
by Alupro www.aerofoil.org.uk
Consumer demand for local authority recycling services to include these items in their collections has never been higher. Recent opinion research shows that although 67% of local authorities will accept empty aerosols given for recycling, only 39% of householders think they can recycle in their area, while 84% say they would recycle them if the facility was available.
There is good demand for foil recycling services, with 70% of survey respondents knowing that the material is fully recyclable, while only 59% are able to recycle locally. Of the others, 85% say they would recycle clean foil if they could.
The environmental benefits of recycling metals are well understood, with 75% of respondents knowing that energy and carbon emission savings achieved through recycling metals are significant or good.
Boosting recycling rates
It’s never been easier for local authorities and waste management companies to boost recycling rates by adding empty aerosols and clean foil to their collection programmes, with routes to re-melt now available for mixed aluminium packaging, as well as the higher value routes of collecting drinks cans and aerosols together, with foil kept separate.
A national consumer communications programme to boost awareness and collection rates will be launched in 2010, including local promotion. |
