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Now we all recycle more from our homes, we know it’s a real waste to throw away empty drinks cans when we’re at work, or travelling - or after a workout at the gym.

As new legislation on businesses to pre-sort their waste before collection starts to be implemented, the number of organisations which provide efficient, low-cost recycling services to away-from-home locations is growing across the UK, and we’re in the process of building an easy-to-use database for aluminium drinks cans and, possibly, catering foil, which is free for everyone to use.

  • Some mainstream waste management companies are offering recycling services alongside their commercial waste contracts
  • Community businesses, which often have an element of social employment, offer good services with an extra local angle
  • There may be a Cash for Cans centre nearby, which would enable you to collect the aluminium yourselves and sell it to raise funds for a project of your choice (approx 45p per kg). Or a charity which would welcome your donation. Try our recycling site locator.

We’d be pleased to hear from anyone who would like to be included in this database: please send a quick email to info@alupro.org.uk, and we’ll get back to you to discuss the services or facilities you provide.


 
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Brighten up your workplace!

Our new webshop has details of how you can buy collection containers which support Alupro’s Fruit Trees for Malawi campaign.

At last your recycling site for aluminium cans and office paper can be bright and attractive - positively inviting people to use the recycling boxes.

Every single aluminium drinks can recycled in the UK counts towards growing a fruit tree for people in rural Malawi, improving nutrition, tackling deforestation and - in a few years’ time - providing the basis for small businesses to dry and juice fruit for year-round health. We’re targeting to grow 85,000 trees in two years, so it’s a really worthwhile project.

This is an initiative which can involve staff and raise morale - when you buy Fruit Trees for Malawi materials, you get a few other benefits FREE:

  • download a screensaver
  • receive ezine updates of the project’s progress
  • you could even raise funds for fruit trees in Malawi which would be labelled with your own company’s name

Workplace recycling - saves resources - saves energy - grows fruit trees for Africa


  
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