Recycling Aluminium Cans & Foil
Submitted by Frank on Wed, 05/09/2007 - 15:11.
We use over 5 billion aluminium drinks cans per year in the
Aluminium cans are not magnetic, steel ones are. However, at most site you can mix the two, and in some cases put cans and plastics into the same recycling bank.
The good news is that not only are aluminium products infinitely recyclable, but a making a recycled product takes only 5% of the energy of producing it from aluminium ore (bauxite). The Aluminium Packaging Recycling Organisation has a recycling site locator covering both community schemes and cash-for-can schemes across the
Recycle-More has information on local can recycling sites, as has Think Cans
Some collectors prefer not to handle foil, or process it separately to cans, so check first.
