We use over 5 billion aluminium drinks cans per year in the UK – about 84 cans each, or 1.3 kg of aluminium.

Energy Efficient Light Bulbs

Local councils should provide facilities for recycling energy efficient bulbs, as they are recyclable. Alternatively your supplier / lighing shop may take them back for recycling. These bulbs contain small amounts of mercury, as they are a type of fluorescent bulb (sometimes known as CFL - Compact Fluorescent Light).

In 2005 13 billion steel cans were produced in the UK, and only 3 billion were recycled. So what happened to the rest?