Aluminium and steel cans

Aluminium is a very versatile and valuable metal which can be recycled over and over again without any loss of its properties. Aluminium drinks cans, aerosols, and foil (clean foil and food containers) can be recycled in the Can Recycling Banks. 

As new cans are often back on the shelf just six weeks after you recycle the old ones, the energy savings quickly mount up. It takes one twentieth of the energy to recycle an aluminium can as it does to produce one from raw material (bauxite) extracted from the ground. 

Not all cans are made from aluminium. Many drink and food cans are made from steel. These can be placed in the can banks along with aluminium cans. After collection the cans are sorted by machine, separated into aluminium and steel and baled prior to shipment to recycling companies in the UK. 

The aluminium is accepted by Novelis in Warrington, Cheshire. Please use the link here for more information.