Alupro, the aluminium packaging recycling organisation, is bringing back its popular Easter-themed campaign – ‘Munch, Scrunch, Recycle!’ – for 2025. Aimed at local authorities, the campaign offers a simple way to engage with residents and encourage best practice recycling. Over the next few weeks, almost 90 million Easter eggs will be sold in the UK, […]
Alupro has launched a new educational campaign to help KS4 pupils further improve their knowledge about best practice recycling. From April, schools across the UK will be invited to participate in the ‘Create Your Future’ initiative, which aims to bring resource efficiency into the classroom in a fun and engaging way. Comprising a series of […]
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As part of an ongoing drive to work more closely with council representatives, support their waste management education activities and help to inspire an uplift in kerbside recycling rates, Alupro has partnered with the Local Authority Recycling Advisory Committee (LARAC). The agreement will see Alupro work closely with LARAC to engage with its members and […]
Earlier this week (19 March), Alupro brought together influential political figures from across Wales to discuss how best to further accelerate national progress towards achieving a truly circular economy in 2025. Kindly sponsored by Mike Hedges MS, the expert panel discussion took place at the Senedd in Cardiff Bay. Chaired by Ruth Mosalski, political editor […]
This week (5 February), Alupro took to the stage at the Let’s Recycle CommsConf to discuss the pivotal importance of behavioural change initiatives in driving a national uplift in recycling rates. The sell-out event, which took place at the Cavendish Conference Centre in London, brought together industry leaders to share best practice in developing community […]
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Somerset Council and their waste collections contractor, SUEZ recycling and recovery UK have launched a new campaign promoting recycling metal packaging. In a bid to improve kerbside recycling rates, households across the county are being encouraged to recycle food and drink cans, aluminium wrapping foil and foil trays, empty aerosols and metal screw tops. Spearheaded […]
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This week (23 January), Alupro brought together some of Scotland’s most influential political figures to deliver cross-party support for the country’s impending deposit return scheme (DRS) and agree how best to accelerate progress towards achieving a truly circular economy in 2025. The expert panel discussion, which was kindly sponsored by Clare Haughey, MSP for Rutherglen, […]
Last week (5th December), Alupro hosted policymakers, civil servants, industry leaders, NGO representatives and environmental experts at a special lunch reception in the House of Commons. The event, kindly sponsored by Dr Rupa Huq MP, Labour MP for Ealing Central and Acton, celebrated progress in aluminium recycling and discussed the industry’s path to achieving a […]
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Alupro has launched its Christmas 2024 campaign – Santa’s Little Recyclers. Designed to help local authorities boost recycling rates, the programme calls for households to recycle more aluminium packaging, including mince pie cases, drink cans, wrapping foil, chocolate foil, empty aerosols and metal closures on bottles. UK households dispose of millions of tonnes of packaging […]
According to recent data published on the National Packaging Waste Database by the Environment Agency, aluminium packaging recycling volumes continued to rise in Q3 2024, increasing 15% compared to the same period in 2023. In total, 43,466 tonnes of aluminium packaging were collected for recycling. This included 32,294 tonnes through kerbside, bring and on-the-go systems […]
Following the launch of a creative sculpture competition for local schools earlier this year, Alupro and re3 (the waste partnership covering Bracknell Forest, Reading and Wokingham Borough Councils) have announced the talented, young winners. Challenged to create sculptures from clean, used aluminium foil, four winning entries were chosen. Gaia Joseph from Park Lane School in […]
https://alupro.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Theo-scaled-1.jpg950728amyhttps://alupro.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/alupro-uk.pngamy2024-11-20 10:17:132025-01-15 12:57:56Local school children scoop sculpture competition prizes
Tom Giddings, executive director of Alupro, discusses the fundamental differences between ‘traditional’ and chemical recycling, explores the potential for misinformation to circulate the market and explains why supply chain transparency is key to preventing consumer greenwashing. Recycling technologies have developed significantly over the past decade, with stringent national targets and accelerating policy decisions driving widespread […]
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Alupro launches ‘Munch, Scrunch, Recycle!’ Easter campaign
Alupro, the aluminium packaging recycling organisation, is bringing back its popular Easter-themed campaign – ‘Munch, Scrunch, Recycle!’ – for 2025. Aimed at local authorities, the campaign offers a simple way to engage with residents and encourage best practice recycling. Over the next few weeks, almost 90 million Easter eggs will be sold in the UK, […]
Alupro campaign asks secondary school students to create their future
Alupro has launched a new educational campaign to help KS4 pupils further improve their knowledge about best practice recycling. From April, schools across the UK will be invited to participate in the ‘Create Your Future’ initiative, which aims to bring resource efficiency into the classroom in a fun and engaging way. Comprising a series of […]
Alupro announces strategic partnership with LARAC
As part of an ongoing drive to work more closely with council representatives, support their waste management education activities and help to inspire an uplift in kerbside recycling rates, Alupro has partnered with the Local Authority Recycling Advisory Committee (LARAC). The agreement will see Alupro work closely with LARAC to engage with its members and […]
Alupro hosts expert panel event to accelerate circular economy progress
Earlier this week (19 March), Alupro brought together influential political figures from across Wales to discuss how best to further accelerate national progress towards achieving a truly circular economy in 2025. Kindly sponsored by Mike Hedges MS, the expert panel discussion took place at the Senedd in Cardiff Bay. Chaired by Ruth Mosalski, political editor […]
Alupro champions behavioural change at CommsConf 2025
This week (5 February), Alupro took to the stage at the Let’s Recycle CommsConf to discuss the pivotal importance of behavioural change initiatives in driving a national uplift in recycling rates. The sell-out event, which took place at the Cavendish Conference Centre in London, brought together industry leaders to share best practice in developing community […]
Somerset residents encouraged to recycle their metal packaging
Somerset Council and their waste collections contractor, SUEZ recycling and recovery UK have launched a new campaign promoting recycling metal packaging. In a bid to improve kerbside recycling rates, households across the county are being encouraged to recycle food and drink cans, aluminium wrapping foil and foil trays, empty aerosols and metal screw tops. Spearheaded […]
Alupro brings together MSPs to discuss circular economy progress
This week (23 January), Alupro brought together some of Scotland’s most influential political figures to deliver cross-party support for the country’s impending deposit return scheme (DRS) and agree how best to accelerate progress towards achieving a truly circular economy in 2025. The expert panel discussion, which was kindly sponsored by Clare Haughey, MSP for Rutherglen, […]
Alupro champions circular economy for aluminium at House of Commons event
Last week (5th December), Alupro hosted policymakers, civil servants, industry leaders, NGO representatives and environmental experts at a special lunch reception in the House of Commons. The event, kindly sponsored by Dr Rupa Huq MP, Labour MP for Ealing Central and Acton, celebrated progress in aluminium recycling and discussed the industry’s path to achieving a […]
Alupro launches campaign to boost festive recycling rates
Alupro has launched its Christmas 2024 campaign – Santa’s Little Recyclers. Designed to help local authorities boost recycling rates, the programme calls for households to recycle more aluminium packaging, including mince pie cases, drink cans, wrapping foil, chocolate foil, empty aerosols and metal closures on bottles. UK households dispose of millions of tonnes of packaging […]
UK aluminium packaging recycling shows further growth in Q3
According to recent data published on the National Packaging Waste Database by the Environment Agency, aluminium packaging recycling volumes continued to rise in Q3 2024, increasing 15% compared to the same period in 2023. In total, 43,466 tonnes of aluminium packaging were collected for recycling. This included 32,294 tonnes through kerbside, bring and on-the-go systems […]
Local school children scoop sculpture competition prizes
Following the launch of a creative sculpture competition for local schools earlier this year, Alupro and re3 (the waste partnership covering Bracknell Forest, Reading and Wokingham Borough Councils) have announced the talented, young winners. Challenged to create sculptures from clean, used aluminium foil, four winning entries were chosen. Gaia Joseph from Park Lane School in […]
Should industry innovation compromise public trust?
Tom Giddings, executive director of Alupro, discusses the fundamental differences between ‘traditional’ and chemical recycling, explores the potential for misinformation to circulate the market and explains why supply chain transparency is key to preventing consumer greenwashing. Recycling technologies have developed significantly over the past decade, with stringent national targets and accelerating policy decisions driving widespread […]