We welcome any measure that effectively increases recycling and reduces litter. Aluminium packaging is already widely recycled; 70% of beverage cans are currently recycled, and independent research shows that in 12 years the existing collection infrastructure will deliver a 90% recycling rate for all aluminium packaging*. We want to contribute to what we trust will […]
Ten students from schools around the UK have been named as winners in the Alu D&T Challenge, a national competition for 11 to 14 year olds, funded by the aluminium industry to inspire young designers to create sustainable products using aluminium. Students and teachers travelled to Birmingham on 7th March to receive their prizes and […]
https://alupro.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Alupro_DTEvent2018_Thinktank_0153.jpg39966072amyhttps://alupro.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/alupro-uk.pngamy2018-03-13 14:34:112018-03-13 14:34:11Winners announced in aluminium industry’s national schools sustainable design competition – the Alu D&T Challenge
Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council has launched a MetalMatters campaign to remind householders to recycle food and drink cans, foil, empty aerosols, foil trays and metal screw tops in their red recycling box. Leaflets have been sent to 56,000 homes, recycling vehicles are now fitted with promotional signs and residents can find out more at several planned roadshows. Supporting […]
As women’s cycling continues to gain momentum, recycling programme ‘Every Can Counts’ has furthered its investment into the UK based Trek-Drops professional women’s cycling team for the duration of the 2018 season. This is the second consecutive year that the Every Can Counts programme, managed by the Aluminium Packaging Recycling Organisation (Alupro), has supported the […]
https://alupro.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/rsz_ecc_and_trek-drops_-_1.jpg9931594amyhttps://alupro.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/alupro-uk.pngamy2018-02-21 12:51:212018-02-21 12:51:49Recycling programme extends sponsorship of UK professional women's cycling team
The Greater Cambridge Shared Waste Service between Cambridge City Council and South Cambridgeshire District Council have launched the first MetalMatters campaign of 2018, to all 119,000 households in the area, with the aim of increasing metal capture rates through kerbside. Each household has received a MetalMatters leaflet directly through their door, featuring visuals that demonstrate […]
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Since the MetalMatters programme launched in 2012, one in five UK councils have chosen the campaign as a vehicle to deliver their recycling messages to householders and increase the metal packaging captured at kerbside: A total of 5.3 million households have now received MetalMatters messages directly through their door. Nine councils have launched MetalMatters campaigns […]
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The UK’s aluminium industry is on the search for the designers and engineers of the future as it launches this year’s Alu D&T Challenge. Secondary schools throughout the UK are invited to take part in the Challenge which aims to teach 11-14 year olds about sustainable design. The Challenge includes an opportunity for students to […]
https://alupro.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/MAMBO_Packshot_03-copie.jpg28064520amyhttps://alupro.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/alupro-uk.pngamy2017-09-20 08:30:112017-09-20 08:30:11The Alu D&T Challenge is back!
Ecosurety, one of the UK’s leading packaging compliance schemes and resource efficiency specialists, has pledged their support to MetalMatters, the metal packaging industry’s flag ship behavioural change programme. As part of their support package, Ecosurety successfully introduced the programme to Bristol City Council and The Bristol Waste Company who launched MetalMatters to 197,000 households today (Wednesday […]
https://alupro.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Bristol-Waste-Metal-Matters-Launch-13-CB-Bristol-Design-2017.jpg13372000amyhttps://alupro.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/alupro-uk.pngamy2017-09-06 14:14:112018-07-19 12:48:47Ecosurety pledges support for MetalMatters
Alupro has announced that Tata Steel UK is increasing its support for MetalMatters; the metal packaging industry’s UK behavioral change programme which aims to boost capture rates for metal packaging collected at kerbside. The European operations of Tata Steel, whose main steelmaking sites are in the UK and the Netherlands, comprise Europe’s second largest steel […]
https://alupro.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Tata-Steel-TV-tata-steel-packaging-duffel_00I8766.jpg1080786amyhttps://alupro.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/alupro-uk.pngamy2017-08-21 14:52:372018-07-19 12:49:21Tata Steel steps up support for MetalMatters
Taurus Crafts, based in Lydney, are celebrating because with the help of local residents they have saved over two tonnes of aluminium foil from landfill in the past year. The foil, collected through the bright yellow recycling banks sited around the Forest of Dean is processed by volunteers at Taurus Crafts. The project is supported […]
The Aluminium Packaging Recycling Organisation (Alupro) are inviting cycling fans to join in the ‘Recycle Race’ activity and make Every Can Count whilst cheering on elite cyclists from the world’s top teams competing in the OVO Energy Women’s Tour from 7-11 June www.womenstour.co.uk National recycling programme, Every Can Counts is an “official partner” of the […]
https://alupro.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/The-Recycle-Race-ECC-3.jpg12001800aluprohttps://alupro.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/alupro-uk.pngalupro2017-06-08 14:26:122017-07-20 12:14:44Every Can Counts encourages Women’s Cycling Tour fans to join the Recycle Race
Seven out of ten aluminium drink cans sold in the UK in 2016 were recycled, according to the Aluminium Packaging Recycling Organisation. Beverage cans make up by far the largest sector of the 180,000 tonnes of aluminium packaging placed on the market during the year; and with the UK being the largest beverage can market […]
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Government announces introduction of DRS
/0 Comments/in News /by amyWe welcome any measure that effectively increases recycling and reduces litter. Aluminium packaging is already widely recycled; 70% of beverage cans are currently recycled, and independent research shows that in 12 years the existing collection infrastructure will deliver a 90% recycling rate for all aluminium packaging*. We want to contribute to what we trust will […]
Winners announced in aluminium industry’s national schools sustainable design competition – the Alu D&T Challenge
/0 Comments/in News /by amyTen students from schools around the UK have been named as winners in the Alu D&T Challenge, a national competition for 11 to 14 year olds, funded by the aluminium industry to inspire young designers to create sustainable products using aluminium. Students and teachers travelled to Birmingham on 7th March to receive their prizes and […]
Newcastle-under-Lyme launch MetalMatters
/0 Comments/in News /by amyNewcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council has launched a MetalMatters campaign to remind householders to recycle food and drink cans, foil, empty aerosols, foil trays and metal screw tops in their red recycling box. Leaflets have been sent to 56,000 homes, recycling vehicles are now fitted with promotional signs and residents can find out more at several planned roadshows. Supporting […]
Recycling programme extends sponsorship of UK professional women’s cycling team
/0 Comments/in News /by amyAs women’s cycling continues to gain momentum, recycling programme ‘Every Can Counts’ has furthered its investment into the UK based Trek-Drops professional women’s cycling team for the duration of the 2018 season. This is the second consecutive year that the Every Can Counts programme, managed by the Aluminium Packaging Recycling Organisation (Alupro), has supported the […]
Cambridge City and South Cambridgeshire District pledge to ‘Make their metals matter’
/0 Comments/in News /by amyThe Greater Cambridge Shared Waste Service between Cambridge City Council and South Cambridgeshire District Council have launched the first MetalMatters campaign of 2018, to all 119,000 households in the area, with the aim of increasing metal capture rates through kerbside. Each household has received a MetalMatters leaflet directly through their door, featuring visuals that demonstrate […]
One in five UK councils have chosen to make their metals matter
/0 Comments/in News /by amySince the MetalMatters programme launched in 2012, one in five UK councils have chosen the campaign as a vehicle to deliver their recycling messages to householders and increase the metal packaging captured at kerbside: A total of 5.3 million households have now received MetalMatters messages directly through their door. Nine councils have launched MetalMatters campaigns […]
The Alu D&T Challenge is back!
/0 Comments/in News /by amyThe UK’s aluminium industry is on the search for the designers and engineers of the future as it launches this year’s Alu D&T Challenge. Secondary schools throughout the UK are invited to take part in the Challenge which aims to teach 11-14 year olds about sustainable design. The Challenge includes an opportunity for students to […]
Ecosurety pledges support for MetalMatters
/0 Comments/in News /by amyEcosurety, one of the UK’s leading packaging compliance schemes and resource efficiency specialists, has pledged their support to MetalMatters, the metal packaging industry’s flag ship behavioural change programme. As part of their support package, Ecosurety successfully introduced the programme to Bristol City Council and The Bristol Waste Company who launched MetalMatters to 197,000 households today (Wednesday […]
Tata Steel steps up support for MetalMatters
/0 Comments/in News /by amyAlupro has announced that Tata Steel UK is increasing its support for MetalMatters; the metal packaging industry’s UK behavioral change programme which aims to boost capture rates for metal packaging collected at kerbside. The European operations of Tata Steel, whose main steelmaking sites are in the UK and the Netherlands, comprise Europe’s second largest steel […]
Taurus Celebrates The Forest’s Foil Recycling Success
/0 Comments/in News /by amyTaurus Crafts, based in Lydney, are celebrating because with the help of local residents they have saved over two tonnes of aluminium foil from landfill in the past year. The foil, collected through the bright yellow recycling banks sited around the Forest of Dean is processed by volunteers at Taurus Crafts. The project is supported […]
Every Can Counts encourages Women’s Cycling Tour fans to join the Recycle Race
/0 Comments/in News /by aluproThe Aluminium Packaging Recycling Organisation (Alupro) are inviting cycling fans to join in the ‘Recycle Race’ activity and make Every Can Count whilst cheering on elite cyclists from the world’s top teams competing in the OVO Energy Women’s Tour from 7-11 June www.womenstour.co.uk National recycling programme, Every Can Counts is an “official partner” of the […]
Alupro announces a new milestone reached for aluminium drink can recycling in the UK as recycling rate reaches 70%
/0 Comments/in News /by aluproSeven out of ten aluminium drink cans sold in the UK in 2016 were recycled, according to the Aluminium Packaging Recycling Organisation. Beverage cans make up by far the largest sector of the 180,000 tonnes of aluminium packaging placed on the market during the year; and with the UK being the largest beverage can market […]