{"id":10257,"date":"2023-10-17T08:31:50","date_gmt":"2023-10-17T08:31:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alupro.org.uk\/?p=10257"},"modified":"2023-10-17T08:31:50","modified_gmt":"2023-10-17T08:31:50","slug":"tata-steel-celebrates-recycle-week-by-joining-the-uk-aerosol-recycling-initiative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alupro.org.uk\/tata-steel-celebrates-recycle-week-by-joining-the-uk-aerosol-recycling-initiative\/","title":{"rendered":"Tata Steel celebrates Recycle Week by joining the UK Aerosol Recycling Initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"
Tata Steel extends education programme to help raise awareness of recycling attributes of aerosols <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n October 2023 – Tata Steel, one of the world’s largest steel producers and one of the UK’s leading steel re-processors, has become the latest organisation to join the UK Aerosol Recycling Initiative and is celebrating as part of national Recycle Week, 16 \u2013 22 October.<\/p>\n Steel aerosols are easily captured for recycling through existing UK recycling schemes \u2013 kerbside, magnetic extraction, and even after waste incineration. They make a valuable contribution to UK steel recycling rates, but consumers\u2019 appreciation of their recycling credentials is low compared to other household metal containers such as food cans.<\/p>\n \u201cWe all use metal aerosols around the house, and they are widely used by businesses such as hairdressers and tradespeople. Yet there is a definite gap in consumers\u2019 knowledge of the recycling potential of metal aerosol cans and separating them for recycling at home is not yet as instinctive as it is for most other forms of packaging,\u201d explained Nicola Jones, Manager for Steel Packaging Recycling.<\/p>\n \u201cTata Steel is joining the UK Aerosol Recycling Initiative to help narrow that knowledge gap and help increase metal recycling rates still further.\u201d<\/p>\n Launched by Alupro in Autumn 2022, the campaign’s key priorities are closely aligned to Tata Steel\u2019s own recycling education activities which include encouraging and measuring recycling performance, ensuring consistency of public messaging around metal packaging recycling, and driving targeted consumer education of good home recycling practice.<\/p>\n Other members of the UK Aerosols Recycling Initiative include British Aerosols Manufacturers\u2019 Association and steel packaging manufacturers, Trivium Packaging.<\/p>\n The project also aims to encourage metal aerosol recyclability and viability in a post- extended producer responsibility (EPR) and deposit return scheme landscape.<\/p>\n Tata Steel is seeing greater interest in steel for aerosols. Historically, steel aerosol cans are welded; now though, Tata Steel’s high quality steel grades and can-making knowledge have made a non-welded aerosol can possible in a variety of shapes and sizes.<\/p>\n