Three major household foil suppliers have announced that they have joined the Aluminium Packaging Recycling Organisation (Alupro) and its recycling programme, MetalMatters.
Wrap Film Systems (owner of BacoFoil), foil and film supplier ITS and retail and catering foil supplier Wrapex have joined Alupro and the recycling campaign MetalMatters to encourage consumers to recycle more aluminium foil.
Although household foil is not covered by any obligations in the packaging waste regulations, used aluminium household foil can be recycled at recycling banks and is increasingly being accepted for recycling in kerbside collection streams alongside food/drink cans and foil containers.
Alupro Executive Director Rick Hindley said: “The environmental and financial benefits of recycling aluminium are well understood. Increasingly major industry players and brand owners see how Alupro membership, and supporting its industry-backed programmes like MetalMatters, can help them to ensure that more of the valuable aluminium found in items like cans, trays and foil is recycled while demonstrating the benefits to customers and end users.”
MetalMatters aims to increase the amount of metal packaging recycled by UK residents by helping local authorities and their waste collection partners promote awareness and accessibility of metal recycling. Alupro also promotes metal packaging recycling through its campagins AeroFoil and Every Can Counts.
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