UK's not-for-profit company The On-Pack Recycling Label (OPRL) has modified its guidance for plastic pots, tubs and trays and aluminium foil to indicate that the materials are now widely recycled by councils at the kerbside. Used across a ...
Tags: Foils, Plastic Trays
A study from the Aluminium Packaging Recycling Organisation (Alupro) has revealed that recycling rate for aluminium packaging has reached 55% in 2015 compared to 48% in previous year in the UK. Alupro has also reported that the estimated ...
Tags: Alupro, Packaging Recycling
The organisation, representing the aluminium packaging producers, reprocessors, foil converters, can makers, fillers and brand owners in the UK, is confident of reaching a 46% aluminium packaging recycling target. However, despite ...
Tags: Aluminium Packaging, Printing, Packaging
Recycling campaigns are not without their detractors as their results are often met with more than a little scepticism and their long-term value often questioned. However, a number of communication programmes, developed by the Aluminium ...
Tags: Packaging Recycling, Packaging
Carlsberg UK has become the newest member of the Aluminium Packaging Recycling Organisation (Alupro) and also joined the funding partners of the ‘Every Can Counts’ recycling program. The membership of Carlsberg marks the ...
The UK’s Aluminium Packaging Recycling Organisation (Alupro) has collaborated with British Glass and the European Aluminium Foil Association (EAFA) to launch a new recycling communications initiative for local authorities. Aimed ...
The programme has covered 31 local authorities and, according Rick Hindley, executive director of the scheme’s programme managers Alupro, MetalMatters has been aided by the combination of the public and private sector. The programme ...
Aluminium recyclers are anticipating a surge in the amount of foil trays and wraps set to be received following the Christmas period, but it is still unclear if the bulk of material is recycled. It is estimated that as much as 4,500 ...
The recycling rate for all aluminium packaging in the UK based on the figures released by Defra show that it has increased by more than 4% putting the overall recycling rate at 45%, according to the Aluminium Packaging Recycling ...
Tags: Aluminium Packaging Recycling, Packaging Recycling, metal packaging