Are You Recycling At Work?

Recently released recycling figures have shown that many of the world's most recycled drinks packaging, steel and aluminium cans, used outside of the home aren't being recycled.

It is estimated that about 30% of the 8 billion drinks cans purchased in the UK are consumed at work or in public places where the waste isn't recycled properly because of insufficient facilities.

At home more and more people are recycling their empty drinks packaging in Blackburn and Darwen, especially since homes in Darwen now have their own dedicated 'household waste' and 'recyclables' bins.


However, a problem which is worrying Alupro (Aluminium Packaging Recycling Organisation) is that most work places don't encourage employees to recycle their waste whilst in their buildings.

Increasing landfill prices, increased household recycling participation and local interest in how much of our money is being wasted has resulted in Alupro launching a campaign to encourage people to continue their recycling efforts at work.

The campaign, called Every Can Counts aims to help employers setup and promote drinks recycling in their workplace.

Executive director of Alupro, Rick Hindley, says "The energy saved by recycling one can is enough to run your computer for one hour."

Their website also explains how every drinks can you recycle can be a new one withing just 6 weeks!

Visit their website at Every Can Counts for more information or for more information on local recycling efforts please visit Blackburn with Darwen's website.