Aluminium Cans

Yes aluminium cans can be recycled.

RECYCLED
Where?

• Cans can be included in Brighton & Hove City Council Recycling.
  • Residents receiving a black box collection can put cans in their black box along with paper, cardboard, aerosols, drink cans, food tins and plastic bottles.
  • Residents in flats with a recycling service can deposit their cans along with household aerosols. They can also be taken to 75 recycling points across the city.
  • For more details contact City Clean on 01273 292929.
• You can take them to a local scrap dealer and weigh them in to raise funds for yourself or a charity.  First check they're aluminium by using a magnet (a fridge magnet will do). If they're magnetic then they're NOT aluminium. When you've checked them crush them so you can fit more in a bag. The current price per kilo is 50p. Can you believe we landfill £36 million worth of aluminium every year!
   
  • The local scrap metal company that The Green Centre use for aluminium cans is Geo.E.Richardson & Sons Ltd. There have been changes in the laws about how to use scrap metal merchants. For more details please contact them on 01273 570246.

How?

• Cans must be empty

DID YOU KNOW?

• When producing recycled aluminium 95% less energy is used than when producing primary aluminium.  
• Approximately £36 million worth of aluminium is landfilled every year!