Recycling List Ireland – Tins & Cans

Tins & Cans

You can make a bicycle out of 650 recycled aluminium cans.

One recycled drink can save 20 times more energy and emissions than making the can from new materials.

Recycling uses 5{274956ee188766cffa9fd13544fc92af19ef135eba77b9fbaa514036943a2328} of the energy needed for primary production.

If you recycle 1 aluminium can today, it can be made into a new can, get filled and be back on the shelf in just 6 weeks.

Approximately 75{274956ee188766cffa9fd13544fc92af19ef135eba77b9fbaa514036943a2328} of the aluminium ever produced is still in circulation today.

The benefits of recycling aluminium are so great that every effort should be made to divert it from landfill.

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