DID YOU KNOW ABOUT – TINS

Steel and aluminium are common metals in the UK, which are produced and exist in large quantities.

World primary production of aluminium is around 24 million tonnes on average a year.

Metals can be recycled indefinitely without losing any of their properties. They make up around 8% of the average household dustbin.

£36,000,000 worth of aluminium is thrown away each year.

Each household uses approximately 600 steel cans per year.
There are over 300million cans used per week over the Xmas period.

There are over 2.5 billion cans recycled in the UK each year - [That's a saving of 125,000 tonnes of solid waste every year] That's equivalent to the weight of 18,000 double decker buses!!