The new campaigns have seen Leave your cap on stickers applied to over 870 glass banks across Leeds, and 191 in North Lincolnshire. In addition, North Lincolnshire Council is the first to take the message kerbside, running a trial in one round.
The programme, developed by Alupro (the Aluminium Packaging Recycling Organisation) in partnership with British Glass and EAFA (European Aluminium Foil Association), aims to increase the recovery of aluminium screw caps and closures used predominantly on wine and spirits and cooking ingredients such as olive oil, as the metal can be successfully recovered during the glass recycling process.
The Leave your cap on campaign follows research by Alupro into the UK closure market, which revealed that approximately 5,000 tonnes of aluminium from caps and closures could be recovered, equating to over £2m worth of aluminium at current material prices.
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