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Every Can Counts at Birmingham Pride 2021

RECYCLE WEEK PART 2: BIRMINGHAM PRIDE

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Every Can Counts partners with Bullring & Grand Central and Birmingham Hippodrome to celebrate Birmingham Pride and encourage everyone taking part in the celebrations to recycle their empty cans. https://youtu.be/DZVdbqr3GE4 The #EveryCan Counts Rainbow, created…

The #EveryCanCounts Rainbow in front of St Paul's Cathedral, London

RECYCLE WEEK PART 1: LONDON

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Every Can Counts celebrates Recycle Week 2021 by partnering with City of London Corporation to bring a giant rainbow installation to the heart of the capital. The eye-catching archway, created from over 2,500 recycled cans,…

MAKING EVERY CAN COUNT AT THE BRITISH GRAND PRIX

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We joined forces with Silverstone race circuit to encourage people to recycle their empty drink cans at this year’s British Grand Prix. With a crowd of over 140,000 fans in attendance at the race on…

The #EveryCanCounts Rainbow Comes To Cardiff

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We’ve partnered with Cardiff Council to bring The #EveryCanCounts Rainbow to the Welsh capital! The #EveryCanCounts Rainbow archway has popped up on The Hayes in Cardiff city centre, as part of a campaign to encourage…

CELEBRATING WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY IN MANCHESTER

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The #EveryCanCounts Rainbow Comes To Piccadilly Gardens! Our rainbow archway, created from over 2,500 recycled drink cans, has come to Piccadilly Gardens in Manchester in celebration of World Environment Day, Saturday 5th June. The installation…

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This week we partnered with @OneMinuteBriefs and challenged Twitter users with the following design brief: Create posters that highlight the infinite recyclability of drink cans and inspire people to do the right thing with their empties. #EveryCanCounts…

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OUR WORK

We’re here to inspire, encourage and empower people to recycle their empty drink cans.

We partner with people and organisations to communicate the benefits of recycling drink cans and improve out-of-home can recycling facilities.

From restaurants to festivals, universities to shopping centres, offices to parks – we’re doing what we can to help people recycle their drink cans wherever they are.

Want to join us on our journey towards higher recycling rates? Click here to get in touch with our team and let’s work together to make every can count!

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Did you know?

Recycled cans are back on a shop shelf as brand new drink cans in just 60 days!
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Did you know?

Drink cans are endlessly recyclable, meaning they can be recycled an infinite number of times with no loss of material quality!
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Did you know?

Every can recycled reduces the carbon footprint of the next can made!

Green Can Awards

The Green Can Awards recognise the businesses, organisations and people that are going above and beyond when it comes to drink can recycling. We want to put a spotlight on those who are going the extra mile to make their cans count, and inspire others to follow in their footsteps!

  • Who can apply for a Green Can Award?

    Any business, organisation or individual whose activities have promoted can recycling and/or demonstrably increased recycling rates can apply. Whether it’s setting up new recycling points, running workplace awareness events, recruiting a recycling champion or collecting cans for a charitable cause –  however you’ve made your cans count, we want to hear about it!

  • How do we apply?

    Fill out our online questionnaire below and then send along with supporting materials including photos and video.  Entries can be submitted at any time.
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FAQS

Where are cans recycled?

How are cans recycled?

Can I make money from the cans I recycle?

Should I crush the cans I recycle?

Does Every Can Counts collect cans from businesses?

What free materials do you provide?

Do you award ISO certificates?

Why is my question not listed here?

Where are cans recycled?

Over 90% of drink cans collected in the UK are recycled within Europe. The majority of cans recycled in the UK are melted down at a large plant in Warrington, Cheshire. There are over 220 aluminium recycling plants spread across Europe!

How are cans recycled?

You’ve heard us say drink cans are endlessly recyclable… But how does the recycling process actually work? We’re glad you asked! We’ve dedicated a whole section of this website to answering that very question: Click here to learn about the Life Cycle of a Can.

Can I make money from the cans I recycle?

If you have the space to store or bale your cans you can collect them in bulk and sell them to a scrap metal merchant.

You can find your nearest metal merchant by carrying out a search online, or alternatively you can contact our team and we’ll be happy to advise.

It is best to contact the metal merchant first before visiting their premises in order to find out their current price per kilogram for cans (1 kilo of cans is approximately 65 individual cans) and if they have a minimum delivery quantity – e.g some may require 5kg or more before they will accept delivery.

Due to a change in the law, scrap metal merchants are no longer permitted to pay cash for the cans you have collected.  Instead they will make payment via cheque or bank transfer, and you will need to take proof of ID with you when you complete the transaction.

Should I crush the cans I recycle?

You do not have to crush your empty cans. Some people crush their recycled cans to create more room in their recycling bin, but this is optional. Your can is endlessly recyclable either way!

Does Every Can Counts collect cans from businesses?

We don’t collect and reprocess cans ourselves. Instead, Every Can Counts fits in around the recycling arrangements you already have in place. If you have a mixed dry recycling service with your waste contractor, just tie up the bag of cans and place it with your other recyclables.

If you don’t have an existing recycling service, our team may be able to advise on the options available in your local area.  Click here to get in touch.

What free materials do you provide?

We provide free recycling materials to businesses and organisations looking to set up or improve their drink can recycling facilities.  These materials include can collection boxes as well as promotional materials such as posters which communicate the benefits of recycling.

To request these materials, please complete our ‘Get Started’ form by clicking here.

Do you award ISO certificates?

We do not award ISO certificates.  For more information on ISO visit their website.

Every Can Counts can help contribute towards  ISO 14001 certification.

Why is my question not listed here?

You must be an original thinker! Put your question straight to our team by clicking here and we’ll be happy to help.

Our Funding Partners

  • Alupro

    The Aluminium Packaging Recycling Organisation (Alupro) is a not-for-profit company which represents the leading aluminium packaging producers and reprocessors in the UK.  Alupro works to fulfil the industry’s commitment to meet, and exceed, recycling targets for aluminium packaging.

    www.alupro.org.uk

  • Ardagh Group

    Ardagh Group manufactures packaging for the world’s biggest brands and has a reputation for innovation; pushing the boundaries of what’s possible, pioneering new production methods, new design techniques and new ways to recycle and save energy.

    www.ardaghgroup.com

  • Ball Packaging Group

    Ball is a leading beverage can maker with production facilities around the world.  Ball Corporation supplies innovative, sustainable packaging solutions for beverage, food and household products, as well as aerospace and other technologies and services primarily for the U.S. government.

    www.ball.com

  • Can Makers UK

    The Can Makers UK represents the UK manufacturers of beer and carbonated soft drink cans.  The organisation promotes the benefits of the drink can and aids communications between the industry and its customers: brewers, soft drinks manufacturers and retailers, as well as the packaging industry, the media and consumers.
    www.canmakers.co.uk

  • CanPack UK

    CPUK is part of the CanPack group of companies (CP Group), with headquarters in Krakow, Poland.  CanPack group is a leading supplier of metal and glass containers, and metal closures.
    www.canpack.eu

  • Crown Holdings Inc.

    Crown Holdings, Inc. through its subsidiaries, is a leading supplier of packaging products to consumer marketing companies around the world.  Crown is proud to be a leader in metal packaging technology.

    www.crowncork.com

  • Ecosurety

    Ecosurety are a Bristol-based producer responsibility compliance scheme investing in quality recycling for packaging, WEEE and batteries in the UK.  With more than 1,000 customers, Ecosurety supports efficient and transparent investment in UK recycling projects through improved infrastructure, innovation and consumer awareness campaigns.

    www.ecosurety.com

  • Feel Good

    Feel Good is a range of 100% natural, great tasting, fruitful sparkling waters in plastic free packaging. They donate 3% of their sales to charities that support wellbeing for people and planet. They believe when you Feel Good, everything else will follow.
    www.feelgooddrinks.com

  • Metal Packaging Manufacturers Association

    The Metal Packaging Manufacturers Association is the lead voice of the UK metal packaging industry with direct links into a European market employing 177,000 people across 760 companies, producing over 98 billion containers each year.

    www.mpma.org.uk

  • Novelis

    Novelis operates Europe’s only dedicated used aluminium can recycling plant in Warrington, Cheshire.  This plant has the capacity to recycle all of the aluminium cans currently sold in the UK each year.

    www.novelisrecycling.co.uk

  • Red Bull

    Red Bull established its business over 30 years ago in Austria. The brand’s iconic range of energy drinks are now available in more than 169 countries worldwide, with over 7 billion cans sold each year.

    www.redbull.com

  • Sipful Drinks

    Sipful Drinks is an ambitious, sustainability-focused drinks brand, specialising in well-balanced and all-natural canned, alcoholic and nonalcoholic beverages. Sipful is committed to producing drinks using recyclable packaging and is dedicated to becoming a zero-waste business.

    www.sipful-drinks.com

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    GREEN CAN AWARDS

    Why every can counts

    01. Metal recycles forever – all drink cans are endlessly recyclable.

    02. It takes 95% less energy to make a can from recycled metal.

    03. Every can recycled reduces the carbon footprint of the next one made.

    04. Over 90% of drink cans collected in the UK are recycled within Europe.

    05. Recycling cans saves natural resources as well as energy and carbon emissions.

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    Alupro, 1 Brockhill Court, Brockhill Lane, Redditch, B97 6RB

    Phone Number: +44 1527 597757






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