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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
More than four out of five drink cans sold in the UK in 2020 were recycled, a record high, as nationwide lockdowns made it easier for people to recycle. According to data published by the…
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!
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!
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!
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!
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
You must be an original thinker! Put your question straight to our team by clicking here and we’ll be happy to help.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Every Can Counts UK
Alupro, 1 Brockhill Court, Brockhill Lane, Redditch, B97 6RB
Phone Number: +44 1527 597757
