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Aluminium
Recycling binWidely recycled. Crush if you can.
Which bin?
Rinse, crush if possible, and put in your recycling bin.
What does it mean?
The ALU symbol means the packaging is aluminium. Aluminium is infinitely recyclable and uses 95% less energy to recycle than to produce from raw materials. This covers drink cans, food cans, foil trays, foil wrapping, and aerosol cans. Rinse, crush if possible, and put in your recycling bin. Clean kitchen foil can be recycled too: scrunch it into a ball (golf-ball size or bigger so it doesn't fall through sorting screens).
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What does the Aluminium symbol mean?
Widely recycled. Crush if you can.
Which bin do items with this symbol go in?
Rinse, crush if possible, and put in your recycling bin.