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Recycling Aluminium Foil

You can aluminium foil at any of the recycling sites listed below

• Bagshot
• Bisley
• Camberley (Selected sites)
• Chobham
• Frimley
• Lightwater
• Mytchett

Also check with your local school, as some schools collect foil for charities such as Phyliss Tuckwell or to benefit a local hospice.

It is very worthwhile to recycle Aluminium as the energy consumed in simply the extraction process is high. Recycling aluminium only consumes 5% of the energy that it would have taken to manufacture virgin metal from ore.

To maximise the benefit please ensure that foil is clean. There are a number of foods commonly packaged using foil here are some examples:-

• Stock cubes (oxo)
• Quiche
• Chocolate teacakes (tunnocks)
• Cherry bakewells and Jam tarts!

Cat food sachets, crisps packets, silver-coloured wine bags and sweet wrappers should not be included as they are made from foil and plastic film.

Keep it clean & shiny !

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