Aluminium Foil

Yes aluminium foil can be reused and recycled.

REUSE
If you are careful you can wash your foil and reuse it. Include it as part of your washing up so you don't waste water. After it can no longer be re-used, aluminium foil can be recycled. Please make sure the foil is clean before recycling. 

RECYCLED
Where?

• Harriet's of Hove, 31 George Street, Hove, East Sussex,
  BN3 3YB. Monday to Saturday 9am to 5pm and Sunday 10am to 4pm.
• The FREE SHOP at Planet Brighton in Brighton Open Market. Thursday to Saturday from 10am to 4pm. 
• Magpie Recycling. More details here.
• Geo. E. Richardson & Sons Ltd. More details here. If you do not live in Brighton click here to find a local centre.

How?

• Foil must be clean.
• You can include aluminium foil from a roll, take-away containers, milk bottle tops, etc. You can also incluse tea-lights but all the wax, the metal disc and any wock must be removed.
• The silver packaging from T-Bags is not foil. It is plastic.

DID YOU KNOW?

• When producing recycled aluminium 95% less energy is used than when producing primary aluminium.  
• Approximately £36 million worth of aluminium is landfilled every year!
• If You Care make 100% recycled aluminium foil.