If you use canned goods at home, small metal items accumulate quickly. Our buildings’ waste rooms have separate containers for metal waste. Rinse metal packaging with cold water before placing it in the collection bin.
Metal recycling is important because the material can then be reused as a raw material. Recycled metal is crushed to create raw material for metal packaging and other metal products. Sorting also pays off financially: by recycling, you save on the building’s costs.
You can place the following in the small metal collection bin:
- Cans
- Non-deposit beverage cans
- Aluminum trays and foils
- Small metal items, caps, and lids (e.g., from yogurt containers)
- Frying pans, pots, and cutlery
- Empty, dry paint cans
- Empty aerosol cans
Do not place the following in the small metal collection bin:
- Large metal scrap
- Electrical appliances
- Coffee bags and crisp packets
Metal or not? – Take the test
Especially with thin metal packaging versus plastic packaging, it can sometimes be difficult to determine which packaging material it is. In that case, take this handy test:
Crumple the packaging into a small ball – if it returns to its original shape, it is likely not metal (e.g., a coffee bag). Metal will remain in its compressed shape.
