BRIGG BACKING FOR BOTTLE TOP RECYCLING

North Lincolnshire Council is working with Alupro to launch the ‘You Can Leave Your Cap On’ campaign, that’s encouraging local people to recycle aluminium screw tops on glass bottles and increase recycling rates. 
And the initiative has been welcomed by Brigg and Wolds' Coun Nigel Sherwood (pictured)  - a member of the controlling Cabinet at the unitary authority.
The Alupro (Aluminium Packaging Recycling Organisation) campaign aims to increase recycling of aluminium screw tops and collars by getting people to screw the tops back onto empty glass bottles, such as wine, spirits and olive oil. Then place them in green kerbside recycling boxes, glass banks at Household Recycling Centres or community recycling centres throughout North Lincolnshire.  
Be on the look out for stickers on all glass bank sites across North Lincolnshire that explain why simply screwing the lid back on your glass bottles can help recycle more and benefit the environment. 
Aluminium and glass packaging are 100 per cent recyclable, so every screw top bottle put in a glass bank or green kerbside box can be transformed into something new, including more bottles, drink cans, mobile phones and even cars.
Coun Nigel Sherwood, Cabinet Member for Highways and Neighbourhoods, said: “Modern recycling methods allow aluminium tops to be recovered easier when they are collected with glass. So we can now recycle and re-use aluminium over and over again, which is why this campaign is so important to raise people's awareness. 
“With Christmas only round the corner it is the ideal time to get into the habit or recycling. Make sure you screw caps back onto bottles from the night before and help boost recycling in North Lincolnshire. It is important that we recycle as much as possible and do our bit for the environment.”
Rick Hindley, Executive Director of Alupro, said: “The market for aluminium bottle closures is growing rapidly, particularly for wine bottles, so it is important that we get in the habit of recycling them so that aluminium can be re-melted and re-used. Simply screwing the top back on the empty bottle before recycling is the simplest and easiest way for people to do their bit in recovering this valuable, sustainable and recyclable material. 
Rebecca Cooking, Head of Container Affairs at British Glass, which is part-funding the campaign in association with the European Aluminium Foil Association’s (EAFA) Closure Group, said: “We see this as an excellent campaign that both informs and helps the consumer to recycle as much as possible. It also highlights the important role recycling banks play in getting good quality glass back into the system, helping save energy and raw materials.”