Recycling for Charity » Metal Products

Tinfoil – Can it be recycled?

kadraoui — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 10:15:45 +0000

Yes, you can … You can recycle foil at your nearest recycling bank.

How should I recycle foil?

Always wash your kitchen foil thoroughly before recycling.

As well as foil, you can also recycle these other aluminum items:

Milk bottle tops
Barbeque and freezing trays
Cigarette and tobacco foil
Screw top lids from wine bottles

The scrunch test

It’s important to note that items such as crisp packets are not made of aluminum foil (which is a thin sheet of metal) but of metallised plastic film, which is a plastic film coated with a sort of metallic ink. Therefore you should not include these with your aluminum recycling.

Do the scrunch test - scrunch an item you’re not sure about in your hand and, if it springs back, it’s not aluminum.

Food Cans – can it be recycled?

kadraoui — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 10:14:03 +0000

Yes, you can … deposit it in any of our recycling banks in Bahrain.

How can I recycle food cans?

Give it a quick watch to remove any food remains.
no need to remove the labels, they are removed automatically in the recycling process.

Remember …

Animal food cans also can be recycled! its 100% steel and steel can be recycled forever with out loosing its quality.

Drinking cans – Can it be recycled?

kadraoui — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 10:11:58 +0000

Yes, you can … You can recycle drinking cans via your nearest Recycling for Charity recycling bank.

How should I recycle drinking cans?

Rinse the cans thoroughly before recycling.
Use a can crusher if you have access to one.