Recycled Tins & Cans – Recycling List Ireland

As long as they are empty, clean, and dry, tin cans and their lids can be recycled in any of your community’s recycling programs. There is no requirement to remove the paper labels. Have you been informed? If the lid is only partially detached, it can be recycled along with the rest of the container.

You can make a bicycle out of 650 recycled aluminium cans.
One recycled drink can save 20 times more energy and emissions than making the can from new materials.
Recycling uses 5% of the energy needed for primary production.
If you recycle 1 aluminium can today, it can be made into a new can, get filled and be back on the shelf in just 6 weeks.
Approximately 75% of the aluminium ever produced is still in circulation today.
The benefits of recycling aluminium are so great that every effort should be made to divert it from landfills.

Simple as That blog posted a great article on how to upcycle tin cans at home.