Aluminium cans, foil or scrap

How to recycle aluminium cans, foil or scrap.


  • At kerbside collections where available - please contact your local district, borough or city council for more information about kerbside collection schemes. Find out how to contact your local district, borough or city council by visiting our Other councils web page.
  • At can banks at your local recycling centre.
  • Aat your nearest Household Waste Recycling Centre.
  • At Alupro Cash for Cans centres (opens in a new window) - don't forget that they pay cash for aluminium cans and foil.
  • By searching in the Yellow pages for scrap metal merchants when you've got large amounts or you are from a commercial organisation. You can also look on Yell.com (opens in a new window) or at our Trusted Trader directory. 

How useful did you find this page?

Not useful

Very useful