Over 70% of aluminium drink cans sold and consumed in Ireland in 2017 were collected for recycling, according to Repak, Ireland’s only government-approved packaging recycling scheme.
The latest figures showed that some 7297 tonnes of aluminium drinks cans were collected for recycling last year, the highest rate of aluminium can recycling since Repak began recording data in 2006.
Repak said that the data, provided to it by both its own members and registered packaging collectors and recyclers, showed that overall tonnage of aluminium packaging collected for recycling in 2017 has grown by over 50% compared to 2016’s 4728 tonnes.
