HC Deb 14 March 1983 vol 39 cc46-7W
Mr. Murphy

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what encouragement is being provided for the recycling of aluminium from cans.

Mr. Giles Shaw

I fully support the efforts of the Can Makers Organisation, representing the major metal packaging manufacturers, which launched a major expansion of their can recovery activities in 1982. Its save-a-can scheme seeks to recover both tin-plate and aluminium cans, and their cash-a-can scheme is for aluminium cans. Through the expansion of other schemes the can makers estimate a recovery of 2,600 million cans by 1985.