19 July 2024
We’re all well versed in the importance of recycling, but did you know what a big difference recycling cardboard can make in environmental terms? For starters, recycling cardboard only uses 75% of the energy needed to make it from scratch. And what about all those drink cans? Aluminium is infinitely recyclable with no loss of quality and it’s a material that’s easy to work with – recycled aluminium drink cans can be back on supermarket shelves in a mere 60 days.
Recycling cardboard saves:
♻️ 46 gallons of oil (per tonne)
♻️ 17 trees (per tonne)
♻️ 7,000 tonnes of water (per tonne)
♻️ 5.6 million tonnes of waste from going into landfills annually
Stats source: Challenge Packaging
Between June 2023 and May 2024, Plan B’s Material Sales team managed 37,529 tonnes of cardboard (packing grade fibre) saving 637,993 trees.
We work closely with our clients to ensure they understand the quality of material they are required to produce so that we can continue to be a trusted partner for packaging mills in the supply of feedstock for their manufacturing process. We have developed strong and extensive relationships across the supply chain to give us access to many packaging mills.
Recycling aluminium:
♻️ Uses 95% less energy than producing aluminium from raw materials.
♻️ Saves 97% of greenhouse gas emissions produced in the primary production process.
♻️ Recycling one tonne of aluminium saves nine tonnes of CO2 emissions and four tonnes of bauxite – the raw material from which aluminium is made (one tonne of CO2 is equivalent to driving over 3,000 miles).
Source of stats: Alupro
Between April 2023 and March 2024, Plan B’s Material Sales team managed 1,224 tonnes of aluminium – the equivalent weight of around 94 London buses.
Aluminium is the most valuable material in a kerbside recycling system and we help Local Authority and Council-owned company clients achieve the best possible value for their material.
Thank you to everyone who recycles drink cans and cardboard boxes – it really does make a difference and we’re proud to play our part.