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Coca Cola transforms used aluminium cans into the world's largest recycled artwork
(22/06/2009)

In the UK, 80% of all drinks cans are made of aluminium. The recycling rate for aluminium cans in GB is just 52%. This means £36 million worth of aluminium drinks cans are thrown away each year. Recycling aluminium is 20 times more energy-efficient than making it from scratch. Recycling aluminium requires only 5% of the energy it takes to make new aluminium - and produces only 5% of the CO2 emissions. Coca-Cola is working with WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme) to install Recycle Zo... [more]

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