District Council
Recycle for Africa
Salisbury District Council has signed up to a scheme which promises to grow a fruit tree in Malawi for every tonne of aluminium drinks cans and foil recycled over the next two years.
The initiative is being run by not for profit organisation Alupro in partnership with British charity Ripple Africa in a bid to tackle de-forestation, improve nutrition and establish new businesses for fruit drying and juicing.
Recycling aluminium is 20 times more efficient than making it from the raw material and also saves huge amounts of energy.
The target is to recycle enough aluminium cans and foil to grow 85,000 trees in rural Malawi.
As well as using the black box kerbside collection scheme, cans and foil may also be taken to the household recycling centres in Salisbury and Amesbury, and 70 mini recycling centres which are situated all over the district.
For further information see our press release of 13 November 2007: Local recycling initiative will grow 85,000 fruit trees in Malawi
Information:
- Overview
- Bank holiday collections
- Commercial waste
- Compost bins
- Disposal of asbestos
- Garden waste
- Household waste
- How do I recycle this?
- Kerbside recycling
- Plastic bottles and cardboard
- Reasons to recycle
- Recycle for Africa
- Recycling sites
- Unlicensed waste clearance operators
- Waste management statistics
- Wheeled bins
- Yellow Woods Challenge
Things you can do:
Contact details:
Telephone:
01722 434319 or 434320
email:
enhmail@salisbury.gov.uk
Postal address:
Environmental Services
Salisbury District Council
PO
Box 2126
Salisbury
SP2 2DJ
