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Metal packaging

How to dispose of aluminium foil.

Recommended answerClean aluminium foil is accepted by some metal-packaging programmes.
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Recommended route

Check local foil acceptance; combine small clean pieces into a larger ball only if instructed.

Before disposal or return

  1. Remove food residue.
  2. Keep foil free from plastic laminates.

Do not

Do not recycle heavily contaminated or composite foil without confirmation.

Reference sources

U.S. EPA — common recyclablesOpen source ↗Recycle Now — item recycling guideOpen source ↗

Checked 2026-08-16

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