Czech aluminium aerosol can producer Moravia Cans has become the latest funding partner of the UK Aerosol Recycling Initiative (UKARI).
Launched in 2022 and spearheaded by Alupro, UKARI aims to raise national awareness and increase the recycling of aerosol products, targeting a 50% recycling rate by 2030.
The programme unites businesses and influencers across the supply chain to encourage positive behavioural change.
As a funding partner, Moravia Cans will support UKARI’s feasibility studies, data collection, pilot programmes and consumer engagement campaigns.
This year has already seen waste composition sampling programmes underway in Solihull and Manchester, with aerosol-focused communications campaigns scheduled for September.
Martin Boaler, CEO of Moravia Cans, said: “We’re delighted to be joining UKARI as the programme’s latest funding partner. As a leading producer of aluminium aerosol cans, we appreciate the importance of tackling misconceptions in the marketplace, building a deeper understanding of consumer behaviours and driving campaigns to increase recycling rates.
“UKARI helps the supply chain to appreciate and address barriers to aerosol recycling. Already, the initiative has proven pivotal in helping to paint a clearer picture of a true recycling baseline, as well as undertaking research into a number of critical subject matters. By joining the initiative and helping to fund its work, we’re looking forward to playing our part in accelerating positive change.”
Tom Giddings, executive director of Alupro, added: “The key ambitions of UKARI are threefold – embrace a sustainable future, inspire change and drive progress towards a 50% aerosol recycling rate by 2030. We have big plans for the initiative and, with the backing of Moravia Cans, will be able to further accelerate our activity in the months to come.”
Moravia Cans joins UK Aerosol Recycling Initiative as funding partner
