<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Aluminium is one of raw materials that can be practically continuously recycled. Thanks to the proper sorting of aluminium scrap it is possible to produce precisely the same products that it was made before Selective waste collection and an extensive network of waste collection points have significant impact on the recovery level of used aluminium beverage cans. The purpose of the article was to analyse the results of surveys on aluminium segregation in Silesia voivodship. According to literature people are increasingly interested in environmental protection and what is happening with waste generated by them. But there is lack of information about people from different regions of Poland. From the research presented in the paper it can be concluded that people realize that used aluminium beverage cans become packaging waste which can be easily recycled so most of them segregate them in everyday life. This is the result of changes in the legislation on municipal waste and their segregation, as well as the element of environmental education.</p></abstract>

Aluminium is one of raw materials that can be practically continuously recycled. Thanks to the proper sorting of aluminium scrap it is possible to produce precisely the same products that it was made before Selective waste collection and an extensive network of waste collection points have significant impact on the recovery level of used aluminium beverage cans. The purpose of the article was to analyse the results of surveys on aluminium segregation in Silesia voivodship. According to literature people are increasingly interested in environmental protection and what is happening with waste generated by them. But there is lack of information about people from different regions of Poland. From the research presented in the paper it can be concluded that people realize that used aluminium beverage cans become packaging waste which can be easily recycled so most of them segregate them in everyday life. This is the result of changes in the legislation on municipal waste and their segregation, as well as the element of environmental education.

Recycling and segregation of used aluminium beverage cans according to the residents of Silesia voivodship

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Aluminium is one of raw materials that can be practically continuously recycled. Thanks to the proper sorting of aluminium scrap it is possible to produce...

Recycling and segregation of used aluminium beverage cans according to the residents of Silesia voivodship

Published Online: Jan 28, 2020

Page range: 7 - 11

Received: Apr 10, 2017

Accepted: Sep 11, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.30657/pea.2017.16.02

Keywords
aluminium, used beverage cans, recycling, segregation, environmental protection

© 2017 Manuela Ingaldi, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Recycling and segregation of used aluminium beverage cans according to the residents of Silesia voivodship

Published Online: Jan 28, 2020

Page range: 7 - 11

Received: Apr 10, 2017

Accepted: Sep 11, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.30657/pea.2017.16.02

Keywordsaluminium, used beverage cans, recycling, segregation, environmental protection

© 2017 Manuela Ingaldi, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
aluminium, used beverage cans, recycling, segregation, environmental protection