7-in-10 people in the UK want the government to introduce an extended producer responsibility scheme that promotes recyclable materials, according to a poll commissioned by Alupro.
The survey also found 69% of those polled believed aluminium is the “perfect material” to support a circular economy.
Alupro is an industry-funded, not-for-profit organisation representing the UK’s aluminium packaging industry.
The poll of 2,000 UK adults was commissioned by Alupro and conducted by Yonder between 22-24 November.
Extended producer responsibility (EPR) is a system that mandates brands and retailers to fund the full net cost of collecting, sorting, treating, and recycling packaging waste.
The survey follows similar polling commissioned by Alupro which found that 73% of Britons want the UK Government to launch a deposit return scheme (DRS) for all drinks containers including aluminium cans, glass bottles, and plastic bottles.
Commenting on the findings, Tom Giddings, Alupro’s Executive Director, said: “As an industry, we are passionate about recycling more of this wonderful material and driving an even more circular economy for aluminium, and as this poll suggests, so is the Great British public.
“For years Whitehall has been plagued by massive delays on key recycling legislation such as EPR and DRS. Whilst legislation has been laid in the last few weeks, we’re still a while away from effective changes.
“But the British public could not be clearer; they want to see less litter and they want their packaging to not simply be recyclable but actually recycled.
“To do this Ministers must incentivise the take up of highly recyclable packaging choices such as the aluminium beverage can – the most recycled container in history.”
