How to recycle metal food and tin cans
Examples of metal food cans
- Canned food containers (tuna can, soup can, etc.)
- Cookie, candy and biscuit tins
- Loose leaf tea tins
- Coffee cans
- Cooking oil canisters
- Candle tins
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Put into your blue cart or take to a community recycling depot
Put empty and clean food cans:
- Into your blue cart for recycling
- Take to a community recycling depot
Paper labels are ok to leave on.
Special instructions
- Cans with cut out metal lids or pull tab lids: place metal lids inside the empty tin can and squeeze the top closed (see image).
- Cans with a plastic lid: remove the lid and recycle both items separately.