Did you know the foil wrapping from the Easter eggs you eat this weekend can be recycled?

Chocolate Easter eggs are typically wrapped in coloured foil and come in cardboard or plastic holders — all of which can be recycled across Australia.

Catherine Higgins from ACT No Waste said recycled foil was typically re-manufactured within six weeks.

"Aluminium foil is one of the most recyclable of the products, as in it saves the most energy if we do recycle it," she said.

"It's usually made in Australia back into more aluminium.

"The [Easter egg foil] could end up being the aluminium in a can of soft drink or could end up being more aluminium foil or an aluminium baseball bat or toy."

So once you eat your Easter eggs, pop the foil into your yellow recycling bin.

And don't forget to add rigid plastic containers, glass bottles, cardboard and paper too.

"We always like people to scrunch up their foil into fairly big balls," Ms Higgins said.

"So when you've eaten an Easter egg, and there's no real chocolate left on it, put it in your yellow bin."