Buckinghamshire County Council has promised to grow a fruit tree in Malawi for every tonne of aluminium drink cans and foil recycled over the next two years.
According to the council, recycling aluminium is 20 times more efficient than making it from raw material so effort is needed to boost recycling of the material.
By planting a tree for each tonne recycled, the council aims to grow about 85,000 trees in the rural country in the south east of Africa.
The scheme is being run by non-profit organisation Alupro in partnership with British charity Ripple Africa in a bid to tackle the issues of deforestation, nutrition and crop volumes in the developing country.
About half of the new trees, which produce guava and paw paw fruits, will be grown from seed in 75 existing nurseries.
The remainder - high-value grafted fruit trees - will be produced in newly-built greenhouses and then sold to individuals and small community businesses.
Councillor Martin Tett said: "By making sure we recycle every single aluminium drink can and clean foil container we can make this all happens. The great thing to remember is that the more aluminium cans and foil you recycle, the more fruit trees will be grown."
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