Recycling Aluminum Makes Sense
More aluminum exists on earth than any other metallic element. Aluminum is most often used for beverage containers like soda cans. The beauty of this is that Aluminum soda cans
are 100% recyclable, can be recycled repeatedly, and can make the journey from the recycling center back to a new soda can in as little as 60 days.
70% of the aluminum cans in North America are recycled.
Saving Energy by Recycling Aluminum
Recycling a single can will conserve as much energy as it takes to power a television for three hours or
to turn on a 100 watt light bulb for four hours. Recycling aluminum is very efficient and requires much less energy than recycling other materials.
95% less energy is used to create an Aluminum can from recycled material than is used when creating a can from raw material.
Aluminum is also the only recyclable material that pays for it’s own recycling process. An average Aluminum can contains around 50% recycled material.
Recycled Aluminum is Durable
Aluminum is very strong and can hold more pressure than a normal automobile tire and doesn’t degrade in quality when it’s recycled. Aluminum can be recycled from sources other than soda cans such as car parts, building materials, kitchen foil, pots and pans, and many other objects.