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Aluminum cans have a relatively high recycling rate because it's easy and efficient to recycle the material. Aluminum can be recycled over and over again. It is a sustainable material and is not weakened or compromised in the process. A used aluminum can is recycled and back on the grocery shelf as a new can in as little as 60 days.
Making aluminum cans from recycled aluminum uses 95% less energy than manufacturing a new aluminum can. This Cans for Kids initiative is one of the baby steps towards an integrated waste management plan and saving our environment.
Recycling Aluminum Saves Energy
• It takes approximately 48,000 cans to produce one ton of recycled aluminum, 34 cans equal 1 pound
• Making new aluminum cans from used cans takes 95 percent less energy and 20 recycled cans can be made with the energy needed to produce one can
• Recycling one aluminum can saves enough energy to keep a 100-watt bulb burning for almost four hours or run your television for three hours
• Tossing away an aluminum can wastes as much energy as pouring out half of that can's volume of gasoline
• It takes only 5% of the energy to recycle aluminum that it takes to produce it from Bauxite, its raw source
• Aluminum cools more quickly than any other drink package, which cuts down on energy use by reducing refrigeration costs
• It takes approximately 48,000 cans to produce one ton of recycled aluminum, 34 cans equal 1 pound
• Making new aluminum cans from used cans takes 95 percent less energy and 20 recycled cans can be made with the energy needed to produce one can
• Recycling one aluminum can saves enough energy to keep a 100-watt bulb burning for almost four hours or run your television for three hours
• Tossing away an aluminum can wastes as much energy as pouring out half of that can's volume of gasoline
• It takes only 5% of the energy to recycle aluminum that it takes to produce it from Bauxite, its raw source
• Aluminum cools more quickly than any other drink package, which cuts down on energy use by reducing refrigeration costs