Recycling your aluminum cans goes a lot further than you may realize. Aluminum is the only 100% recyclable material, and is the only material that can be recycled to no end. The energy saved when you recycle one aluminum can would be enough energy to run a TV for three hours. In about one month, that one can you recycled could be back in your shopping cart, containing a new juice or soda. One important concept of aluminum, is that it pays for itself. It may cost money in the beginning to make the aluminum, but aluminum is able to be recycled for hundreds of years. Overtime, the cost to make an aluminum can will be surpassed by the amount of times that aluminum can be recycled.
This video shows the a quick view of the aluminum recycling process at a plant in California, while also giving some interesting facts about recycling aluminum.
HowStuffWorks - Recycling Aluminum
http://www.professorshouse.com/Your-Home/Environment/Recycling/Articles/Recycling-Aluminum-Cans---Fun-Facts/
Are there any down sides to recycling aluminum? and that's pretty cool how it pays for itself.
ReplyDeleteI didn't know aluminum was the only 100% recyclable material. So if we invested a little bit of money into recycling we could save a lot of money while also helping then environment.
ReplyDeletePrimary aluminum production is the top source of PFC emissions in the United States. Would it be possible for the government to stop the production of the new aluminum cans and make companies rely solely the recycled materials?
ReplyDeleteThats cool that cans can be recycled 100% and back in your fridge in only 3 months, it seems it would be effecient to invest in more aluminum products so we can continue to recycle and reuse them in the future.
ReplyDeleteJake, there really are no downsides to recycling aluminum because one can of aluminum can be recycled for hundreds of years. Maya, it would probably be possible to stop production if everyone chose to recycle their aluminum.
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