Recycling Awareness
Recycling Awareness
Aluminum is 100% recyclable; it can be used over and over and over again. Recycling is energy-conserving.
Aluminum cans are recycled quickly; empty aluminum cans are recycled and back on store shelves in as few as 60 days.
Saves Energy: It takes 95% less energy to recycle aluminum than create it from raw materials.
Reduces Emissions: Recycled aluminum requires less energy, so it produces 95% less emissions, such as greenhouse gases.
Conserves Natural Resources: Recycling aluminum helps conserve natural resources such as bauxite and water.
More than pays for itself: Aluminum is the only material that more than covers the cost of collection and re-processing for itself and subsidizes other containers, including plastic and glass.
Generates Revenues for Volunteer Ventures: Recycling is a source of revenue for schools, Habitat for Humanity and other volunteer groups.
Recycling one aluminum beverage can saves enough electricity to: power a TV for 3 hours, or a 100-watt light bulb for 4 hours.
Bob Stilwell
Retired Manufacturing Supervisor since 2008. I'm a member of the American Legion Post 703 In Parma, Ohio. Active Member of the Parma Heights Historical Society. I write Memorials for an internet group called "Find A Grave."