Top five reasons to recycle your aluminum cans
I grew up in a state with a five cent bottle deposit so it was unheard of to throw a soda can or bottle into the trash. In fact, my brother and I made a great deal of money redeeming bottles at the corner store in our youth. Then I moved south and it is not at all uncommon to go a party and see no recycling for glass and aluminum (pause for gasps). I thought that I would do a primer and reminder of just how valuable aluminum is and how easily it can be recycled in any state.
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- Aluminum is 100% recyclable.
- Aluminum can be recycled an infinite number of times.
- Making a new can from a recycled one requires five percent of the energy it would take to use raw materials.
- The number of aluminum cans recycled annually in the U.S. saves enough energy to light the nation's capitol for 3.7 years.
- You can make money and not just in bottle redemption states. Sell aluminum cans back to scrapyards.
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