Top 10 Reasons To Recycle Aluminum
Every one is talking about recycling nowadays and do you know what are the main reason to recycle?
Here are the top 10 reasons to recycle given by Aluminium Association.
Recycling saves energy, creates income and helps our economy.
Saving Energy: For each pound of metal recycled, the aluminum industry saves the energy resources needed to generate about 7.5 kilowatt-hours of electricity. That’s enough energy to meet the electric needs of a city like Pittsburgh, Pa. for six years!
Creating Income: Can recycling has created about 30,000 new jobs at recycling centers, aluminum companies and in the transportation support industries. A used aluminum can returned to a recycling center is worth over a penny to a consumer. Sure, a penny may not seem like a lot, but when you take into consideration the amount of canned drinks Americans consume each day, the totals really add up!
Helping the Economy: A used aluminum can returned to a recycling center is worth over a penny to a consumer. Sure, a penny may not seem like a lot, but when you take into consideration the amount of canned drinks Americans consume each day, the totals really add up!
As you can see, the reasons to recycle aluminum are endless, but here are the Top 10 Reasons To Recycle Aluminum Cans:
10. Because you "can."
9. You can earn cash for cans.
8. Recycling aluminum uses 95% less energy than making new aluminum. The energy saved can power a TV for three hours!
7. You can help the environment one can at a time.
6. Aluminum is the most recycled beverage container.
5. Once an aluminum can is recycled, it can be part of a new can within 60 days.
4. There is no limit to the amount of times aluminum can be recycled.
3. We use over 80,000,000,000 aluminum soda cans every year.
2. The recycling industry employs tens of thousands of people.
1. … and the #1 reason to recycle aluminum …Money from aluminum can recycling goes toward building more Habitat for Humanity homes!
Source : Aluminium Association
- Environmental | Time: 2:06 am (UTC+8)
Your energy-saving estimates are poorly phrased and, therefore, not clear. Which is it… 7.5 kwh covers Pittsburgh’s electricity needs for six years?? Recycling runs my TV for three hours??
Comment by Bill Anderson — July 29, 2007 @ 7:08 am