Today we’ll look at the recycling of aluminum cans. Did you know the whole process can take as little as 60 days for the turnaround. Aluminium is unique in that it can be recycled indefinitely without losing its natural characteristics and it takes just 5% of the energy to recycle it as it does to make new aluminium.
Manufacturers have cut energy and greenhouse gases through aluminium recycling and now the public can help ensure that aluminium cans are not lost in bins which get sent to landfill. Currently recycling rates are 58% and is hoped to be raised to 75% within the next couple of years.
Over the last 20 years manufacturers have reduced the weight of the aluminium can by 15%, reduced the energy required to produce the can by 30% and reduced the greenhouse gases from production by 44%. Millions of cans are melted down each year and get turned into new cans in as little as 60 days.
