Fact Friday: Aluminum Cans

Posted by Dolphin Blue Inc on 31st Jan 2014

Aluminum is the third most abundant element in the Earth's crust.
It is known as a sustainable metal: with two-thirds of aluminum ever produced still in use to this day.
Aluminum takes around 200-500 years to fully degrade in a landfill.
One ton of recycled aluminum saves 10 cubic yards of landfill space.
The aluminum can you recycled today will be back on the shelf as a new can at the grocery store in 60 days.
Aluminum beverage cans are 100% recyclable.
Every minute 105,800 aluminum cans are recycled in America.
The average aluminum can contains more than 50% post-consumer recycled aluminum.
We throw away enough aluminum cans every 3 months to rebuild our entire commercial air fleet.
It's estimated that over the past 20 years, we have trashed more than 11 million tons of aluminum beverage cans. That's worth over $12 billion in today's market!
Recycling aluminum takes 95% less energy than creating aluminum from raw materials.

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