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Aluminum is an amazing, infinitely recyclable material
 
Aluminum beverage cans:
  • Get colder faster than any other food or beverage container.
  • ·Can be recycled over and over and over again.

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  • Go from recycling bin back onto shelf at the grocery store in as little as 60 days filled with your favorite beverage. 
  • Are 100% Recyclable.
 
The Benefits of Recycling Aluminum Cans:
  • Recycling one can saves enough energy to run a TV for three hours or a 100-watt light bulb for four hours.

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  • The energy saved each year through recycled aluminum beverage cans could light the city of Washington, D.C. for almost 4 years.
  • American's earn nearly $1 billion dollars annually from recyling aluminum cans! Think of how much could be made if everyone recycled.

Some Fun Facts about Recycling

  • Over 120,000 aluminum cans are recycled every minute in the United States alone!
  • American's drink an average of 370 beverages in aluminum cans each year. Thanks to those who do recycle, the recycling rate for aluminum cans is now 50%...That's a lot of cans!
  • If American's recycled all the aluminum they throw away it would be enough aluminum to build the entire consumer airline fleet EVERY three months!
  •  In 1972, 53 million pounds of aluminum cans were recycled. Today, we exceed that amount WEEKLY...Keep up the good work!





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