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Where can you get aluminum cans?
You can get them in trash yards where they put all the cans, plastic, and trash in.
What type of cans are metallic?
All cans are metallic; they're composed of either steel or aluminum.
Is a can magnetic?
Some are some aren't. If they are made of steel as some juice cans and a few other beverage cans are they will be. If they are made of aluminum as almost all beverage cans are they will not be.
One way in which all magnets are alike?
They stick to aluminum cans
Is a drink can magnetic?
Some are some aren't. If they are made of steel as some juice cans and a few other beverage cans are they will be. If they are made of aluminum as almost all beverage cans are they will not be.
What do you do with cans that recycle?
Did you know that every year around 5 billion aluminum drink cans are sold in the UK? That's a lot of fizzy pop and beer!Alcan estimates that every household in the UK consumes around 200 aluminum drink cans every year. Each one of these can be recycled back into new drink cans over and over again.Recycling aluminum cans saves energy and natural resources, and also reduces the pressure on landfill sites.If all the aluminum cans sold were recycled there would be around 14 million fewer dustbins emptied into landfill sites every year!Aluminium cans that are recycled in the UK are melted down and turned into ingots of aluminum which are used to make new cans. This is called closed loop recycling, because old cans go in and metal to make new cans comes out.How can you tell if a drink can is made of aluminum?Around 75% of drink cans are made of aluminum. An easy way to check is to test the side of a can with a magnet - if the magnet doesn't stick it's aluminum. Aluminium cans are lighter than steel and the metal is more shiny - if you compare the base of a steel can to one made of aluminum you can see the difference.To find out more about aluminum can recycling, click here, and to see the aluminum recycling logo click here.
Are soda cans made out of aluminium?
If you check on the back, but most are made of aluminum, but some are made of steel but not all.
Can aluminum be recycled?
Yes, aluminum is easy to recycle and uses far less energy than making new aluminum from bauxite dug out of the ground. So recycle all those cans!
Which state has the highest deposit on aluminum cans?
MICHIGAN has a 10 cent deposit... all the other states are 5 cents
Why do the pieces of aluminum foil have different masses?
Because all aluminum foil is not equal. Aluminum foil is available in a variety of thicknesses.
What do they make by recycling metal cans?
My understanding is that ALUMINUM cans are melted down (and purified) and then (probably by adding to new aluminum ore) smelted into 'fresh' aluminum, that can be used for ANY process or manufacturing that uses aluminum...even potentially into brand new aluminum cans (or aluminum foil, etc.) Processing of Aluminum Ore (?bauxite?) uses HUGE amounts of electricity. I have seen aluminum referred to as "solid electricity" the process requires so much of it. At one point Aluminum was the most expensive metal in the world, even more than gold. That's one reason why the top of the Washington Monument in Washington DC is a block of solid aluminum...as it was so valuable. Remelting and recycling used aluminum is much more energy efficient than the processing of bauxite ore to obtain aluminum. Recycling not only keeps more materials out of landfills, it saves energy at the same tme! Steel cans (are there any steel cans any more?) would similarly be recycled by being added along with other steel scrap to blast furnaces smelting iron and steel. As with aluminum, it helps create 'new' steel for all sorts of manufacturing. The car you drive today may have been part of a WWI or WWII battleship, or maybe your dad's or grand-dad's old 57 Chevy. (Although, in the case of the 57 Chevy, it may have been worth more in that configuration than its worth after recycling!)
Why are aluminum can recycled more often than steel cans?
Aluminum is easier and cheaper to mass produce than is steel. If you recycle aluminum, you get more money for aluminum than for steel only because manufacturers have for decades focused on aluminum as the cheaper way to manufacture so many things. Aluminum is lighter in weight; is more easily bent into desired shapes; can be easily separated from other metals (chemical process); and is easily shipped to manufacturing plants. As one example, in the earlier days, airplanes contained steel and were heavier, cost more in fuel, etc. Now, all airplanes are made of aluminum shells, are lighter in weight, use less fuel because it is lighter in weight, and all of the aluminum can be recycled. Same with automobiles.
