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What are the long term gains by recycling aluminum cans?
Recycling aluminum are cost saving over the production of new aluminum. Over a long term, it produces a greater national savings which will help in reducing capital costs associated with mines, landfills and shipping raw aluminum internally. It benefits the environment too.
How many tons of aluminum cans is wasted each year?
Very few. Usually aluminum cans are used before being discarded. For example, they are filled with softdrink, then sold, and then discarded. So technically, not many aluminum cans are actually 'wasted' each year because they are 'used' in the first place.
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!)
Is Alcoa donating aluminum cans to help a Spokane couple pay for their wedding through recycling?
Yes! On January 13, 2010, Alcoa announced that the company is donating 150,000 aluminum cans [4,500 pounds] to Peter Geyer and Andrea Parrish of Spokane, Washington. Peter and Andrea have a goal of recycling 400,000 cans to pay for their wedding. They hope to be married on July 31, 2010. Their collection was around 100,000 before Alcoa's planned donation.Alcoa has a goal of raising recycling rates to 75 percent by 2015 and feels that the couple's green way to pay for their wedding raises awareness of the benefits of recycling.
How do you convince your family school or community to recycled aluminum cans?
People are far more likely to recycle if a recycling container is conveniently located where they usually consume their beverages, especially if they don't have to empty it. It might also help to inform them that it takes a tremendous amount of electricity to separate aluminum from bauxite, the ore in which aluminum exists in nature. Much, much less energy is needed to recover aluminum from existing aluminum products, like cans.
Is recycling cans bottles and paper a practice that promotes sustainability?
yes because you are recycling things that can help to keep the environment clean
How long it takes for plastic and aluminum cans to break down?
Plastic can take up to 1000 years to break down, while aluminum cans can take around 200-500 years. Recycling these materials can help reduce their environmental impact and prevent them from ending up in landfills or oceans.
How and why does recycling help your planet?
it helps the planet because it uses less energy
How can you conserve aluminum?
You can conserve aluminum by recycling it, using reusable aluminum products, and avoiding single-use aluminum items like cans and foil. Additionally, reducing overall consumption of products that require aluminum packaging or components can also help conserve this resource.
Why should you recycle aluminum cans?
== == We have limited natural resources, so we should not waste them. Recycling one aluminum can saves enough energy to run a TV for three hours. It makes more sense to recycle them, and in some areas, the recycling center will pay you for them. Just think, help the environment and earn a couple of bucks! A win-win situation. Information about Aluminum can recycling: http://earth911.org/recycling/aluminum-can-recycling http://www.aluminum.org/Content/NavigationMenu/The_Industry/Packaging_Consumer_Product_Market/Can/TheAluminumCan.htm
How does recycling books help the planet?
Why bother recycling? Its not the world is going to end anytime soon :D
What are four ways in which recycling benefits society and the planet?
1. Financial Income - There is money in recycling. In the level of the individual, one of the benefits of recycling is financial income. There are a lot of things lying around the house that we no longer want or need that might just end up in a dumpsite somewhere, that we can recycle and earn money from. Cell phones, PDAs, ink cartridges, etc. Here at PaceButler, for instance, a phone sent in for recycling could net the owner as much as $50.There is also the financial benefit for the communities who recycle in that there will be reduced costs of waste disposal or recycling. You think recycling is expensive? Consider these recycling facts: aluminum cans are the most valuable item in your bin. Aluminum can recycling helps fund the entire curbside collection. It's the only packaging material that more than covers the cost of collection and reprocessing for itself.2. Recycling helps conserve limited resources - Throwing away a single aluminum can, versus recycling it, is like pouring out six ounces of gasoline. Last year, Americans recycled enough aluminum cans to conserve the energy equivalent of more than15 million barrels of oil.Here are some compelling recycling facts from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection:By recycling over 1 million tons of steel in 2004, Pennsylvanians saved 1.3 million tons of iron ore, 718,000 tons of coal, and 62,000 tons of limestone. Through recycling newsprint, office paper and mixed paper, we saved nearly over 8.2 million trees.3. Recycling is energy efficient - On a larger scale, recycling could translate into huge reductions in our energy costs. Consider these facts: It costs more energy to manufacture a brand new aluminum can than it does to recycle 20 aluminum cans.20 cans can be made from recycled material using the same energy it takes to make one new can.4) Recycling builds community - In almost all communities in the country today, there is a growing concern for recycling and the environment. People are working together in recycling programs, lobbies, and free recycle organizations to help promote recycling. We will be featuring these groups in our upcoming posts and link with the various networks to help you locate the nearest recycling center or free recycle group nearest your location.
