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.
Let's say the car cost $3,000. Cans are about ten cents each. It would take you 30,000 cans.
The current average price for aluminum cans is around $0.40 per pound. On average, there are about 31 cans per pound. This means each can is worth about $0.013. To earn $500, you would need to collect and recycle approximately 38,462 aluminum cans.
90,000 cans are thrown away every minute by Americans ourselves.Sad, huh?
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It is estimated that over 100 billion aluminum cans are thrown away each year worldwide. These cans can take hundreds of years to decompose in landfills, making recycling them an important environmental initiative. Recycling aluminum cans also saves energy and reduces the demand for raw materials.
The average person in the UK uses around 160 aluminum cans per year.
Roughly 3,300 empty (obviously) 12 oz. aluminum cans.
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There are approximately 25 empty 12-ounce aluminum cans that make up a pound.
Rounded: 30 cans.