It takes less than an hour to turn recycled aluminum cans into great thick rolls of aluminum.
It takes many days to mine the bauxite, refine it, transport it, smelt it and turn it into great thick rolls of aluminum.
So don't throw away those cans!
How long it takes for an aluminum can to biodegrade
A Few Hours
200 to 500 years
500-700 years.
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It would take approximately 1290 aluminum tab lids to make a pound.
Aluminum does not rust. Alumininum can also be anodized to keep it from corroding when salt and other contaminats get on it.
It takes approxmatly 500 to 1000 years for plastic and aluminum to break down.
Aluminum can be recycled forever, but not necessarily in the same form. Cans may be melted down to make aluminum ingots to be used in the manufacture of new products (which may just be more cans).Infinitely! Infinitely! Infinitely!
It takes approxmatly 500 to 1000 years for plastic and aluminum to break down.
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