Some fun facts about Aluminium! Discovered in the 1820s, aluminum is the most abundant metal on earth According to the EPA, 50.7 percent of aluminum were recycled in 2009 A used aluminum can is recycled and back on the grocery shelf as a new can in as little as 60 days Aluminum is a durable and sustainable metal: Two-thirds of the aluminum ever produced is still in use today Every minute, an average of 113,204 aluminum cans are recycled Making new aluminum cans from used cans takes 95 percent less energy than using virgin materials Twenty recycled cans can be made with the energy needed to produce one can using virgin ore Recycling one aluminum can saves enough energy to keep a 100-watt bulb burning for almost four hours or run your television for three hours Tossing away an aluminum can wastes as much energy as pouring out half of that can’s volume of gasoline In 1972, 1 pound of aluminum cans was equivalent to about 22 empty cans. Due to advanced technology using less material and increasing the durability of aluminum cans, as of 2002, 1 pound of aluminum cans is equivalent to about 34 empty cans An empty aluminum can is worth about one cent
Posted on: Fri, 21 Jun 2013 15:40:08 +0000
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