2009 photo challenge, day 42 - soda
facts about aluminum and recycling:
- first discovered in the 1820s
- aluminum is the most abundant metal on earth.
- two-thirds of the aluminum ever produced is in use today.
- Over 50 percent of the aluminum cans produced are recycled...Every minute of everyday, an average of 113,204 aluminum cans are recycle
- 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...Last year 54 billion cans were recycled saving energy equivalent to 15 million barrels of crude oil - America’s entire gas consumption for one day
- 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
- A used aluminum can is recycled and back on the grocery shelf as a new can, in as little as 60 days.
- most plastics can be recycled 3 or 4 times before they are too degraded for reuse. paper can be recycle about 6 times. there is no limit to the number of times aluminum can be recycled.