Recycling Aluminum Save Money
Recycling 24 aluminum cans saves about seven kilowatt-hours (kWh) of electricity. Aluminum cans recycled into new aluminum cans in 1987 saved 9.9 billion kWh, enough electricity for more than 1.1 million homes for one year.
Recycling aluminum, excluding aluminum cans, creates mixed aluminum alloys, and there is not a strong demand for these alloys. Other problems include: contamination of aluminum scrap with trace elements such as lead, tin, and iron; difficulty in visually identifying and separating large volumes of scrap by type of alloy.
It takes less resources to recycle aluminum
By recycling only one aluminum soda or beer can, the recycling facilities are able to save the amount of electricity it takes to power a TV for a few hours. On top of that the recycling process also saves natural resources that are used to create new aluminum as well as limit the amount of gas and other resources that are spent to transport and make the aluminum from virgin materials.
Aluminum takes a long time to decompose
Aluminum is in fact a metal, it, like other metals and metal alloys, start to decompose after a minimum of 80 to 100 years. But usually aluminum cans and other aluminum objects will fully degrade only after a few hundred years. So think about how long it will take for all aluminum that right now lies one of landfills all over the world to degrade. Plus how much harmful byproducts the metal will give out while degrading if aluminum decomposes to metal nitrites.
Aluminum can be recycled unlimited times
Aluminum doesn’t have limitations as to how many times you can recycle it. Since you recycle aluminum by melting it down to a liquid form and then the liquid aluminum is molded it into new objects, it enables the aluminum to be melted down again and again.
It takes 2 months to recycle aluminum
Within 60 days new cans are filled and transported to the stores which means that aluminum is not only efficient but also quick to recycle. So we really can say that aluminum and especially aluminum can recycling is one of the most efficient and environmentally beneficial recycling processes.
People can earn money from recycling aluminum
Right now the price for a pound of aluminum is about 70 cents but since this price fluctuates it can be higher at any time in which case you will be able to earn even more for each pound of aluminum you collect and then bring to your local aluminum recycling facility.
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