If you are reading this, chances are good that there is a soda can within arm’s reach. The next time you finish your favorite fizzy drink, think twice about where you toss the can. By choosing to recycle your aluminum waste instead of throwing it in the trash, you can:
Conserve Resources
It takes five tons of bauxite ore to make one ton of aluminum. Since aluminum is one hundred percent recyclable, it is much more environmentally friendly to leave natural resources intact and produce new aluminum products out of preexisting ones.
Reduce Gas Emissions
Environmentally unfriendly gases such as nitrogen oxide, sulfur oxide and carbon dioxide are byproducts of the aluminum manufacturing process. Recycling aluminum reduces the need to produce more of it, therefore minimizing the amount of toxic and greenhouse gases that are released into the atmosphere.
Save Energy
Extracting aluminum from bauxite ore wastes a lot of energy, especially when you consider the fact that you can save 7 kilowatt-hours of electricity just by recycling one pound of aluminum—which is about the amount of cans you might have on hand after a small party.
Are you ready to give that can a second (or third, or fourth) chance at life? Visit this website to learn more about aluminum recycling in Imperial Beach!
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