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Why Recycle
  • Aluminum cans are 100% recyclable
  • Aluminum cans can be recycled over and over.
  • Aluminum cans can go from recycling bins back onto shelves at the grocery store in as little as 60 days.
  • Recycling one can saves enough energy to run a TV for three hours or a 100-watt light bulb for four hours.





  • The energy saved each year through recycled aluminum cans could light the city of Washington, D.C. for almost 4 years.
  • Over 120,000 aluminum cans are recycled every minute in the United States.
  • If American's recycled all the aluminum they throw away it would be enough aluminum to build airplanes for a major airline every 3 three months!
  • In 1972, 53 million pounds of aluminum cans were recycled. It is estimated that today, Americans recycle over 53 million pounds of aluminum every week.

    • Source: Missouri Department of Natural Resources