Why Recycle?

• Aluminum is one of the easiest metals to recycle and since it is one of the most common substances used to hold inexpensive foods and beverages, there are millions of aluminum containers used and disposed of on a yearly basis in the United States alone.
  
  

Energy

• It takes more than 90 percent less energy to create an aluminum can made of 50 percent recycled materials than it does to create a can made of 100 percent new materials.
  
  

Excavating Raw Materials

• The process of excavating the raw materials used to make aluminum from the earth, the refining process and the cost of shipping the materials to production plants is extremely cost intensive.
  
  

Landfills

• There are millions upon millions of aluminum cans dumped in landfills each year in the United States and around the world. It's estimated that each year, close to 40 million cans are thrown away instead of recycled.
  
  

Money Lost

• The monetary value of millions of aluminum cans sitting in landfills is estimated to be hundreds of millions of dollars.