Tins & Cans
You can make a bicycle out of 650 recycled aluminium cans.
One recycled drink can save 20 times more energy and emissions than making the can from new materials.
Recycling uses 5{274956ee188766cffa9fd13544fc92af19ef135eba77b9fbaa514036943a2328} of the energy needed for primary production.
If you recycle 1 aluminium can today, it can be made into a new can, get filled and be back on the shelf in just 6 weeks.
Approximately 75{274956ee188766cffa9fd13544fc92af19ef135eba77b9fbaa514036943a2328} of the aluminium ever produced is still in circulation today.
The benefits of recycling aluminium are so great that every effort should be made to divert it from landfill.
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