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Aluminum is the third most abundant element in the Earth's crust.
- It is known as a sustainable metal: with two-thirds of aluminum ever produced still in use to this day.
- Aluminum takes around 200-500 years to fully degrade in a landfill.
- One ton of recycled aluminum saves 10 cubic yards of landfill space.
- The aluminum can you recycled today will be back on the shelf as a new can at the grocery store in 60 days.
- Aluminum beverage cans are 100% recyclable.
- Every minute 105,800 aluminum cans are recycled in America.
- The average aluminum can contains more than 50% post-consumer recycled aluminum.
- We throw away enough aluminum cans every 3 months to rebuild our entire commercial air fleet.
- It's estimated that over the past 20 years, we have trashed more than 11 million tons of aluminum beverage cans. That's worth over $12 billion in today's market!
- Recycling aluminum takes 95% less energy than creating aluminum from raw materials.
Fact Friday: Aluminum Cans